Ratings of Russian cities in terms of living standards, population

The standard of living, according to the UN, is the most important reference point for the development of the country and the nation as a whole. Russia has a large territory and is populated by various peoples, so the question of assessing the standard of living on such a significant territorial plane is of particular relevance. The country's leadership has repeatedly raised the issue of improving the quality of life and population, which has been falling rapidly over the past 10 years. For the analysis of the standard of living, the ratings of the cities of Russia are compiled by the number of people, and so on.

Standard of living

The standard of living is a complex multifaceted characteristic that includes a whole bunch of indicators that characterize the opportunity to work in comfortable conditions, have a sufficient level of earnings, study or improve qualifications, receive good medical care, live in a comfortable house (apartment), consume the cleanest air and Water, develop culturally, and just safely exist. Undoubtedly, the territory of Russia has huge climatic and territorial differences, which very often hinders to change the situation.

Rating of Russian cities in terms of living standards

The rating of the quality of life was received by experts of the agency "RIA Rating", using only official statistics. Of course, the ratings of cities in Russia - a thing, rather subjective than objective, and you can not believe the results, but it's just dry statistics, which you do not need to lie to. In the indicator were indicators (and there are only 61, they are grouped into ten groups), reflecting the real state of affairs in all social spheres of the regions - from economic development to climate. The ratings of the cities of Russia as a result were calculated as an integral of the coefficients of the groups: the level of earnings of the population, housing, security of residence, the ecology of the region, the level of economic development and the state of small business, development of the territory,

When compiling the rating, the following sources were used: the Ministry of Health of Russia, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, regional websites and others.

In the rating of the top-10 cities of Russia in terms of living standards, there were such well-known cities as Chelyabinsk, Kazan, Samara, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, but Tver and Moscow fought for the palm tree. Yes, that's right, it turned out that Tver is not such a simple city as it seemed. One of the few disadvantages of Moscow is the ecology, with the lion's share of these pollution accounted for by the exhaust gases of cars.

The average salary in these cities is about 61.2 thousand rubles, and in more than 700 cities this figure is almost 2 times lower. What can we say about the rest ?! Of course, there are exceptions, for example, the city of Nadym turned out to be the record holder for the average wage - 90.4 thousand rubles (all thanks to the highly developed gas industry). In total, 1128 cities from 83 subjects of Russia took part.

Rating of regions of Russia in terms of living standards

Among the regions are Moscow, Krasnodar, Tatarstan, Belgorod, Voronezh and Tyumen. Last year, the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug was also included, but it surrendered its position in a number of indicators. The lagging behind are the Republics of Buryatia, Ingushetia, Altai, Kalmykia Tyva because of the difficult financial situation. These republics can not finance themselves with their own budget (about 15-20% of the required).

To explain on the fingers how the picture in the country has changed in the last 20-30 years, it is enough to make one and very simple operation. It is necessary to correlate wages and living wage in the region. At the moment, the averaged over Russia is 3.9, but in the 90s it was 4.7. A reasonable question arises: "How so?" There are several explanations for this disgrace:

1) The consumer minimum rose in comparison with the previous years. Now we consume more milk, meat, bread.

2) The price of services has increased in parallel with the growth of their value in the consumer's basket.

3) In certain periods, the rise in prices for goods and services significantly exceeded average inflation.

The rating of the cities of Russia in terms of living standards is updated annually, so it is possible to trace the dynamics of development. Leaders in improving the quality of life were the Ivanovo, Ulyanovsk, Astrakhan, Penza, Ryazan regions and the Republics of Mordovia and Mari El. All of them have achieved success in various areas (development of small business, infrastructure, public health and education level, etc.). It is noteworthy that the population growth in them averaged 2%.

Rating of cities in Russia by population

Rating of Russian cities by population for 2014 according to the Federal State Service. Statistics has changed slightly. In general, the population of Russia for the first time in the last fifteen years has begun to increase, rather than decline, and at the moment is slightly more than 146 million people. The list of cities in Russia by population is headed by Moscow and St. Petersburg with 12.1 and 5.2 million people, respectively. Further in descending order are such famous cities as Novosibirsk, Krasnodar, Ufa, Astrakhan, Perm, Voronezh, Togliatti and Izhevsk with a population of 1.5 to 1 million people. The average population growth in large cities in comparison with 2000 is 8%.

Rating of Russian cities in the context of federal districts

If you try to consider the ratings of Russian cities in terms of level of development in comparison of entire districts, it immediately shows that the most balanced is the Central Federal District. The remoteness of regions from the capital is affected by the rapid growth of their development. The Privolzhsky Federal District is very stable .

A little about the calculations

Most of the sources have already been cited above. The calculations did not take into account the hidden incomes of citizens who reach 10% or more. The reduced wage was calculated by dividing its value by the subsistence minimum of the region. The number of unemployed people was taken from employment centers by the end of the year, but, unfortunately, Rosstat does not indicate whether the population belongs to urban or rural, because the data were adjusted by the coefficients.