Index
An index is an indicator or measure of something like ranking of different countries. Ranking of all countries are published on the basis of performance of the countries on different parameters for example World Press Freedom Index, Human Capital Index, Climate Change Performance Index, Human Capital Score, World Inequalty Index etc.These rankings are published by different organisations every year.
This section of current gk is very important section part of competitive exams like IAS, SSC, RRB, CPO, KVS, NVS, RPSC, TNSC, MPPSC, UPSC, Railways, Banking and so many other states and central government job entrance exams.
Here we are going to publish the list of India’s ranking in different indexes. You can download the pdf file of this post
India’s Ranking in Different Indexes 2021
| Index | Index Released by | India’s Rank | First Rank |
| Population | Wordometer | 2 | China |
| Henley Passport index | Henley and Partners | 90 | Japan and Singapore |
| Population density | World bank | 21 | Macau |
| Fertility rate | World bank | 102 | Niger |
| Population growth rate | World bank | 107 | Syria |
| Area | United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) | 7 | Russia |
| Life expectancy | Human development Index | 125 | Hong Kong |
| Infant Mortality | CIA The World Factbook | 113 | Afghanistan |
| World Press Freedom | Reporters Without Borders | 140 | Norway |
| StartupBlink Startup | Ecosystem Ranking 2021 StartupBlink | 17 | USA |
| Ethnic and cultural diversity | Fearon Analysis | 17 | Uganda |
| Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus | International Diabetes Federation | 2 | China |
| Cigarette consumption | tobaccoatlas.org | 12 | China |
| Global Hunger Index | International Food Policy Research Institute | 101 | Belarus |
| Suicide rate | World Health Organization | 19 | Lesotho |
| Health Expenditure per capita | World Health Organization | 141 | USA |
| Human Capital Index | World Bank | 116 | Singapore |
| Literacy rate | NSO | 77.7% | Finland |
| Education Index | United Nations | 59 | United Kingdom |
| Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) | OECD | 72 | China |
| Linguistic diversity index | SIL International | 14 | Papua New Guinea |
| World Happiness | UN-SDSN | 139 | Finland |
| Happy Planet Index | New Economics Foundation | 30 | Finland |
| Human Development Index | United Nations | 131 | Norway |
| Social Progress Index | Social Progress Imperative | 117 | Norway |
| Legatum Prosperity Index | Legatum | 101 | Norway |
| Global Youth Development Index | Global Youth Development Index | 122 | Singapore |
| Homeless population | Business Standard | 101 | Philippines |
| Urbanization by country | CIA The World Factbook | 161 | Kuwait |
| Gender Inequality Index | World Economic Forum | 140 | Iceland |
| World’s Motherhood Index | Save the Children | 140 | Norway |
| Intentional Homicides | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime | 2 | El Salvador |
| Global Slavery Index | Walk Free Foundation | 4 | North Korea |
| Global Terrorism Index | Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) | 104 | Afghanistan |
| Global Peace Index | Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) | 135 | Iceland |
| Nominal GDP | World Bank | 5 | USA |
| Per capita GDP (nominal) | World Bank | 144 | Sweden |
| Tax revenue to GDP ratio | The Heritage Foundation | 109 | Denmark |
| Number of Billionaires | Forbes | 3 | USA |
| Gold reserve | World Gold Council | 8 | USA |
| Public debt | CIA The World Factbook | 82 | Japan |
| Foreign-Exchange reserves | IMF | 4 | China |
| Minimum wages | International Labour Organization (ILO) | 64 | Australia |
| Intellectual property Index | U.S Chambers of commerce | 46 | Switzerland |
| Global Resilience Index | FM Global | 62 | Denmark |
| Index of Economic Freedom | The Wall Street Journal | 121 | Singapore |
| Quality-of-life index | Economist Intelligence Unit | 43 | Switzerland |
| Ease of doing business index | Ease of doing business index | 63 | New Zeland |
| Financial Development Index | IMF | 31 | — |
| Global Innovation Index | World Intellectual Property Organization | 46 | Switzerland |
| Space Competitiveness Index | Futron Corporation | 6 | — |
| Networked Readiness Index | World Economic Forum | 39 | Sweden |
| Passengers carried in rail transport | International Union of Railways | 2 | USA |
| Traffic-related deaths | WHO | 2 | Africa |
| Electricity production | BP | 2 | China |
| Steel production | World Steel Association | 2 | China |