Question – Which position did India get in the Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-Commerce Index ‚2020 released by UNCTAD?
(a) 80th
(b) 85th
(c) 71st
(d) 65th
Answer – (c)
Related facts
- In February 2021, the Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-Commerce Index ‚2020 was released by UNCTAD.
- 152 countries are included in this index.
- This index provides rankings to countries for showing online purchases.
- Switzerland has topped the index.
- After this, the Netherlands has been ranked second, Denmark third, Singapore fourth and United Kingdom fifth.
- While Niger is ranked lowest (152nd) in this index.
- This was followed by ‚Chad, Burundi‚ Comoros ‚Democratic Republic of the Congo, ranked 151st‚ 150th ‚149th and 148th respectively.
- India is ranked 71 in this index.
- Whereas in the year 2019, India was ranked 75.
By — Pankaj Pandey.
Link:
https://unctad.org
https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/tn_unctad_ict4d17_en.pdf