The criteria for measuring social progress of arctic countries: knowledge - for economic development, economy - for development and happiness of human

The expediency of using the index method of international comparisons of dynamics of states' socio-economic development with a focus on the group of the Arctic countries and Russia has been substantiated. This approach extends the objective basis ratio trends of the global economy and the development of the Russian Federation, estimates of the dynamics of modernization of the economy and society. Incorporation in the public practice of the system analysis of the results carried out by international institutions is also important for the correction of public perceptions about Russia's place in the global economy