India's Ranking in Different Index 2022

What is an Index?

• An index is considered a statistical method, indication, or sign used to evaluate anything. It is a technique for evaluating progress.
• An index is a numerical measurement of improvements in a comprehensive set of individual data points in economics and finance.
• Global rankings and indices centred on several criteria portray the nation's productivity. The civic, financial, and political spheres can all be indicators.

Let's see India's diverse rankings in various indexes for the year 2022 in more depth in this article.

Global Hunger Index 2022

• Released by: Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe
• 2022 India's rank: 107
• Top Countries: Belarus, Bosnia, Chile, China, and Croatia
• Poorly performed countries: Chad, DR of Congo, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Indicators: The index attempts to examine hunger on a worldwide, local, and national scale. GHI assigns a rating out of 100, with zero denoting absence of hunger.

Human Development Index 2021-22

• Released by: UN Development Programme (UNDP)
• 2022 India's rank: 132 (Out of 191 countries)
• Top Countries: Switzerland, Norway, Iceland
• Indicators: Four indicators-life longevity at birth, average years of education, anticipated years of education, and gross national income (GNI) per capita-were used to rank the nations.

Global Innovation Index 2022

• Released by: World Intellectual property Organization (WIPO with headquarter in Geneva)
• 2022 India's rank: 40
• Top Countries: Switzerland, United States, Sweden, etc
• Indicators: When classifying the nations, the index considered the advancement of the following institutions: infrastructure, technology and knowledge outputs, human resources and innovation, etc.
• The index captures the innovation ecosystem performance of 132 economies and tracks the most recent global innovation trends.

World Happiness Report 2022

• The 10th annual World Happiness Report was recently published.
• Published by: UN Sustainable Development Solution Network
• 2022 India's rank: 136 (out of 146 countries)
• Top Countries: Finland, Denmark, Iceland
• Poorly performed country: Afghanistan
• Indicators: Rankings were based on per capita GDP, social protection, individual liberty, the standard of living, and corruption.

Henley Passport Index 2022 (Quarter 3)

• 2022 India's rank: 87
• World's most powerful passports: Japan, Singapore, South Korea
• Least powerful passport country: Afghanistan
• Indicators:
  • It manages the world's biggest and most comprehensive repository of travel data, and the Henley & Partners Research Department is constantly adding to it.
  • Based on an examination of the information provided by the International Air Transport Association (headquartered in Montreal, Canada), the nations are graded.
  • The ranking represents how many countries its bearer can visit without a visa.

International Intellectual Property Index 2022

• The 10th edition of the Index was lately issued.
• Released by: US Chamber of Commerce's Global Innovation Policy Centre
• 2022 India's rank: 43 (out of 55 countries)
• Top Countries: United States, United Kingdom, and Germany
• Fifty distinct metrics from nine protection classes-patents, licenses, trademarks, design rights, trade secrets, commercialization of IP assets, enforcement, etc.-are used to grade each country's economic IP framework.

Global Crypto Adoption Index 2022

• Released by: Chainalysis
• 2022 India's rank: 4
• Top Countries: Vietnam, Philippines, Ukraine, and India

Global Gender Gap Index 2022

• Recently 16th edition of the Global Gender Gap index was released
• Released by: World Economic Forum (WEF)
• 2022 India's rank: 135
• Top Countries: Iceland, Finland, Norway
• Poorly performed country: Afghanistan
• Indicators:Four parameters were employed to assess the countries: political independence, health and survival, educational attainment, and economic engagement and opportunity.

Top 20 Global Economies for Digital Currency Ownership 2021

• According to United Nations, the trade and development body (UNCTAD),
• 2021 India's rank: 7
• Top Countries: Ukraine and Russia
• Indicators:Based on the percentage of the country's population that owns the digital currency.

Chandler Good Government Index 2022

• Released by: Chandler Institute of Governance (a non-profit organization headquartered in Singapore)
• 2022 India's rank: 52
• Top Countries: Finland
• Indicators: The index is built on seven pillars:
  • Leadership and vision
  • Sound laws and policies
  • Solid institutions
  • Financial management
  • A competitive marketplace
  • International impact and reputation
  • Assisting in the ascent of individuals
• The Good Government Index is a yearly index created by government professionals that evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of 104 governments worldwide.

Democracy Report 2022

• Released by: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute
• 2022 India's rank: 93 (out of 179)
• Top Countries: Sweden, Denmark, and Norway
• The report classifies the countries into four regime types: Liberal Democracy, Electoral Democracy, Electoral Autocracy, and Closed Autocracy.

World Press Freedom Index 2022

• Released by:Reporters Sans frontiers (RSF)
• 2022 India's rank:150 (out of 180)
• Topped by:Norway
• Poorly performed country:North Korea
• It indents to show the measure of autonomy enjoyed by reporters, new groups, and internet users in each nation, as well as the measures, are taken by the government to uphold this independence.

Global Terrorism Index 2022

• The Index's 9th publication was just released.
• Released by:Institute of Economic and Peace (EIP)
• 2022 India's rank:12 (out of the 163 countries)
• Topped by:Afghanistan
• Indicators: Four factors are employed to grade the countries: incidents, deaths, injuries, and property destruction.
• A weighted average over the preceding five years is employed to evaluate the consequences of terrorism.
• GTI is a thorough investigation that examines the effects of terrorism on 163 nations, or 99.7% of the world's population.
• The Global Terrorism Index assigns every nation a score ranging from 0 and 10, with 10 representing the highest observable impact of terrorism.

Largest Military Spender Country 2022

• Released by:Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
• 2022 India's rank:3 (followed by UK and Russia)
• Topped by:USA followed by China. These top 5 countries together accounted for 62 percent of the expenditure.
• A military spender repository is a collection of a nation's military spending in a specific year which is maintained based on the World Bank statistics.

Climate Change Performance Index 2022

• Released by:German watch
• 2022 India's rank: 10th
• Topped by:The top three spots still need to be occupied because no nation has achieved an overall grade of very high across all indicator categories. However, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway take the fourth, fifth, and sixth spots, correspondingly.
• Indicators: Four categories are assessed: Greenhouse gas emissions, sustainable sources, energy consumption, and environmental policies.
• The Climate Change Performance Index, an independent oversight mechanism, tracks the European Union and 60 other nations.

Environment Performance Index 2022

• Released by:Yale Centre for Environment Law and Columbia University
• 2022 India's rank: Out of 180 countries, India is at the least 5 with a grade of 18.9. The country has also performed poorly on various measures such as control of corruption, the rule of law, and government effectiveness.
• Topped by: Denmark
• EPI is an assessment that evaluates various nations' sustainable development and is initially introduced in 2022.

State of the World's Forest 2022

• Every two years, the Forest and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations issues its flagship report, The State of the World's Forest.
• In accordance with findings of 2022, nearly 420 million hectares of the earth land has been vanished which is nearly 10.34 percent, of its total tree cover over the past 30 years.
• According to SOFO 2022, changes in land use and deforestation are responsible for 30% of the new diseases recorded since 1961.
• According to the analysis, if human pressure on forests continues to rise, India and China will be the largest hotspots for emerging zoonotic viral infections over the next few decades.

REN21 (Renewable Energy Installations) 2022 Global Status Report

• 2022 India's rank:3rd
• Topped by:China, followed by the USA
• India installed 843 MW of hydropower capacity in 2021, bringing the overall capacity to 45.3GW.

Global Digital Skills Index 2022

• Released by:Salesforce
• 2022 India's rank: 63
• Indicators: Concerns about job preparation, the future of employment, and the value of lifelong learning are all related to digital skills.
• Based on a survey of almost 23000 people from 19 different countries, the 2022 Global Digital Skills Index I was created.

World Competitive Index 2022

• Released by:Institute for Management Development
• 2022 India's rank: 37
• Topped by:Denmark, Switzerland, and Singapore
• Indicators:The index graded the countries based on economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency, and infrastructure.

Global Liveability Index 2022

• Released by: Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU)
• 2022 India's rank: New Delhi (rank 140) and Mumbai (rank 141)
• Topped by: Vienna
• Poorly performed country: Tehran, Iran

Global Climate Risk Index 2021

• Released by:German watch
• 2021 India's rank:7th
• Topped by:Mozambique

Nations need to understand the Global Climate Risk Index, which depicts the degree of susceptibility and risk to unpredictable weather phenomena, in order to be prepared for increasingly frequent and severe climatic events in the near future.

Expat Insider Ranking 2022

• Released by: InterNations
• 2022 India's rank: 36 (out of 52 countries)
• Topped by: Mexico, Indonesia, and Taiwan
• Poorly performed country: Kuwait

EIU Democracy Index 2021

• Released by: Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
• 2021 India's rank: 46th (under flawed democracy)
• Topped by: Norway with a total rating of 9.75, followed by New Zealand, Finland, Sweden, and Iceland.
• Poorly performed country: North Korea, Myanmar, and Afghanistan
• Indicators: The index is based on five sections: political landscape, engagement in politics, civil freedoms, and the electoral system and pluralism.
• Each nation is characterized as a nation that possesses full democracy, flawed democracy, hybrid regimes, and authoritarian regimes based on their ratings.
• The report describes the state of democracy in 165 sovereign nations and two territories as of 2021.
• Since 2006, The Economist Intelligence Unit has published reports on the state of democracy worldwide.

Global Food Security Index 2021

• Released by: Economist Impact and Corteva Agriscience
• 2021 India's rank: 71st (out of 113 countries)
• Topped by: Ireland, followed by Austria
• Indicators: It considers aspects such as the cost, accessibility, safety, and resilience of food, as well as its quality and safety.
• The index examines the factors influencing food security in developed and developing nations using 58 distinct indicators as part of a dynamic quantitative and qualitative benchmarking paradigm.

Worldwide Cost of Living Index 2021

• Released by: Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
• In India, Ahmedabad has been listed in the top ten cheapest cities in the survey.
• Topped by: Israel's Tel Aviv is at the pinnacle (the most expensive city in the world), followed by Paris and Singapore.
• Syria's Damascus was ranked the cheapest city in the world.
• The index keeps track of the cost of living in 173 locations worldwide.
• The index is compared to 200 commonly used goods and services in New York.
• Therefore, nations with stronger currencies than the US dollar will rank higher on the list.

Inclusive Internet Index 2021

• Released by: The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in partnership with Facebook.
• 2022 India's rank: 49th (out of 120 countries)
• Topped by: Sweden
• The index aims to quantify how widely accessible and reasonably priced the Internet is.

Safe Cities Index 2021

• Released by: Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
• New Delhi and Mumbai were the only Indian cities to reach 60th place. New Delhi is in the 48th position, and Mumbai is in the 50th.
• Topped by: Copenhagen is the safest city (Denmark's capital)
• Poorly performed country: Yangon is the least safe city (Myanmar)
• This index was created as a global policy benchmarking tool to assess worldwide urban safety.
• The index rates 60 cities based on 76 personal, environmental, digital, and health security parameters.

Corruption Perception Index 2021

• Released by: Transparency Index
• India's rank: 85 (out of 180 countries) with a score of 40
• Topped by: Denmark, Finland, and New Zealand
• According to how allegedly corrupt their governments are, the index assigns a grade to each nation. The outcomes are shown on a spectrum from 0 (very corrupt) to 100(very clean).

Asia Power Index 2021

• Released by: Lowy Institute
• India'srank: 4 (out of 26 countries)
• Topped by: US, China, and Japan
• This index rates the relative power of states in the Asia Pacific region based on resources and influence. The index measures the ability of 26 countries and territories to influence their environment.