The article presents the results of monitoring the level and quality of life of the population of rural areas, which was carried out as part of a grant study on materials from municipalities (municipal districts and rural settlements) of the Omsk region. According to the resulting total score, municipalities are grouped by the level of socio-economic development from high to crisis ones. At the same time, the territory of the municipality is considered to be at a high level of development,

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... social and engineering infrastructure is developing, the population is increasing and their incomes are growing, and local government bodies pay attention to environmental safety issues. Territories with a crisis level of development include municipalities in which there is a low level of quality of life, population outflow. These municipalities pay no attention to the development of social and engineering infrastructures. There is also a poor level of environmental safety. Monitoring the developed indicators in dynamics over a number of years (at least two years) will make it possible to judge the quality of social policy implementation for the development of rural areas in the context of municipalities. These municipalities can become a justification for making strategic decisions in the field of municipal management in the framework of the development of socio-economic policy aimed at improving the life of the rural population. The grouping of quality indicators by criterion blocks can orient the executive authorities to determine priority areas of development and identify "weak" points, localize problem situations.