India has been ranked a low 110th out of 149 countries on Sustainable Development index (SDI).
The SDI assesses countries where they stand with regard to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) also their progress and ensuring accountability.
Key Points
Top 10 Countries: Sweden (1st), Denmark (2nd), Norway (3rd), Finland (4th), Switzerland (5th), Germany (6th), Austria (7th), Netherlands (8th), Iceland (9th) and United Kingdom (10th).
Bottom 5 Countries: Chad (145th), Niger (146th), Congo (147th), Liberia (148th) and Central African Republic (149th).
India’s neighbours: Pakistan (115th), Myanmar (117th), Bangladesh (118th) and Afghanistan (139th).
BIRCS: Russia (47th), China (76th) and India (110th). The countries closest to fulfilling the SDGs are not the biggest economies but comparably small, developed countries.
Poor and developing countries score lowest on the SDG Index as they have little resources at their disposal.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries struggle to meet the goals on climate change, inequality, sustainable consumption and ecosystems.
Developing countries face major difficulties in providing basic social services and infrastructure access to their populations.
For Latin America and the Caribbean countries face challenge of high levels of inequality among the most pressing issues.
East and South Asia outperform many other developing regions but unmet challenges mostly persist in health and education.
Sub-Saharan Africa which is the world’s poorest region faces major challenges across almost all SDGs, with extreme poverty, hunger and health as major areas.
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