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Quality infrastructure for sustainable development – new publication ranked countries

SERBIA IS ON THE 1ST PLACE WITHIN THE GROUP OF MIDDLE RICH COUNTRIES. UNIDO ranked countries according to the contribution of quality infrastructure to achieving sustainable development goals - QI4SD index.

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has presented the latest publication "Quality Infrastructure for Sustainable Development (QI4SD) Index", as a result of the work of international experts in the field of quality infrastructure.

Within the mentioned study, the countries are divided into groups according to the level of GDP (XL - the richest, L - the rich, M - the medium rich and S - the less rich).

Within its group (M - medium rich country with GDP between USD 10-100 Bn), Serbia is ranked as the highest-ranking country according to the QI4SD index.

The QI4SD index measures the contribution of quality infrastructure (QI) to achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs). The index includes five pillars of quality infrastructure - standardization, accreditation, metrology, conformity assessment and QI Policy (legislative framework). It sets indicators for each of them and puts them in relation to three components of sustainable development - prosperity, planet and people.

The full data set for each country is available online https://hub.unido.org/qi4sd