Question-Which of the following country has topped the Sustainable Development report 2021?
(a) Finland
(b) Norway
(b) Denmark
(d) Switzerland
Ans. (a)
Related facts-
- Sustainable Development Report was prepared and released by experts from UN Sustainable Development Solution Network (SDSN). The index compares how countries implement 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
- The SDG Index is an assessment of each country’s overall performance on the 17 SDGs, giving equal weight to each Goal. The score signifies a country’s position between the worst possible outcome (0) and the best, or target outcome (100). For example, Finland’s overall index score (85.9) suggests it is, on average, 86 percent of the way to the best possible outcome across the 17 Goals.
- This year’s SDG Index and Dashboards introduces six new global bringing the total to 91 for all countries (up from 85 last year) as well as an additional 30 indicators for OECD countries.
- Three Nordic countries top the 2021 SDG Index: Finland (1st), Sweden (2nd), and Denmark (3rd). All countries in the top 20 apart from Croatia are OECD countries.
- India ranked 120th in SDR report 2021.
By- Yogesh Pratap Singh
Reference- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sustainabledevelopment.report/2021/2021-sustainable-development-report.pdf.