International rankings of Russia explained

The following are international rankings of Russia.

Freedom assessments

See main article: Politics of Russia.

See also: List of freedom indices. The freedom indices produced by several non-governmental organizations publishes assessments of political rights and civil liberties for countries around the world.^[1] In 2021, Freedom House gave Russia a global freedom score of 20 out of 100, Reporters Without Borders’ Press Freedom Index ranked Russia 150 of 180 countries, and the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index gave Russia a score of 3.31 and a rank of 124 of 167 countries.

Index	Scale
Freedom in the World	free																				partly free																				not free
Index of Economic Freedom	free												mostly free												moderately free												mostly unfree												repressed
Press Freedom Index	good situation												satisfactory situation												noticeable problems												difficult situation												very serious situation
Democracy Index	full democracy												flawed democracy												hybrid regime												authoritarian regime												authoritarian regime

Agriculture

Rankings!Name!Rank!Out of!Source!Notes!Year

Irrigated land area	10	236	CIA World Factbook	Irrigated land: 46,000 km^2	2003
Cultivated land area	4	190	CIA World Factbook	Cultivated land: 1,192,300 km^2	2005
Dietary calorie intake	28	185	FAO	3,270 kcal/person/day	2007
Wheat production	4	42	International Grains Council	Production: 61.7 million metric tons	2009
Fisheries harvest	10	75	FAO	Total of capture and aquaculture: 3,305,698 tons	2005
Wine production	13	25	FAO	Production: 501,000 tons	2009
Tomato production	10	50	FAO	Production: 1,938,710 tons	2008
Apple production	9	93	FAO	Production: 1,467,000 tons	2008

• Largest barley producer, output of 15.7 million metric (2007)
• Largest buckwheat producer, output of 1 004 850 (2007)
• Largest oats producer, output of 5.1 million metric tons (2005)
• Largest rye producer, output of 3.6 million metric tons (2005)
• Largest sunflower seed producer, output of 6.3 million metric tons (2005)
• Largest currant and gooseberry producer, output of 463,500 tons (2005)
• Largest raspberry producer, output of 110,000 tons (2004)
• Largest vetches producer, output of 377,750 tons^[6]
• Largest livestock of domesticated reindeer, about two-thirds of the world's^[7]

Cities

• GaWC Inventory of World Cities, 1999: Moscow 7 points, Alpha World City
• GaWC Inventory of World Cities, 1999: St. Petersburg 1 point, Minimal evidence of world city formation

Economic

• The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom 2006, ranked 122 out of 157 countries
• International Monetary Fund

GDP (nominal) per capita 2006, ranked 59 out of 182 countries

• International Monetary Fund

GDP (nominal) 2009, ranked 8 out of 181 countries

• World Economic Forum

Global Competitiveness Index 2006–2007, ranked 62 out of 125 countries

Demographics

• United Nations: Human Development Index 2006, ranked 65 out of 177 countries
• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked 47 out of 62 countries
• Highest crude divorce rate, 4.42 per 1000 (2004)

Energy

• Largest proven natural gas reserves, 44,650,000,000,000 m³ (2008)
• Largest natural gas producer, 654,000,000,000 m³ (2007)
• Largest natural gas exporter, 173,000,000,000 cu m (2007)
• Largest oil producer, 9980000oilbbl/d^[8] (2009)

Environment

• Yale University Environmental Performance Index 2014: ranked 73 out of 178 countries^[9]

E-Government

• United Nations E-Government Survey 2014: not ranked in top 10 countries^[10]

Geography

• Largest forest area, 8,087,900 km²
• Largest land area, 17,075,200 km^2[11]
• Largest total area, 17,098,242 km^2[12]
• Largest EEZ continental shelf area, 3,817,843 km2
• Largest unfrozen freshwater reserves, approximately one-quarter of the world's^[13]
• Most countries bordered, 14 (16 if Abkhazia and South Ossetia are counted), the same number as with China
• Most time zones (contiguous territory), 9

Military

• Largest nuclear arsenal, 5,200 / 8,800 active/total warheads (2005 est)^[14]
• Largest tank army, 22,800 tanks

Mining

• Largest asbestos producer, 925,000 tons (2005)
• Largest diamond producer, 38,000,000 carats (2005)
• Largest nickel producer, 300,000 tons (2005)
• Largest palladium producer, 143 tons (2005)

Society

• Economist Intelligence Unit

Quality-of-life index 2005, ranked 102 out of 108 countries

Sports

• Top position at World Chess Rankings (men), top 10 players average score of 2724 (2009)
• Top position at World Chess Rankings (women), top 10 players average score of 2469 (2009)
• Russia/USSR: Most Winter Olympic gold medals, 120^[15] (2008)
• Russia/USSR: Winner of most Bandy World Championships (men), 19 (1957, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008) (as of 2009)
• Russia/USSR: Most World Chess Champions, 10 (as of 2009)
• Russia/USSR: Best performance at UCI Track World Championships, Women (cycling), 48 gold medals, 111 total medals (2009)
• Russia/USSR: Best performance at FIE World Championships in Fencing, 121 gold medals, 257 total medals (2009)
• Russia/USSR: Best performance at World Figure Skating Championships, 74 gold medals, 178 total medals, (2009)
• Russia/USSR: Best performance at World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 138 gold medals, 333 total medals (2009)
• Russia/USSR: Best performance at World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, 23 gold medals, 58 total medals (2009)
• Russia/USSR: Best performance at gymnastics Trampoline World Championships, 21 gold medals (2009)
• Russia/USSR: Best performance at World Women's Handball Championship, 7 gold medals, 10 total medals (2009)
• Russia/USSR: Winner of most Ice Hockey World Championships (men), 25 times winner (2009)
• Russia/USSR: Best performance at Team Ice Racing World Championship, 26 times winner, (2009)
• Russia/USSR: Best performance at World Shooting Championships, 307 gold medals, 656 total medals (2009)
• Russia/USSR: Best performance at World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women, 24 gold medals, 69 total medals (2009)
• Russia/USSR: Best performance at World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men, 11 gold medals, 24 total medals (2009)
• Russia/USSR: Winner of most Volleyball World Championships (men), 6 (1949, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1982) (2006)
• Russia/USSR: Winner of most Volleyball World Championships (women), 6 (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990, 2006) (2006)
• Russia/USSR: Winner of most Volleyball World Cups (men), 5 (1965, 1977, 1981, 1991, 1999) (2009)
• Russia/USSR: Best performance at World Weightlifting Championships (men), 350 gold medals, 746 total medals (2007)
• Russia/USSR: Best performance at FILA Wrestling World Championships, 64 times winner in three team tournaments (2009)

Technology

• Economist Intelligence Unit e-readiness rankings 2007, ranked 57 out of 69 countries
• Most television broadcast stations, 7,306 (as of 1998)

Transport

• Largest total length of electrified railways, over 44,000 km^[16]

See also

• Lists of countries
• Lists by country
• List of international rankings

Notes and References

1. Web site: Freedom in the World Research Methodology. Freedom House.
2. https://freedomhouse.org/countries/freedom-world/scores
3. News: Country Rankings. 2021 Index of Economic Freedom. Heritage Foundation. 2021. 2014-08-07. 2017-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20170916153902/http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking. live.
4. http://index.rsf.org/#!/ "Press Freedom Index 2022"
5. https://www.eiu.com/n/campaigns/democracy-index-2020/
6. Web site: FAOSTAT. https://web.archive.org/web/20130114151638/http://faostat.fao.org/site/567/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=567. dead. January 14, 2013. www.fao.org.
7. http://inderscience.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,3,5;journal,18,34;linkingpublicationresults,1:112371,1 International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
8. Web site: CIA - the World Factbook . 2012-03-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120512233445/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2173rank.html . 2012-05-12 .
9. Web site: Country Rankings | Environmental Performance Index. Jan 30, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140130112740/http://epi.yale.edu/epi/country-rankings. 2014-01-30.
10. http://unpan3.un.org/egovkb/en-us/Reports/UN-E-Government-Survey-2014 UN E-Government Survey 2014
11. Web site: Countries By Population. WorldAtlas. 4 February 2021 .
12. Web site: RSF. https://web.archive.org/web/20060623084145/http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13449. dead. June 23, 2006. Bienvenue sur le site de Reporter sans frontières | RSF.
13. Web site: Russia - Topography and Drainage. countrystudies.us.
14. Robert S. Norris and Hans M. Kristensen Russian nuclear forces, 2008 . "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists" . 64 . 2 . 54–57, 62 . May–June 2008 . 10.2968/064002013 . 2009-08-05. Kristensen . Hans M. . Norris . Robert S. . 2008BuAtS..64b..54N . free .
15. 78 gold medals for USSR team, 33 gold medals for Russia, 9 gold medals for Unified Team of post-Soviet states.
16. Web site: Invest in Russia - Infrastructure . 2010-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110426092402/http://invest.gov.ru/en/government_support/sectors/infrastructure/ . 2011-04-26 . dead .