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Most Important Rankings 2021

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MOST IMP TOPICS
1) EASE OF DOING BUSINESS
2) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2021 (6TH EDITION)
3) GLOBAL REMITTANCES
4) EASE OF LIVING INDEX
5) GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT 2021
6) CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX
7) WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX
8) WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT
9) GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX REPORT
10) CLIMATE CHANGE PERFORMANCE INDEX
11) GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX
12) GLOBAL PEACE INDEX
13) INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDEX
14) WORLD COMPETITIVE INDEX
15) GLOBAL CLIMATE RISK INDEX
16) SOCIAL MOBILITY INDEX
17) HENLY PASSPORT INDEX

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 Most Important Rankings
EASE OF DOING BUSINESS
Released by Sustainable development solutions network

About the report SDR is an annual report which ranks the 193 UN
member countries based on their performance
against the 17 Sustainable Development Goals
(SDG).It has been released since 2015 and is
based on official data sources (UN, World Bank,
etc.) and non-official data sources (research
institutions and non-governmental
organizations).
Rank -1 Finland

India’s Rank 120

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2021

(6TH EDITION)

Released by World Bank

About the report Introduced in 2003 to provide assessment of
objective measures of business regulations
and their enforcement across 190
economies on 10 parameters affecting a
business through its life cycle.
Rank -1 New Zealand
Last Rank -190 Somalia
India’s Rank 63
India’s Rank in previous year 77

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 GLOBAL REMITTANCES
Released by World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief
About the report The Bretton Woods Conference held in 1944,
created the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) along
with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The IBRD later became the World Bank. It has
189 member countries. India is also a member
country.
India Received over USD 83 billion in remittances in
2020. In 2019, India had received USD 83.3
billion in remittances
Global Remittances China is second in terms of global remittances in
2020 and received USD 59.5 billion.
Remittance outflow maximum from the United States (USD 68
billion), followed by UAE, Saudi Arabia,
Switzerland, Germany, and China.

EASE OF LIVING INDEX

Released by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(MoHUA)
About the report The ministry has introduced a revision in the
latest edition of EoLI. In Ease of living Index
2018, input and output parameters were put
together to assess citizens’ ease of living.
However, in 2020, the input parameters are
incorporated into a new index called the
‘Municipal Performance Index’.
The list of best cities of India (Million+) as Bengaluru,Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai,
per the MoHUA’s EoLI Surat, Navi Mumbai, Coimbatore, Vadodara,
Indore, Greater Mumbai
The list of the top 10 cities of India (Less Shimla, Bhubaneshwar, Silvassa, Kakinada,
than a million) in EoLI Salem
Vellore, Gandhinagar, Gurugram,
Davanagere
Tiruchirapalli

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 GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT 2021
Released by The World Economic Forum
About the WEF The World Economic Forum is the
International Organization for Public-Private
Cooperation.
It was established in 1971 as a not-for-profit
foundation and is headquartered in Geneva,
Switzerland. The report was first published
in 2006 by the WEF. It benchmarks 156
countries on their progress towards gender
parity in four dimensions.
India’s Rank Overall- India is now one of the worst
performers in South Asia, it is now ranked
140 among 156 countries.
Health and Survival index- India has fared
the worst, ranking at 155.The only country
to have fared worse is China.
Education Attainment-India has been ranked
at 114.
Political Empowerment- ranking at 51 in
women’s participation in politics.
India’s Rank in previous year 112th among 153 countries

CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX

Released by Transparency International.
About the report Transparency International is an
international non -governmental
organisation founded in 1993 based in
Berlin, Germany
its non profit purpose is to take action to
combat global Corruption with civil societal
anti-corruption measures and to prevent
criminal activities arising from corruption.
Top countries Denmark and New Zealand
India’s Rank 86th among 180 countries
India’s Rank in previous year 80th out of 180 countries

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 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX
Released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
About the report It has been published every year since 2002
by Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) or
Reporters Without Borders.
Top country Norway has topped yet again for the fifth
year in the row.
India’s Rank 142nd out of 180 nations
India’s Rank in previous year 80th out of 180 countries

WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT

Released by Sustainable Development Solutions Network
for the United Nations.
About the report The United Nations started to celebrate the
International Day of Happiness in 2013 but a
resolution for the same was passed in July,
2012.
This resolution was first initiated by Bhutan
which emphasised on the importance of
national happiness over national income since
the early 1970s, thereby adopting the Gross
National Happiness (GNH) over Gross National
Product (GNP).
Rank -1 Finland
Last Rank -149 Afghanistan
India’s Rank 139, out of 149 countries (evaluated)
India’s Rank in previous year 144 t of 156 countries (surveyed)

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 GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX REPORT
Released by Jointly published by Concern Worldwide and
Welthungerhilfe
About the report It was first produced in 2006. It is published
every October. The 2020 edition marks the
15th edition of the GHI. To comprehensively
measure and track hunger at the global,
regional, and country levels.
India’s Rank 94 among 107 countries
India’s Rank in previous year 102 out of 117 countries

CLIMATE CHANGE PERFORMANCE INDEX

Released by Germanwatch, the New Climate Institute
and the Climate Action Network
About the report It is an independent monitoring tool for
tracking the climate protection performance
of 57 countries and the European
Union.These countries together generate
90%+ of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Top country None achieved 1-3 rank, 4th rank secured by
Sweden.
India’s Rank 10
India’s Rank in previous year 10

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 GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX
Released by World Intellectual Property Organisation
(WIPO)
About the report It provides detailed metrics about the
innovation performance of 131 countries
and economies around the world. Its 80
indicators explore a broad vision of
innovation, including political environment,
education, infrastructure and business
sophistication. It is published annually by
Cornell University, INSEAD and the WIPO.
Top country Switzerland, Sweden, the USA, the UK and
Netherlands are the top five countries.
India’s Rank 48th position
India’s Rank in previous year 52nd position

GLOBAL PEACE INDEX

Released by The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)
About the report Report provides a comprehensive data-
driven analysis on trends in peace, its
economic value and recommends on how to
develop peaceful societies
Top country Iceland is most peaceful country worldwide
since 2008. Iceland is joined by other top
countries like Denmark, New Zealand,
Portugal and Slovenia
Bottom country Afghanistan is the least peaceful country
again for fourth consecutive
year.Afghanistan is followed by Yemen,
Syria, South Sudan, and Iraq.
India’s Rank 135th most peaceful country while, 5th in
South Asia region.
India’s Rank in previous year 139th

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 INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY INDEX
Released by US Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation
Policy Centre (GIPC), HQ: Washington USA
About the report It evaluates the Intellectual Property rights in
53 global economies from patent and
copyright policies to commercialization of IP
assets and ratification of international
treaties.
Top country USA
India’s Rank 40 among 53 countries

WORLD COMPETITIVE INDEX

Released by Institute for Management Development
(IMD).
About the report It measures the prosperity and
competitiveness of countries by examining
four factors (334 competitiveness criteria). It
was first published in 1989.
Top country Singapore
India’s Rank 43rd rank

GLOBAL CLIMATE RISK INDEX

Released by Germanwatch Germany
About the report The Global Climate Risk Index, CRI is tasked
to analyse quantified impacts of extreme
weather situations, in terms of the fatalities
and economic losses, both. This index is
based on data received from Munich Re’s
NatCatSERVICE.
Hot locations Mozambique, Zimbabwe, the Bahamas
India’s Rank 7

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 SOCIAL MOBILITY INDEX
Released by World Economic Forum (WEF
About the report The Social Mobility Report showed that
across the Global Social Mobility Index, only
a handful of nations have put in place the
right conditions to promote social mobility.
The WEF’s Global Social Mobility Index
assesses the 82 economies on “10 pillars”
spread across the following five key
dimensions of social mobility.
Top country Denmark
India’s Rank 76 out of the 82 countries

HENLY PASSPORT INDEX

About the report The Henley Passport Index is the original
ranking of all the world’s passports
according to the number of destinations
their holders can access without a prior visa.
It was launched in 2006 and includes 199
different passports.
Top country Japan
Bottom countries Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan
India’s Rank 85

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