Sustainable Development Report (SDR) 2025

India achieved milestone by securing a position among the top 100 countries in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Index.

• This ranking is part of the Sustainable Development Report, which evaluates the progress of nations in achieving the 17 SDGs established in 2015.
• India ranks 99^th out of 193 countries, scoring 67 points.

Relevant data of SDR  2025

• India’s Rank:99th out of 167 countries on the SDGi with a score of 67, marking India’s first entry into the top 100 (up from 109th in 2024).
• Comparisons:China 49th (74.4); USA 44th (75.2).
• Global Leaders:Finland (1st), Sweden (2nd), Denmark (3rd)—19 of the top 20 are European.
• Regional Movers:East & South Asia exhibit the fastest SDG advance since 2015, driven by socioeconomic gains (e.g., poverty reduction, education).
• Service Access Gains:Strong improvements in mobile broadband (SDG 9), electricity access (SDG 7), internet use (SDG 9), underfive mortality (SDG 3), and neonatal mortality (SDG 3).
• Setbacks:Five targets have regressed since 2015—obesity rate (SDG 2), press freedom (SDG 16), sustainable nitrogen management (SDG 2), biodiversity (Red List Index, SDG 15), and corruption perception (SDG 16).
• Multilateralism Ranking:Barbados (1), Jamaica (2), Trinidad & Tobago (3) top the list of countries most committed to UN multilateralism; among G20, Brazil leads at 25th, and among OECD Chile ranks highest at 7^th.

About the Sustainable Development Report 2025

• Publisher: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
• Scope:Tracks 17 goals via 106 indicators; leverages over 200,000 datapoints.
• Innovations:
  • SDG Index (SDGi):One composite score per country.
  • Spillover Index:Measures how national policies affect other nations’ SDG progress.
• Purpose:Complements official UN indicators and Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) by offering independent rankings, timeseries analyses (2000–2025), and policy recommendations on financing and institutional reforms.