March 19, 2024

Indexes and Reports


The Gender Inequality Index 2022 has been released by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in their Human Development Report 2023/2024. On the Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2022, India stands at rank 108 out of 193 countries with a score of 0.437. India stood at rank 122 out of 191 countries with a score of 0.490 in the Gender Inequality Index 2021. This shows a significant jump of 14 ranks on GII 2022 vis-à-vis GII 2021. ABOUT THE INDEX The Gender Inequality Index presents a composite measure of gender inequality using three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market. The....Read More

Democracy Report 2024

V-Dem Institute has released the Democracy Report 2024: Democracy Winning and Losing at the Ballot that tracks democratic freedoms worldwide. The report classifies countries into four regime types based on their score in the Liberal Democratic Index (LDI): Liberal Democracy, Electoral Democracy, Electoral Autocracy, and Closed Autocracy. The report is published every year in March. ABOUT THE INSTITUTE The V-Dem Institute, led by Professor Staffan I. Lindberg, is an independent research institute and the Headquarters of the V-Dem project. Staffan Lindberg is a Swedish political scientist. The institute is based at the Department of Political Science at the University of....Read More

Global HDI

India has moved up a rank on the global Human Development Index (HDI), according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report ‘Breaking the gridlock: Reimagining cooperation in a polarised world’. Switzerland has been ranked number one. The report stated that while India ranked 135 in 2021, it had moved up to 134 in 2022. A total of 193 countries were ranked in 2022 and 191 countries in 2021. India’s HDI value increases from 0.633 to 0.644 in 2022 India’s Neighbors Sri Lanka has been ranked much ahead at 78, while China is ranked 75, both categorised under the High....Read More

The Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2023 report has been released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Major Findings The volume of international transfers of major arms in 2019–23 was 3.3 per cent lower than in 2014–18 and 3.3 per cent higher than in 2009–13. The five largest exporters were the United States, France, Russia, China and Germany. Arms exports by the USA went up by 17 per cent between 2014–18 and 2019–23, while those by Russia went down by 53 per cent. France’s exports rose by 47 per cent and it moved just ahead of Russia to....Read More

‘Women, Business and the Law 2024 report’ was released recently by the World Bank Group. The report assesses the gap between legal reforms and actual outcomes for women in 190 economies.  MAJOR FINDINGS No country, including the most affluent economies, ensures equal opportunities for women. When considering legal distinctions related to violence and childcare, women are found to have less than two-thirds or 64 per cent of the rights enjoyed by men. Earlier estimates projected women had 77 per cent of the rights. Although laws on the books imply that women enjoy roughly two-thirds the rights of men, countries on....Read More

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released Global Resources Outlook 2024 report titled, ‘Bend the trend: Pathways to a liveable planet as resource use spikes’. It is the flagship report of the International Resource Panel of the United Nations Environment Programme. Report sheds light on how resources are essential to effective implementation of Agenda 2030 and multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) to tackle the triple planetary crisis (TPC). TPC refers to the three interlinked crises- climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss. MAJOR FINDINGS Low-income countries consume six times less materials compared to wealthy countries, despite generating 10 times less climate impacts. The....Read More

The State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI) 2023 has been developed by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in collaboration with Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE) to track EE initiatives in the states and UTs. It provides insights about sub-national energy efficiency policies, programmes, and investments. SEEI 2023 is the fifth edition of the index. SEEI 2023 assesses the EE progress of the 36 states and UTs for FY 2022-23 using 65 qualitative, quantitative, and outcome-based indicators distributed across 7 demand sectors, namely: Buildings, Industries, Municipal Services, Transport, Agriculture, DISCOMs, and Cross-Sector. The maximum score for the index is 100.....Read More

International IP Index 2024

The US Chamber of Commerce released the 12th edition of its International IP (intellectual property) Index. The United States emerged at the top of the list followed by the United Kingdom and France. The index evaluates the IP framework of the world’s top 55 economies and found 20 economies significantly improving. India maintained its 42nd position on the International IP Index 2024, with a score of 38.64%, unchanged since 2022. Issues The report highlighted concerns over India's intellectual property (IP) regime, citing the dissolution of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board in 2021 and an under-resourced judiciary.Read More

TomTom Traffic Index 2023

The Tomtom Traffic Index 2023 was released by company called TomTom, which specialises in location technology. The report looked at 387 cities in 55 countries, measuring how traffic affected travel time, fuel costs, and carbon emissions using data from over 600 million car navigation systems. It showed that London had the slowest traffic in 2023. Two cities in India, Bengaluru and Pune, were among the ten worst for traffic in 2023, according to the TomTom report. Bengaluru was in 6th place, taking an average of 28 minutes and 10 seconds for a 10-kilometre journey, and Pune was in 7th place,....Read More

Electricity 2024 report

THE Electricity 2024 report was recently released by International Energy Agency. Major India Specific findings India’s electricity demand will outpace China’s and have the world’s fastest growth rate by 2026. India’s annual average electricity demand growth is pegged at 5% over 2024-2026. Coal will meet 68% of India’s electricity needs in 2026. With China and India leading new nuclear reactor construction, Asia’s nuclear generation will exceed North America’s by 2026. The contribution of renewable energy (RE) generation remained relatively steady, constituting 21% of electricity generation in 2023.  Read More

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