Ingushetia and Chechnya ranked last in the material well-being rankings

Based on the 2024 results, Ingushetia and Chechnya ranked 85th and 83rd among Russian regions in terms of material well-being. Tuva ranked between them.

Karachay-Cherkessia ranked 82nd in the RIA Novosti rankings, Dagestan 78th, Kabardino-Balkaria 77th, North Ossetia 76th, and Stavropol Krai 75th. The northern regions of Yamal, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, and Magadan Oblast lead the rankings.

The researchers used data from Rosstat and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. The ranking was compiled taking into account the ratio of median income to the cost of a fixed set of goods and services, the average monthly volume of bank deposits per capita, the proportion of the population with incomes below the poverty line, the proportion of families who could afford to buy an apartment with a mortgage, and the population with incomes over 60,000 rubles per month.

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