Complete List of India's Ranking & Index in Different Indices 2022-2023

(Andhra Pradesh & Odisha combined have bagged 45%)

Manipur (Union Territories and City States Category)

Tim Cook, Apple: USD 770.5 Million

Jensen Huang, NVIDIA: USD 561 Million

1.     Lionel Messi (Soccer): $130m

2.     LeBron James (Basketball): $121.2m

3.     Cristiano Ronaldo (Soccer): $115m

4.     Neymar (Soccer): $95m

5.     Steph Curry (Basketball): $92.8m

Norway (1st)

Denmark (2nd)

Sweden (3rd)

Estonia (4th)

Finland (5th)

Bottom:

North Korea (180th)

·       8 Universities from India are placed in the top 300 universities in the world.

·       Calcutta University has been ranked first among all the central and state-aided public universities in the country.

·       Western Sydney University (Australia)

·       Arizona State University (The US)

·       Western University (Canada)

2.     United Kingdom ($8.16 billion)

3.     Germany ($5.82 billion)

4.     Japan ($5.51 billion)

5.     China ($5.06 billion)

Ethereum is the most noteworthy gainer among the crypto assets.

1.     Ladakh (1104)

2.     Arunachal Pradesh (1011)

3.     A&N Islands (984)

4.     Tripura (974)

Kerala (969)

·       Manipur (880)

·       Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (898)

·       Gujarat (909)

·       Haryana (916)

·       Madhya Pradesh (921)

1.     Reliance Industries Ltd (53^rd globally)

2.     State Bank of India (105^th)

3.     HDFC Bank (153^rd)

4.     ICICI Bank (204^th)

1.     Berkshire Hathaway

2.     Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

3.     Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)

The theme of the WEF’s Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021 is “Rebuilding for a Sustainable and Resilient Future”.

1. Japan (5.2)
2. United States (5.2)
3. Spain (5.2)
4. France (5.1)
5. Germany (5.1)
6. Switzerland (5.0)
7. Australia (5.0)
8. United Kingdom (5.0)
9. Singapore (5.0)
10. Italy (4.9)

Bottom position: Chad (117)

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India’s Rank

1st Rank

Hurun Richest Self-Made Women in the World 2022

Hurun Research Institute

• Falguni Nayar ranked 10^th
• Radha Vembu, 2nd in India & 25^th globally
• Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw ranked 26th

1. China (78)
2. United States (25)
3. United Kingdom (5)

• Index was topped by Wu Yajun co-founder of Longfor. China

NITI Aayog’s State Energy and Climate Index SECI- Round One

NITI Aayog

1. Gujarat
2. Kerala
3. Punjab

• Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand were placed at the bottom.

Hurun Global Healthcare Rich List 2022

Hurun Research Institute

1. Cyrus S Poonawalla of Serum Institute of India (SII)

2. Thomas Frist Jr & Family of HCA Healthcare

2. Li Xiting and Xu Hang of Mindray

Dilip Shanghvi & Family, of the Sun Pharmaceuticals has secured 5th spot.

1. China (34)
2. United States of America (16)
3. Switzerland (15)
4. Germany (11)
5. India (9)

SIPRI’s “Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2021” report

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

• India’s military spends 3rd highest in the world

1. US
2. China
3. UK
4. Russia

Forbes’ Real-time Billionaires List, as of 25 April 2022

Forbes’

• Gautam Adani became the fifth richest person in the world

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India’s Rank

1st Rank

16th The Wealth Report 2022

Knight Frank

• India ranked 3rd in billionaire population globally
• Bengaluru recorded the highest growth in the number of UHNWIs in 2021 at 17.1% to 352 billionaires. It was followed by Delhi (12.4% to 210) and Mumbai (9% to 1596) in 2021.

Top 5 countries in 2021:

1. United States
2. China
3. India
4. Germany
5. Russia

Sustainable Development Index 2021 in 9th edition of Down To Earth’s annual ‘State of India’s Environment Report 2022’

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC)

• India ranked 120th

Top 5 countries:

1. Finland
   Sweden
   Denmark
   Germany
   Belgium

SKOCH State of Governance ranking 2021

SKOCH Group

• 1^st rank: Andhra Pradesh
• 2^nd: West Bengal
• 3^rd: Odisha
• 4^th: Gujarat
• 5^th: Maharashtra
• 6^th: Telangana

‘Democracy Report 2022: Autocratisation Changing Nature’

V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute

• India ranked 93rd

Top 5 Liberal Democracy Index (LDI) Countries:

• Sweden
• Denmark
• Norway
• Costa Rica
• New Zealand

Most autocratic countries: Afghanistan, Belarus, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Venezuela

London & Partners (the Mayor of London’s international trade and investment agency) analysis of Dealroom.co investment data

London & Partners

• 2nd largest global venture capital investment hub for digital shopping companies
• Within India, Bengaluru, Karnataka topped with USD 14 billion worth of Venture Capital (VC) investments in digital shopping in 2021.

1. United States (US)
2. India
3. China
4. United Kingdom

8th Edition 2022 Fortune India The Next 500 list

Fortune India

• RailTel Corporation of India Limited (RailTel) has ranked 124^th
• IRCTC ranked 309

Trends in International Arms Transfer, 2021

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

• Rank 1^st in imports
• 85% of India’s overall imports were from three countries. Russia (46%), France (27%), and the USA (12%) were the top three largest exporters of arms to India during the period.
• India was 23rd largest exporter during 2017-21.

• Largest Arms Importers in 2017-21: India, followed by Saudi Arabia, Egypt (5.7%), Australia (5.4%) and China (4.8%)
• Largest Arms Exporters in 2017-21: USA, with 39% share, retained its position as the world’s largest arms exporters, followed by Russia (19%), France (11%), China (4.6%) and Germany (4.5%).

Bloomberg’s recent data on Market capitalization

Bloomberg

• India ranked 5^th with an overall market capitalization of USD 3.21 trillion.

1. US with an overall market cap of USD 47.32 trillion,
2. China (USD 11.52 trillion),
3. Japan (USD 6 trillion)
4. Hong Kong (USD 5.55 trillion)
5. India (USD 3.21 trillion)

Global Powers of Retailing 2022: Resilience Despite Challenges

Deloitte

• Reliance Retail ranked 56th

1. Walmart Inc
2. Amazon, Inc.,
3. Costco Wholesale Corporation,
4. Schwarz Group,
5. The Home Depot, Inc.

2022 M3M Hurun Global Rich List

Hurun India

• Mukesh Ambani emerged as Richest Indian & Asian & ranked 9th globally

1. Elon Musk (Tesla)
2. Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
3. Bernard Arnault (LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton)

10th edition of World Happiness Report 2022

United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network

• India ranked 136th

Top 3 countries:

1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Iceland

• United States: 16th Rank
• Afghanistan was ranked as the unhappiest nation, followed by Lebanon, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Botswana.

Global House Price Index Q4 2021

Knight Frank

• India ranked 51st

1. Turkey saw the highest annual price growth rate by 59.6 per cent in Q4 2021.
2. New Zealand (22.6 per cent),
3. Czech Republic (22.1 per cent),
4. Slovakia (22.1 per cent) 
5. Australia (21.8 per cent)

2021 World Air Quality Report

IQAir

• Bhiwadi was the most polluted city in India, followed by Ghaziabad, Delhi and Jaunpur.

World’s most polluted capital city:

1. New Delhi (India)
2. Dhaka (Bangladesh)
3. N’Djamena (Chad)
4. Dushanbe (Tajikistan) 
5. Muscat (Oman)

World’s most polluted country:

1. Bangladesh
2. Chad
3. Pakistan
4. Tajikistan
5. India

NITI Aayog`s Export Preparedness Index 2021

NITI Aayog and Institute of Competitiveness

• Rank : Gujarat

• Top states: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
• Top UTs: Delhi, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh and Puducherry.
• Union territories and states such as Lakshadweep, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Ladakh, and Meghalaya ranked worst. 

UNEP’s Annual Frontier Report 2022

United Nations Environment Programme

Most noise polluted cities in India:

1. Moradabad,
2. Kolkata (89 dB),
3. Asansol (89 dB),
4. Jaipur (84 dB),
5. Delhi (83 dB).

Most noise polluted city in world:

1. Dhaka (Bangladesh),
2. Moradabad (UP, India),
3. Islamabad (Pakistan),

• Quietest cities in the world: Irbrid at 60 dB, Lyon at 69 dB, Madrid at 69 dB, Stockholm at 70 dB, and Belgrade at 70 dB. 

Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2021 titled “Digital Acceleration 2.0”

Duff & Phelps (Now Kroll)

Most valued celebrity:

• Virat Kohli
• Ranveer Singh
• Akshay Kumar
• Alia Bhatt

Hurun Global Forty and Under Self-Made Billionaires 2022

Hurun Research Institute

• India ranked 4th

Top 5 rank holders: 

1. USA (37)
2. China (25)
3. United Kingdom (8),
4. India (6)
5. Sweden (3)

• World’s richest self-made billionaire aged 40 and under was topped by Mark Zuckerberg ($76 billion)

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Top Position

“Global Youth Development Index 2020”

Commonwealth Secretariat in London

Rank 122^nd

• Rank 1: Singapore
• Rank 2: Slovenia
• Rank 3: Norway

World’s 100 best airports list 2021

Skytrax

The list of India’s airports in World’s Top 100 Airports 2021

• Delhi at number 45
• Hyderabad at 64
• Mumbai at 65
• Bengaluru at 71

Rank 1: Doha Hamad

Safe Cities Index 2021

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

• New Delhi at 48^th
• Mumbai at 50th

World’s top 3 Safest cities

• Copenhagen
• Toronto
• Singapore

Bottom of the index: Yangon (Myanmar)

Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2021

Startup Blink

20th

• Rank 1: US
• Rank 2: UK
• Rank 3: Israel

Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2020

International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

10th

• Rank 1: US
• Rank 2: UK and Saudi Arabia
• Rank 3: Estonia

World University Rankings 2021-22

Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR)

Top 5 Indian Institutes

• Global Rank 415: IIM Ahmedabad
• Global Rank 459: Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
• Rank 543: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
• Rank 557: IIT Madras
• Rank 567: IIT Bombay

(68 Indian Institutes in Top 2000)

• Rank 1: Harvard University
• Rank 2: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Rank 3: Stanford University

SDG India Index 2020-21

Niti Aayog

The worst-performing states and UTs include:

• Chhattisgarh, Nagaland and Odisha with a score of- 61
• Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh at a score of- 60
• Assam scored- 57
• Jharkhand scored- 56
• Bihar at-52

The top-performing states and UTs as per the report are:

• Kerala with a score of- 75
• Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu with a score of -74
• Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka and Uttarakhand scored- 72
• Sikkim scored- 71
• Maharashtra with a Goal score of- 70

The State of India’s Environment Report 2021 on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted as a part of the 2030 agenda by United Nations

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

• Rank 117: India

THE Asia university rankings 2021

Times Higher Education (THE)

• Rank 37: IISc Bangalore
• Rank 55: IIT Ropar
• Rank 78: IIT Indore

• Rank 1: Tsinghua University, China
• Rank 2: Peking University

Global Liveability Index 2021

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

Here’s the list of the Top 3 least liveable cities in the world:

• Damascus (Syria)
• Lagos (Nigeria)
• Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) 

The top 3 most livable cities in the world

• Auckland, New Zealand
• Osaka, Japan
• Adelaide, Australia

World’s Best Banks 2021

Forbes with market research firm Statista

Rank 1: DBS Bank

Global Skills Report 2021

Coursera

• Rank 67: India

·         Rank 1: Switzerland

·         Rank 2: Luxembourg

·         Rank 3: Austria

QS World University Rankings 2022

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)

• Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru (186th position)
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay (177th position)
• IIT Delhi (185th rank)

·         Rank 1: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

·         Rank 2: University of Oxford

·         Rank 3: Stanford University

·         University of Cambridge

World Giving Index 2021

Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)

Rank 14: India

• Rank 1: Indonesia
• Rank 2: Kenya
• Rank 3: Nigeria

“Global House Price Index” – Q1 2021.

Knight Frank

Rank 55: India

• Rank 1: Turkey
• Rank 2: New Zealand

World Competitiveness Index 2021

Institute for Management Development (IMD)

Rank 43: India

• Rank 1: Switzerland
• Rank 2: Sweden
• Rank 3: Denmark

15th edition of Global Peace Index 2021

Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) Sydney

Rank 135: India (5th in South Asia region)

Least peaceful country

Bottom:

• Afghanistan is the least peaceful country again for fourth consecutive year.
• Yemen
• Syria,
• South Sudan,
• Iraq

• Rank 1: Iceland since 2008
• Rank 2: Denmark
• Rank 3: New Zealand
• Rank 4: Portugal

Sustainable Development Report 2021 (6th Edition)

Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Bertelsmann Stiftung

Rank 120: India

• Rank 1: Finland
• Rank 2: Sweden
• Rank 3: Denmark

Ease of Living Index 2020

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

• Rank 1: Bengaluru
• Rank 2: Chennai
• Rank 3: Shimla
• Rank 4: Bhubaneshwar
• Rank 5: Mumbai

World Investment Report 2021

UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Rank 5 (largest recipient of FDI inflows in world): India- USD 64 billion

Top 3

• US-USD 156 billion
• China-USD 149 billion
• Hong Kong-USD 119 billion

Global Gender Gap Report 2021

World Economic Forum

140th

Rank 1: Iceland

Global Energy Transition Index 2021

World Economic Forum (WEF)

87th

Rank 1: Sweden

Henley Passport Index 2021

Henley & Partners

84th

Rank 1: Japan

World Press Freedom Index 2021

Reporters Without Borders

142nd

Rank 1: Norway

11th QS World University Rankings 2021

QS World University Rankings
QS (Quacquarelli Symonds)

Rank 172: Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay)

• Rank 1: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (US)
• Rank 2: Stanford University (US)
• Rank 3: University of Cambridge (UK)

Internet inclusion and gender equality report

Facebook and Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

49th

Rank 1: Sweden

SIPRI’s TRENDS IN WORLD MILITARY EXPENDITURE report 2020

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

3rd

Rank 1: United States

Chandler Good Government Index 2021

Chandler Institute of Governance, Singapore

49th

Rank 1: Finland

Business to Consumer (B2C) E-commerce Index 2020

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Rank 71

• Rank 1-Switzerland
• Rank 2-Netherlands
• Rank 3-Denmark

Economic Freedom Index 2021

Heritage Foundation, a US Conservative think-tank

26th in Asia-Pacific

121st globally

• Rank 1: Singapore
• Rank 2: New Zealand
• Rank 3: Australia

International Intellectual Property Index 2021

US Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Centre (GIPC)

40th

• Rank 1: US
• Rank 2: UK
• Rank 3: Germany

Corruption Perception Index 2020

Transparency International

86th

Rank 1: New Zealand

World Happiness Report 2021

United Nations

Rank 139

• Rank 1- Finland
• Rank 2- Iceland
• Rank 3- Denmark
• (Rank 84th- China, Rank 105- Pakistan)

Asia-Pacific Personalised Health Index

Economist Intelligence Unit

(EIU)

10th

Singapore

Democracy Index 2020

Economist Intelligence Unit

53rd

• Rank 1: Norway
• Rank 2: Iceland
• Rank 3: Sweden

COVID-19 “performance index”

Lowy Institute, an Australian think-tank

86th

New Zealand, Vietnam

Human Freedom Index 2020

American think tank Cato Institute and Fraser Institute in Canada.

111th

New Zealand

Human Development Index 2020

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

131st

• Rank 1 -Norway
• Rank 2 – Ireland
• Rank 3– Switzerland

Global Climate Risk Index 2021

Bonn-based environmental think tank Germanwatch

7th

• Rank 1: Mozambique
• Rank 2: Zimbabwe
• Rank 3: Bahamas

Global Terrorism Index 2020

  Institute for Economics and Peace

8th

Afghanistan

Global Innovation Index 2020

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

48th

Switzerland

Global Bribery Risk Matrix

TRACE

77th

Denmark

Global hunger index 2020

Welhunger life and Concern Worldwide

94th

Seventeen nations, including China, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Cuba and Kuwait, shared the top rank 

World Competitiveness Index 2020

Institute for Management Development (IMD)

43th

Singapore

WEF’s global Energy Transition index 2020

Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF)

74th

Sweden

Human Capital Index 2020

World Bank

116th

• Rank 1-Singapore
• Rank 2 Hongkong and China
• Rank 3- Japan

Sustainable Development Report 2020

Teams of independent experts at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Bertelsmann Stiftung.

117th

Sweden

Global Economic Freedom Index 2020

Canada’s Fraser Institute

105th

Hong Kong

Economic Freedom Index 2020

Heritage Foundation published

120th

Singapore

Global Press Freedom Index 2020

Published by Reporters Without Borders

142nd

Norway

World Happiness Index 2020

UN

144th

Finland