Important Ranking and Indexes of 2024 – 2025
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index 2025
- Published by: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
- First Rank: Finland
- India’s Rank: 99th
- Introduced in 2015, the SDGs consist of 17 goals aimed at ending poverty, protecting the environment, and ensuring prosperity by 2030.
- The SDG Index ranks countries based on their progress toward these goals.
Climate Change Performance Index 2025
- Published by: Germanwatch, New Climate Institute, and Climate Action Network International
- First Rank: top three ranks unassigned. Denmark 4th in the list.
- India’s Rank: 10th
- Specifications: Tracks GHG emissions, renewable energy, energy use, and climate policy in 63 countries and EU.
Henley Passport Index 2025
- Published by: International Air Transport Authority (IATA)
- First Rank: Singapore
- India’s Rank: 80th
- Specifications: Ranks countries by visa-free access for passport holders.
Global Gender Gap Report 2025
- Published by: World Economic Forum
- First Rank: Iceland
- India’s Rank: 131st
- Specifications: An annual report that benchmarks gender parity across countries, helping track progress toward closing gender gaps.
- Assessment Criteria: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment.
- Global gender gap closed to 68.8%, but full parity still 123 years away.
Human Development Index 2025
- Published by: United Nations Development Programme
- First Rank: Iceland
- India’s Rank: 130th (HDI Rank 2023)
- India’s score: 0.685 (medium human development category)
- Specifications: Evaluates life expectancy, education & standard of living.
Energy Transition Index 2025
- Published by: World Economic Forum
- First Rank: Sweden
- India’s Rank: 71st
- Specifications: It assesses improvements in energy access, regulatory frameworks, transition readiness, Energy equity, and security.
World Press Freedom Index 2025
- Published by: Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
- First Rank: Norway
- India’s Rank: 151st
- Specifications: It compares the level of freedom enjoyed by journalists and media among countries.
World Happiness Report 2025
- Published by: United Nations Sustainable Development Solution Network
- First Rank: Finland
- India’s Rank: 118th
- Specifications: It is based on global survey data from people based on people’s assessments of their happiness, along with economic and social data.
Corruption Perceptions Index 2024
- Published by: Transparency International
- First Rank: Denmark
- India’s Rank: 96th
- Specifications: It ranks countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption.
Global Hunger Index 2024
- Published by: Concern Worldwide of Ireland and Welthungerhilfe (a German non-profit organization)
- First Rank: Belarus
- India’s Rank: 105th
- Specifications: Based on Undernourishment, Child Stunting, Wasting & Mortality.
Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2024
- Published by: Yale and Columbia universities
- First Rank: Estonia
- India’s Rank: 176th
- Specifications:
Logistics Performance Index 2023
- Published by: World Bank
- First Rank: Singapore
- India’s Rank: 38th
- Specifications: It helps countries identify trade logistics challenges and opportunities, and improve their performance.
Travel and Tourism Development Index (TTDI) 2024
- Published by: World Economic Forum
- First Rank: USA
- India’s Rank: 39th
- The TTDI measures the set of factors and policies that enable the sustainable and resilient development of T&T.
International IP Index 2024
- Published by: U.S. Chambers of Commerce
- First Rank: USA
- India’s Rank: 42nd
- Specifications: Benchmarks IP environment & protection standards.
Global Innovation Index 2024
- Published by: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- First Rank: Switzerland
- India’s Rank: 39th
- Specifications: The GII is a credible instrument for governments to measure innovation-driven social and economic transformation in their countries.
World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2024
- Published by: World Justice Project
- First Rank: Denmark
- India’s Rank: 79th
Network Readiness Index 2025
- Published by: the Portulans Institute
- First Rank: USA
- India’s Rank: 36th
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