RANKING INDEXES AND INDIAS PERFORMANCE

OVER THE YEARS

In the modern age, a countrys wealth, prosperity and success are largely determined by the
countrys policies which creates possibilities for its citizens and resources to be used in different
manners which help in shaping the country in many ways.

In todays world Globalization has enabled a country to have its presence beyond any physical
borders and has thus lead to the interdependence is countries which is very evidently seen as well.

There are various ranking indexes which rank a country on single parameters viz. Literacy Rate,
Economic Size, Corruption Perceptions and there are several composite indexes which take in
several parameters and then produce a comprehensive report and rank countries accordingly.

It must be emphasised that even though the information provided by the various ranking indexes
cannot accurately estimate a countrys prosperity or success in absolute terms, they can put forward
the same data in a relative sense by comparing the same parameters with other countries.

Most of these parameters generally group countries into various zones on the basis of several
parameters like geographical location, overall development scenario (under developed, developing
and developed), economic size etc.
 GOOD COUNTRY INDEX:

The Good Country Index is a measure of the contribution of 163 countries towards planet Earth and
the human race through their policies and their behaviour.

It is a composite index with a total of 35 parameters mostly generated by the United Nations. These
parameters are combined into a common measure which gives an overall ranking and also a raking
in the seven categories which the 35 parameters are grouped into. The Seven categories are:

1. Science, Technology and Knowledge

2. Culture
3. International Peace and Security
4. World Order
5. Planet and Climate
6. Prosperity and Equality
7. Health and Wellbeing

The overall rank is the average of these category ranks.

Science, Technology and Knowledge:

This has five sub-divisions, details of which are:

International Students: The number of foreign students studying in the country relative to the
(Data by UNESCO Institute for Statistics and divided by GDP according to World Bank Data)
Journal Exports: Measures the exports of periodicals, scientific journals and newspapers relative
to the size of the economy. (Data adapted from Trade Map, International Teade Centre)
Nobel Prizes: Accumulated Nobel Prizes (up to 2011) assigned to countries, based on laureates
country of birth as well as country of institutional affiliation at the time of the award. (Data
compiled from http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/all/)
International Publications: Number of articles published in international journals. . (Data by The
World Bank: Scientific and Technical Journal Articles: National Science Foundation, Science
and Engineering Indicators)
Patents: Number of International Patent Cooperation Treaty applications. (Data adapted from
WIPO Statistics Database)

The category rankings are:

1st: United Kingdom

2nd: Austria

3rd: Czech Republic

4th: Denmark

5th: Cyprus

India is 63rd as per this category.

Culture:
This has five sub-divisions, details of which are:

Creative Goods Exports: Measures the exports of creative goods. (Data adapted from
UNCTADstat, UNCTAD's Creative Economy Report).
Creative Services Exports: Measures the exports of creative services. (Data adapted from
UNCTADstat, UNCTAD's Creative Economy Report).
UNESCO dues in arrears as % of contribution: Data compiled from UNESCO, UNESDOC.
Freedom of movement, i.e. visa restrictions: Number of countries and territories that
citizens can enter without a visa. (Data sourced from The 2011 Henley & Partners Visa
Restriction Index.)
Freedom of the press: Data compiled from Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House
Index.

The category rankings are:

1st: Belgium

2nd: Denmark

3rd: Sweden

4th: Austria

5th: Netherlands

India is 80th as per this category.

International Peace and Security:

This has five sub-divisions, details of which are:

Peacekeeping Troops: Number of peacekeeping troops sent overseas for UN missions. (Data
adapted from United Nations, Peacekeeping Statistics)
Dues in arrears to UN peace keeping budgets as % of contribution: Data compiled from
United Nations, Committee on Contributions
International Violent Conflict: Attributed number of casualties of international organised
violence. (Data compiled from UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset V4).
Arms Export: Exports of weapons and ammunition. (Data adapted from Trade Map,
International Trade Centre)
Internet Security: Global Cyber security Index score. (Data sourced from ITU (first edition
2014))
The category rankings are:

1st: South Africa

2nd: Egypt

3rd: Uruguay

4th: Moldova

5th: Tanzania

India is 27th as per this category.

World Order:
This has five sub-divisions, details of which are:

Charity Giving: Percentage of population that gives to charity. (Data sourced from Charities
Aid Foundation (2011) World Giving Index)
Refugees hosted: Number of refugees hosted (according to UNHCR). (Data adapted from
UNHCR Population Statistics)
Refugees Generated: Number of refugees overseas (according to UNHCR). (Data adapted
from UNHCR Population Statistics)
Birth Rate: Population Birth Rate. (Data adapted from The World Bank: Birth rate (annual
%))
UN Treaties Signed: Number of UN treaties signed (up to 2011) as proxy for diplomatic
action and peaceful conflict resolution. (Data compiled from United Nations, Treaty
Collection)

The category rankings are:

1st: Austria

2nd: Germany

3rd: Denmark

4th: Netherlands

5th: Luxembourg

India is 100th as per this category.

Contributions to Planet and Climate:
This has five sub-divisions, details of which are:

Ecological Footprint: National Footprints Accounts. (Data adapted from Global Footprint
Network).
Reforestation since 1992: Data adapted from UNEP (2015): The UNEP Environmental Data
Explorer
Hazardous pesticides exports: Data adapted from UNEP (2015): The UNEP Environmental
Data Explorer
CO2 emissions: Data adapted from The World Bank: CO2 emissions (kt).
Ozone: Consumption of ozone-depleting substances all. (Data adapted from UNEP (2015):
The UNEP Environmental Data Explorer).

The category rankings are:

1st: Iceland

2nd: Norway

3rd: Switzerland

4th: Portugal

5th: Italy

India is 106th as per this category.

Contributions to Prosperity and Equality:

This has five sub-divisions, details of which are:

Open Trading: Measures the trading across borders i.e. the open trading performance. (Data
adopted from The World Bank: Distance to Frontier Score: Doing Business Indicators).
UN Volunteers Abroad: Number of aid workers and volunteers sent overseas. (Data adapted
from UNV (2011), Annual report)/
Fairtrade Market Size: Data adapted from Fairtrade International, Annual Review.
FDI Outflows: Data adapted from UNCTADstat.
Development Assistance: Data adapted from Development Initiatives, Investments to End
Poverty.

The category rankings are:

1st: Sweden

2nd: Switzerland

3rd: Denmark
 4th: Finland

5th: United Kingdom

India is 124th as per this category.

Contributions to Health and Well Being:

This has five sub-divisions, details of which are:

Food Aid: Amount of wheat tonnes equivalent food aid shipments. (Data adapted from
World Food Programme's World Food Information System).
Pharmaceutical exports: Data adapted from Trade Map, International Trade Centre.
Voluntary excess donations to the WHO: Data adapted from World Health Organisation's
Institutional Repository for Information.
Humanitarian Aid Donations: Data adapted from UNOCHA, Financial Tracking Service (FTS).
International Health Regulations Compliance: Data compiled from World Health
Organisation's Global Health Observatory data.

The category rankings are:

1st: Sweden

2nd: United Kingdom

3rd: Canada

4th: Finland

5th: Switzerland

India is 37th as per this category.

Overall Rankings:
As per these individual rankings, the overall rankings obtained are as follows:

1st: Sweden

2nd: Denmark

3rd: Netherlands

4th: United Kingdom

5th: Switzerland

61st: India
 GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS INDEX:

Competitiveness is defines as the set of Institutions, policies and factors that determine the level of
productivity of an economy, which in turn sets the level of prosperity that the country can earn.

The GCI combines 114 indicators that capture concepts that matter for productivity. These indicators
are grouped into 12 pillars. These are in turn organized into three sub-indexes, in line with the three
main stages of development: basic requirements, efficiency enhancers and innovation and
sophistication factors.

The GCI includes statistical data from internationally recognised agencies, notably the International
Monetary Fund, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and the
World Health Organization.

The 12 main pillars grouped into the three main stages are: (Courtesy: The Global Competitiveness
Report 2015-16)
The scores and rakings for the top 10 countries in the world are given below:

2016- 2015- 2014- 2013- 2012-

Country 17 16 15 14 13
Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score

Switzerland 1 5.81 1 5.76 1 5.7 1 5.7 1 5.7

Singapore 2 5.72 2 5.68 2 5.6 2 5.6 2 5.7
United States 3 5.7 3 5.61 3 5.5 5 5.5 7 5.5
Netherlands 4 5.57 5 5.5 8 5.5 8 5.4 5 5.5
Germany 5 5.57 4 5.53 5 5.5 4 5.5 6 5.5
Sweden 6 5.53 9 5.43 10 5.4 6 5.5 4 5.5
United Kingdom 7 5.49 10 5.43 9 5.4 10 5.4 8 5.4
Japan 8 5.48 6 5.47 6 5.5 9 5.4 10 5.4
Hong Kong SAR 9 5.48 7 5.46 7 5.5 7 5.5 9 5.4
Finland 10 5.44 8 5.45 4 5.5 3 5.5 3 5.5
India 39 4.5 55 4.3 71 4.2 60 4.3 59 4.3

Scores over the years for the top 10 countries

7

2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 2013-14 2012-13

The scores and rakings for the top 10 countries in Asia are given below:

2016- 2015- 2014- 2013- 2012-

Country 17 16 15 14 13
Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score

Singapore 2 5.72 2 5.68 2 5.6 2 5.6 2 5.7

Japan 8 5.48 6 5.47 6 5.5 9 5.4 10 5.4
Hong Kong SAR 9 5.48 7 5.46 7 5.5 7 5.5 9 5.4
Taiwan 14 5.28 15 5.28 14 5.3 12 5.3 13 5.3
United Arab
Emirates 16 5.26 17 5.24 12 5.3 19 5.1 24 5.1
Qatar 18 5.2 14 5.3 16 5.2 13 5.2 11 5.4
Israel 24 5.2 27 5 27 4.9 27 4.9 26 5
Malaysia 25 5.2 18 5.2 20 5.2 24 5 25 5.1
S. Korea 26 5 26 5 26 5 25 5 19 5.1
China 28 5 28 4.9 28 4.9 29 4.8 29 4.8
Saudi Arabia 29 4.8 25 5.1 24 5.1 20 5.1 18 5.2
India 39 4.5 55 4.3 71 4.2 60 4.3 59 4.3

Scores over the years for top 10 Asian countries

7

0
Singapore Japan Hong Taiwan United Qatar Israel Malaysia S. Korea China Saudi India
Kong SAR Arab Arabia
Emirates

2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 2013-14 2012-13

 EASE OF DOING BUSINESS INDEX:

The Ease of Doing Business Index, is an index created by The World Bank Group. Higher ranking
indicate better, usually simpler, regulations for businesses and stronger protections of property
rights.

The report is above all, a benchmark study of regulations. A nations ranking on the index is based on
the average of 10 sub-indices:

o Starting a business: Procedures, time, cost and minimum capital to open a new
business.
o Dealing with construction permits: Procedures, time and cost to build a warehouse.
o Getting Electricity: procedures, time and cost required for a business to obtain a
permanent electricity connection for a newly constructed warehouse.
o Registering Property: Procedures, time and cost to register commercial real estate.
o Getting Credit: Strength of legal rights index, depth of credit information index.
o Protection Investors: Indices on the extent of disclosure, extent of director liability and
ease of shareholder suits.
o Paying Taxes: Number of taxes paid, hours per year spent preparing tax returns and
total tax payable as share of gross profit.
o Trading across borders: Number of documents, cost and time necessary to export and
import.
o Enforcing contracts: Procedures, time and cost to enforce a debt contract.
o Resolving insolvency: The time, cost and recovery rate (%) under bankruptcy
proceeding.

The rankings for the top 10 countries in the world are:

Country 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
New
Zealand 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 1
Singapore 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Denmark 8 7 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 3
Honk Kong 7 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 4
South Korea 27 23 30 23 19 16 8 8 7 5 4 5
Norway 5 9 11 10 10 8 6 6 9 6 9 6
United
Kingdom 9 6 6 6 5 4 7 7 10 8 6 7
United
States 3 3 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 7 7 8
Sweden 14 13 14 17 18 14 14 13 14 11 8 9
Macedonia 81 92 75 71 32 38 22 23 25 30 12 10
India 116 134 120 122 133 134 132 132 134 142 130 130
 India v/s Top 10 (World)
150

100

50

0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

New Zealand Singapore Denmark Honk Kong

South Korea Norway United Kingdom United States
Sweden Macedonia India

The rankings for the top 10 countries in Asia are:

Country 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Singapore 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Honk Kong 7 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 4
South Korea 27 23 30 23 19 16 8 8 7 5 4 5
Taiwan 35 47 50 61 46 33 25 16 16 19 11 11
Malaysia 21 25 24 20 23 21 18 12 6 18 18 23
United Arab
Emirates 69 77 68 46 33 40 33 26 23 22 31 26
Japan 10 11 12 12 15 18 20 24 27 29 34 34
Kazakhstan 86 63 71 70 63 59 47 49 50 77 41 35
Thailand 20 18 15 13 12 19 17 18 18 26 49 46
Israel 29 26 29 30 29 29 34 38 35 40 53 52
Bahrain 18 20 28 38 42 46 53 65 63
India 116 134 120 122 133 134 132 132 134 142 130 130

India v/s Top 10 (Asia)

150

100

50

0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Singapore Honk Kong South Korea Taiwan

Malaysia United Arab Emirates Japan Kazakhstan
Thailand Israel Bahrain India
 THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX:

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education and per
capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of Human Development.

The individual statistics are:

Life Expectancy Index:

This is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on their yar of
birth, their current age and other demographic factors.

The Life Expectancy Index (LEI) is mathematically expressed as:

20
=
85 20
Where, LE = the average life expectancy

The LEI is 1 when Life Expectancy at birth is 85 and it is 0 when Life Expectancy at birth is 0.

Education Index:
Education is a major component of well-being and is used in the measure of economic development
and quality of life, which is a key factor determining whether a country is a developed, developing or
underdeveloped.

The Education Index is calculated as:

+
=
2
Where,

= 15 , MYS (Mean years of schooling) is the average number of competed years of

education of a population.

= 18 , EYS (Expected years of schooling) Number of years a child of school entrance

age can expect to spend in a given level of education.

Income Index:
The Income Index is calculated as:
ln() ln(100)
=
ln(75,000) ln(100)
Where GNIpc is the Gross National Income (per capita).
Finally, the HDI calculated as:
3
= . .

The statistics for the individual sub-indexes are given below:

The rankings for the top 10 countries in the world for the Education Index are:

Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Australia 0.902473 0.905156 0.90744 0.912785 0.9158 0.918815 0.921831 0.926536 0.926536
New Zealand 0.9078 0.909593 0.911387 0.91318 0.914973 0.916767 0.916767 0.916767 0.916767
Norway 0.909778 0.912029 0.908724 0.902642 0.902116 0.907144 0.909922 0.909922 0.909922
Netherlands 0.843646 0.850267 0.859665 0.859769 0.859493 0.86646 0.891605 0.893532 0.893532
United States 0.866785 0.869515 0.876344 0.880394 0.883683 0.886981 0.889759 0.889759 0.889759
Ireland 0.865978 0.867418 0.879969 0.884187 0.885627 0.887067 0.887067 0.887067 0.887067
Germany 0.85801 0.872152 0.87494 0.877478 0.878565 0.878845 0.884372 0.884372 0.884372
Lithuania 0.849689 0.856445 0.86404 0.87228 0.881691 0.882643 0.87666 0.87666 0.87666
Denmark 0.864255 0.863191 0.864906 0.86662 0.868334 0.872826 0.872826 0.872826 0.872826
Czech Republic 0.850089 0.84776 0.853764 0.851436 0.860218 0.863444 0.866222 0.866222 0.866222
India 0.408956 0.419614 0.430273 0.441627 0.444647 0.456 0.472667 0.472667 0.472667

Education Index (World)

1.04

0.94

0.84

0.74

0.64

0.54

0.44

0.34

0.24
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

Australia New Zealand Norway Netherlands

United States Ireland Germany Lithuania
Denmark Czech Republic India
The rankings for the top 10 countries in Asia for the Education Index are:

Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Korea (Republic of) 0.837025 0.842522 0.848019 0.853516 0.856235 0.861732 0.86451 0.86451 0.86451
Israel 0.848263 0.845844 0.848981 0.843784 0.846921 0.847967 0.851288 0.854268 0.854268
Japan 0.784889 0.790067 0.792467 0.794867 0.800044 0.802444 0.808 0.808 0.808
Russian Federation 0.763944 0.764924 0.768682 0.77244 0.778976 0.779956 0.779956 0.779956 0.779956
Singapore 0.667222 0.683888 0.697777 0.714444 0.715444 0.758889 0.758889 0.758889 0.767778
Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.682944 0.689829 0.71338 0.748042 0.757704 0.759033 0.761811 0.767367 0.767367
Kazakhstan 0.7553 0.759471 0.758087 0.75948 0.755318 0.753933 0.759489 0.762267 0.762267
Sri Lanka 0.709486 0.715144 0.720803 0.726461 0.728994 0.737778 0.737778 0.737778 0.737778
Saudi Arabia 0.61694 0.623622 0.630304 0.641153 0.660335 0.68785 0.707032 0.720659 0.723174
Bahrain 0.711011 0.702713 0.705527 0.70834 0.711153 0.713967 0.713967 0.713967 0.713967
India 0.408956 0.419614 0.430273 0.441627 0.444647 0.456 0.472667 0.472667 0.472667

Education Index (Asia)

0.84

0.74

0.64

0.54

0.44

0.34

0.24
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

Korea (Republic of) Israel Japan Russian Federation

Singapore Hong Kong, China (SAR) Kazakhstan Sri Lanka
Saudi Arabia Bahrain India
The rankings for the top 10 countries in the world for the Life Expectancy Index are:
Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Japan 82.3 82.5 82.6 82.8 82.9 83.1 83.3 83.4 83.6
Hong Kong, China (SAR) 81.9 82.1 82.3 82.5 82.7 82.8 83 83.2 83.4
Switzerland 81.2 81.4 81.6 81.9 82 82.2 82.3 82.5 82.6
Australia 81.1 81.3 81.6 81.8 81.9 82.1 82.2 82.4 82.5
Italy 80.9 81.1 81.4 81.6 81.8 81.9 82.1 82.2 82.4
Singapore 80.2 80.6 81 81.3 81.6 81.8 82 82.2 82.3
Iceland 81 81.2 81.3 81.5 81.6 81.7 81.8 82 82.1
Spain 80.4 80.7 81 81.3 81.5 81.7 81.8 82 82.1
Sweden 80.6 80.8 81 81.1 81.3 81.4 81.6 81.7 81.8
Israel 80.2 80.5 80.7 80.9 81.1 81.3 81.5 81.6 81.8
France 80.2 80.5 80.7 81 81.2 81.4 81.5 81.7 81.8
India 64.1 64.4 64.8 65.1 65.4 65.7 65.9 66.2 66.4

Life Expectancy (World)

80
75
70
65
60
55
50
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

Japan Hong Kong, China (SAR) Switzerland

Australia Italy Singapore
Iceland Spain Sweden
Israel France India

The rankings for the top 10 countries in Asia for the Life Expectancy Index are:
Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Japan 82.3 82.5 82.6 82.8 82.9 83.1 83.3 83.4 83.6
Hong Kong, China (SAR) 81.9 82.1 82.3 82.5 82.7 82.8 83 83.2 83.4
Singapore 80.2 80.6 81 81.3 81.6 81.8 82 82.2 82.3
Israel 80.2 80.5 80.7 80.9 81.1 81.3 81.5 81.6 81.8
Korea (Republic of) 78.7 79.2 79.7 80.1 80.5 80.8 81 81.3 81.5
Brunei Darussalam 77 77.2 77.4 77.6 77.8 78 78.2 78.4 78.5
Qatar 77.3 77.4 77.6 77.7 77.8 78 78.1 78.2 78.4
Maldives 73.9 74.6 75.2 75.8 76.3 76.8 77.2 77.6 77.9
United Arab Emirates 75.3 75.5 75.8 76 76.1 76.3 76.5 76.7 76.8
Bahrain 75.4 75.6 75.8 75.9 76.1 76.2 76.3 76.5 76.6
India 64.1 64.4 64.8 65.1 65.4 65.7 65.9 66.2 66.4
 Life Expectancy (Asia)
85
80
75
70
65
60
55
50
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

Japan Hong Kong, China (SAR) Singapore

Israel Korea (Republic of) Brunei Darussalam
Qatar Maldives United Arab Emirates
Bahrain India

The rankings for the top 10 countries in the world for the Income Index are:
Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Liechtenstein 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Qatar 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kuwait 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Brunei Darussalam 1 1 1 0.997 0.992 0.993 0.995
Singapore 0.958 0.971 0.978 0.971 0.964 0.989 0.993
Norway 0.975 0.976 0.978 0.976 0.973 0.973 0.972
Luxembourg 1 0.997 1 1 0.967 0.972 0.969
United Arab Emirates 1 1 1 0.999 0.972 0.959 0.957
Switzerland 0.947 0.95 0.944 0.933 0.942 0.951 0.944
Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.909 0.921 0.931 0.937 0.929 0.936 0.943

India 0.528 0.54 0.552 0.556 0.566 0.578 0.586

Income Index (Top 10 World)

0.98

0.78

0.58

0.38
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

Liechtenstein Qatar Kuwait

Brunei Darussalam Singapore Norway
Luxembourg United Arab Emirates Switzerland
Hong Kong, China (SAR) India
The rankings for the top 10 countries in Asia for the Income Index are:
Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Qatar 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kuwait 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Brunei Darussalam 1 1 1 0.997 0.992 0.993 0.995
Singapore 0.958 0.971 0.978 0.971 0.964 0.989 0.993
United Arab Emirates 1 1 1 0.999 0.972 0.959 0.957
Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.909 0.921 0.931 0.937 0.929 0.936 0.943
Saudi Arabia 0.904 0.911 0.916 0.921 0.931 0.931 0.939
Oman 0.898 0.904 0.913 0.93 0.927 0.928 0.917
Japan 0.884 0.887 0.891 0.889 0.88 0.887 0.886
Bahrain 0.878 0.876 0.876 0.873 0.868 0.867 0.865
India 0.528 0.54 0.552 0.556 0.566 0.578 0.586

Income Index (Top 10 Asia)

0.98
0.88
0.78
0.68
0.58
0.48
0.38
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

Qatar Kuwait Brunei Darussalam

Singapore United Arab Emirates Hong Kong, China (SAR)
Saudi Arabia Oman Japan
Bahrain India

The overall rankings for the top 10 countries in the world for the Human Development Index are:
Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Norway 0.931 0.934 0.936 0.936 0.936 0.939 0.941 0.942 0.945 0.948 0.949
Australia 0.915 0.918 0.921 0.925 0.927 0.927 0.93 0.933 0.936 0.937 0.939
Switzerland 0.904 0.911 0.914 0.916 0.92 0.932 0.932 0.934 0.936 0.938 0.939
Germany 0.892 0.898 0.903 0.906 0.907 0.912 0.916 0.919 0.92 0.924 0.926
Denmark 0.902 0.904 0.906 0.906 0.906 0.91 0.922 0.924 0.926 0.923 0.925
Singapore 0.839 0.873 0.88 0.887 0.889 0.911 0.917 0.92 0.922 0.924 0.925
Netherlands 0.893 0.899 0.905 0.906 0.906 0.911 0.921 0.922 0.923 0.923 0.924
Ireland 0.896 0.902 0.908 0.909 0.907 0.909 0.895 0.902 0.91 0.92 0.923
Iceland 0.884 0.887 0.892 0.894 0.894 0.894 0.901 0.907 0.915 0.919 0.921
Canada 0.891 0.894 0.897 0.898 0.898 0.903 0.907 0.909 0.912 0.919 0.92
India 0.536 0.546 0.556 0.563 0.569 0.58 0.59 0.599 0.607 0.615 0.624
 HDI (World)
1.02
0.92
0.82
0.72
0.62
0.52
0.42

Norway Australia Switzerland Germany

Denmark Singapore Netherlands Ireland
Iceland Canada India

The overall rankings for the top 10 countries in Asia for the Human Development Index are:
Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Singapore 0.839 0.873 0.88 0.887 0.889 0.911 0.917 0.92 0.922 0.924 0.925
Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.87 0.881 0.887 0.892 0.894 0.898 0.905 0.907 0.913 0.916 0.917
Japan 0.873 0.877 0.88 0.881 0.879 0.884 0.889 0.894 0.899 0.902 0.903
Korea (Republic of) 0.86 0.867 0.873 0.876 0.87 0.884 0.889 0.891 0.896 0.899 0.901
Israel 0.87 0.872 0.877 0.876 0.878 0.883 0.889 0.891 0.895 0.898 0.899
Brunei Darussalam 0.837 0.84 0.84 0.841 0.845 0.846 0.852 0.86 0.863 0.864 0.865
Qatar 0.835 0.83 0.825 0.828 0.825 0.827 0.837 0.843 0.854 0.855 0.856
Saudi Arabia 0.767 0.773 0.779 0.787 0.792 0.804 0.818 0.83 0.841 0.845 0.847
United Arab Emirates 0.823 0.826 0.829 0.831 0.826 0.824 0.826 0.829 0.832 0.836 0.84
Bahrain 0.81 0.813 0.815 0.814 0.81 0.812 0.812 0.815 0.82 0.823 0.824
India 0.536 0.546 0.556 0.563 0.569 0.58 0.59 0.599 0.607 0.615 0.624
 THE UN E-GOVERNANCE INDEX:

The E-Government Development Index (EGDI) is a weighted average of normalised scores on the
three most i important dimensions of e-government, namely: scope and quality of online services
(Online Service Index, OSI), status of the development of telecommunication infrastructure
(Telecommunication Infrastructure Index, TII) and inherent human capital (Human Capital Index,
HCI). Each of these sets of indices is in itself a composite measure that can be extracted and
analysed independently.
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The composite value of each component index is then normalised to fall between the range of 0 to 1
and the overall EGDI is derived by taking the arithmetic average of the three component indexes.

The overall rankings for the top 10 countries in the world for the UN E-Governance Index are:

Country 2003 2004 2005 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

United Kingdom 0.81403 0.88521 0.87773 0.7872 0.81466 0.89603 0.86948 0.91928
Australia 0.839 0.91034 0.91428
Republic of Korea 0.92832 0.94623 0.89149
Singapore 0.74633 0.83404 0.8503 0.7009 0.7476 0.84742 0.90762 0.8828
Finland 0.85052 0.84491 0.88168
Sweden 0.83967 0.87406 0.8983 0.9157 0.74744 0.8599 0.8225 0.87039
Netherlands 0.91249 0.88966 0.86586
New Zealand 0.83809 0.86436 0.8653
Denmark 0.88885 0.8162 0.85102
France 0.86349 0.89384 0.84559
India 0.38287 0.38343 0.46375

E-Governance Index (India v/s the world)

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2003 2004 2005 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

The overall rankings for the top 10 countries in Asia for the UN E-Governance Index are:

Country 2003 2004 2005 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Republic of Korea 0.92832 0.94623 0.89149
Singapore 0.74633 0.83404 0.8503 0.7009 0.7476 0.84742 0.90762 0.8828
Japan 0.80187 0.88744 0.84397
Israel 0.81001 0.81615 0.78056
Bahrain 0.69461 0.80885 0.77335
United Arab Emirates 0.5345 0.47356 0.57182 0.6301 0.53494 0.73442 0.71358 0.75153
Kazakhstan 0.68438 0.72827 0.72499
Russian Federation 0.73448 0.72959 0.72147
Kuwait 0.59602 0.6268 0.70795
Saudi Arabia 0.33756 0.38582 0.41049 0.4935 0.51424 0.66581 0.69001 0.68224
India 0.38287 0.38343 0.46375

E-Governance Index(India v/s Asia)

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 THE CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX:

The Corruption Perception Index is published by Transparency International (TI) since 1996
annually ranking countries by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert
assessments and opinion surveys.

The 2012 CPI draws on 13 different surveys and assessments from 12 different institutions including
The World Bank, The World Economic Forum, The World Justice Project etc.

The overall rankings for the top 10 countries in the world for the Corruption perception Index are:

Country 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010

Denmark 91 92 91 90 94 93
Finland 90 89 89 90 94 92
Sweden 89 87 89 88 93 92
New Zealand 88 91 91 90 95 93
Netherlands 87 83 83 84 89 88
Norway 87 86 86 85 90 86
Switzerland 86 86 85 86 88 87
Singapore 85 84 86 87 92 93
Canada 83 81 81 84 87 89
Germany 81 79 78 79 80 79
India 38 38 36 36 31 33

CPI (India v/s the World)

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Netherlands Norway Switzerland Singapore
Canada Germany India
The overall rankings for the top 10 countries in Asia for the Corruption perception Index are:

Country 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010

Singapore 85 84 86 87 92 93
Hong Kong 75 74 75 77 84 84
Japan 75 76 74 74 80 78
Qatar 71 69 68 68 72 77
United Arab Emirates 70 70 69 68 68 63
Bhutan 65 65 63 63 57 57
Taiwan 62 61 61 61 61 58
Israel 61 60 61 60 58 61
Korea (South) 56 55 55 56 54 54
Saudi Arabia 52 49 46 44 44 47
India 38 38 36 36 31 33

CPI (India v/s Asia)

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90

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50

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30
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Singapore Hong Kong Japan

Qatar United Arab Emirates Bhutan
Taiwan Israel Korea (South)
Saudi Arabia India