Main Trends and Problems of Human Development in Russia in the Post-Soviet Period

Abstract

Target. The purpose of this study is to trace the change in Russia’s position in world rankings in terms of humanitarian development, identify the main driving forces, as well as identify problems and suggest ways to solve them.Methods: Methods of demographic and economic and statistical analysis.Results and discussion: Characterized by the dynamics of the human potential of Russia — in 2018, the country first entered the group of countries with a very high level of human development.Выводы: The main problems in human development in the Russian Federation are revealed: low standard of living, long-term permanent decline in real money incomes of Russians (2014–2018), a high degree of material inequality, low life expectancy of the population, high excess mortality of certain categories of the population, a sharp drop in the number of students enrolled in higher education programs, per 1000 people population.

Keywords

• human potential
• income
• inequality
• life expectancy
• education