In the last post, we wrote about the names of reports published by various organisations and their importance in UPSC exams. In this post, as a continuation, we have prepared the list of indices and associated organisations. For example, Human Development Index (HDI) is prepared by UNDP as part of Human Development Report.
What is an index?
An index a sign or measure of something (plural: indices). In economics and finance, an index is a statistical measure of changes in a representative group of individual data points. These data may be derived from any number of sources.
Qn UPSC 2017 CSE Prelims: Which of the following gives ‘Global Gender Gap Index’ ranking to the countries of the world?
(a) World Economic Forum
(b) UN Human Rights Council
(c) UN Women
(d) World Health Organization
Global Indices and India’s Ranking: A comparative study
| Sl.No | Index | Organisation | India’s Ranking |
| 1. | Child Development Index | Save the Children | 112/141 |
| 2. | Corruption Perceptions Index | Transparency International (TI) | 76/168 |
| 3. | Democracy Index | Economist Intelligence Unit | 35/167 |
| 4. | Ease of doing business index | World Bank Group | 130/185 |
| 5. | Education Index | UNDP | 135/188 |
| 6. | EF English Proficiency Index | EF Education First | 20/70 |
| 7. | Environmental Democracy Index (EDI) | The Access Initiative (TAI) and the World Resources Institute(WRI) | 24/70 |
| 8. | Environmental Performance Index | WEF (World Economic Forum) | 155/178 |
| 9. | Gender Empowerment Measure | UNDP | 128/177 |
| 10. | Gender Inequality Index | UNDP | 127/142 |
| 11. | Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) | WEF(World Economic Forum) | 71/144 |
| 12. | Global Entrepreneurship Index | Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute | 98/132 |
| 13. | Global Hunger Index | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) | 80/104 |
| 14. | Global Innovation Index | Cornell University. INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | 81/141 |
| 15. | Global Peace Index | Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) | 141/163 |
| 16. | Global Slavery Index | Walk Free Foundation | 4/167 |
| 17. | Global Terrorism Index | Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) | 6/124 |
| 18. | Happy Planet Index | New Economics Foundation (NEF) | 32/151 |
| 19. | Human Development Index | UNDP | 130 |
| 20. | Human Poverty Index | UNDP | N.A |
| 21. | Index of Economic Freedom | The Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation | 128/178 |
| 22. | Index of Freedom in the World | Freedom House | Free |
| 23. | Networked Readiness Index | WEF (World Economic Forum) | 89/143 |
| 24. | Press Freedom Index | Reporters Without Borders | 133/180 |
| 25. | Social Institutions and Gender Index | OECD Development Centre | 96/102 |
| 26. | Starting a Business Index | World Bank Group | 155 |
| 27. | Travel &Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) | WEF (World Economic Forum) | 52/141 |
| 28. | Web index | World Wide Web Foundation | 48/86 |
| 29. | Were to born index | Economist Intelligence Unit | 66/80 |
| 30. | World Giving Index | Charities Aid Foundation | 106/145 |
| 31. | Baseline Profitability Index | Daniel Altman in Foreign Policy magazine | 1/110 |
| 32. | Index of Investor Protection | World Bank | 7/189 |
| 33. | Global Gender Gap Index | World Economic Forum | 108/144 |
Note: India’s ranking in most indices is based on the latest available statistics as we first published the post. We may not be updating the same often. The figure is just for understanding purpose. Concentrate on the Index name, the corresponding report and organisation. Please let us know in comments if we missed any important index. Thanks in advance. All the best!
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8. Environmental Performance Index
WEF (World Economic Forum)
This index was developed from the Pilot Environmental Performance Index, first published in 2002, and designed to supplement the environmental targets set forth in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
The EPI was preceded by the Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI), published between 1999 and 2005. Both indexes were developed by Yale University (Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy ) and Columbia University (Center for International Earth Science Information Network ) in collaboration with the World Economic Forum and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.
29. Were to born index Economist Intelligence Unit,
it should be
“where -to-be- born index by
Economist Intelligence Unit”.
Organisations names are not visible in android mobile version. So, please rectify this problem
very good notes. one stop destination.
it will be nice if you could provide the reports also,eg:world development report:WB
(Note:i haven’t scrutinized clear IAS ,so kindly pardon if it already exists)
Logistics Performance Index by World Bank
how many indices for povetry and human development and unemployment ?
Please update it as per 2018/recent
global liveability index is left out
Global sustainable competitiveness index-SolAbility-India rank 130 in 2019
Logistic performance index-World bank
Smart Cities Index by International Institute of Management Development (IMD).
World hunger index published by concern worldwide and welthungerlife. please update it.