Inclusive Development Index

Inclusive Development Index 2017

Question: What is the rank of India in 2017 Inclusive Development Index (IDI) released in World Economic Forum’s (WEF) ‘Inclusive Growth and Development Report’?
(a) 65th
(b) 61st
(c) 55th
(d) 60th
Ans:(d)
Related facts:

  • On 16 January 2017; Inclusive Development Index (IDI) was released in World Economic Forum’s (WEF) ‘Inclusive Growth and Development Report’.
  • The Inclusive Development Index, measuring the accumulated level as well as the most recent five-year trend of performance for the 109 countries.
  • Inclusive Development Index (IDI) listed the 30 developed and 79 developing economies.
  • The index is based on 12 performance indicators and countries are ranked on IDI scores based on a scale of 1-7.
  • Top 10 advance economies in 2017 Inclusive Development Index (IDI) are Norway (1st), Luxembourg (2nd), Switzerland (3th), Iceland (4th) and Denmark (5th), (6th), Netherlands (7th), Australia (8th), New Zealand (9th) and Austria (10th).
  • Other advance economies are ranked as Germany (13th), Canada (15th), France (18th), the UK (21 th), the US (23 th) and Japan (24th) place.
  • Top 10 developing economies in 2017 IDI: Lithuania (1st), Azerbaijan (2nd), Hungary (3rd), Poland (4th), Romania (5th), Uruguay (6th), Latvia (7th), Panama (8th), Costa Rica (9th) and Chile (10th).
  • India, with a score of only 3.38 has been ranked 60th among 79 developing economies in the inclusive development index.
  • Neighboring China is ranked at the 15th position, Nepal (27th), Bangladesh (36th), Sri Lanka (39th) and Pakistan (52nd).
  • Other BRICS countries are ranked as Russia (13th), China (15th), Brazil 30th and South Africa (70th).

Reference:
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Forum_IncGrwth_2017.pdf