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International rankings of India

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The following are international rankings of India.

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Environment

  • New Economics Foundation: Happy Planet Index 2012, ranked 32 out of 178 countries with a score of 50.9 out of 100.
  • Yale University Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network:, 2012: ranked 125 out of 132 countries with a score of 36.23 out of max 100.
  • Carbon dioxide emissions by country - Ranked 8 out of 214 countries in 2010
  • Carbon dioxide emissions per capita: Ranked 145 out of 214 countries in 2009
  • Global Environment Performance Index 2014 is 155.
  • Ranks 24 out of 70 countries in Environment Democracy Index in the list launched by Washington-based World Resources Institute (WRI).
  • Globalization

  • A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2007, ranked 71
  • 2010 KOF Index of Globalization ranked 111 out of 181 countries
  • Military

  • Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Yearbook 2012: military funding, 8th out of 170 countries with US$46.8 billion (US$112 billion Purchasing Power Parity) spending, which is 2.5% of India's GDP and 2.7% of global military spending with US$30 per capita spending.
  • CSIS: active troops, ranked fourth out of 166 countries with a total of 1,325,000 active troops i.e. 1.1 active troops per 1000 capita
  • List of countries by number of total troops: ranked fourth out of 166 countries with a total of 4,768,407 total troops i.e. 3.9 troops per 1000 capita
  • Size of armed forces: fourth in the world.
  • How Strong is India : India is 4th strongest country in the world but this does not take into account training quality and equipment readiness.

    Politics

  • Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2016 ranked 79 out of 176 countries
  • Reporters Without Borders: 2016 Press Freedom Index, ranked 133 out of 180 countries
  • Communications

    Following rankings involving technological advances in communication are taken from the CIA World Factbook.

    Religion

  • Largest Hindu population.
  • Largest Zoroastrian population.
  • Largest Bahá'í Faith in the world.
  • Largest Jain population.
  • 9th Largest Buddhist population.
  • 2nd Largest Muslim population.
  • Society

  • Save the Children: 2010 State of the World's Mothers report, ranked 73
  • World Health Organization: suicide rate, ranked 41 out of 106 countries
  • World Economic Forum: 2016 Global Gender Gap Report, ranked 87 out of 144 countries
  • Technology

  • Economist Intelligence Unit: E-readiness 2008, ranked 2 out of 70 countries
  • WEF Networked Readiness Index 2007–2008, ranked 2 out of 127 countries
  • Nokia Siemens Connectivity Scorecard: x/10
  • Space Competitiveness Index: 2012, ranked 6
  • Wealth

  • Richest countries of Asia: ranked 2
  • Richest countries of the world, ranked 130. GDP (nominal):- $2.28trillion . ranked 7th. GDP (PPP):- $8.64trillion ranked 3rd year 2016.
  • Cities

  • UN World's Largest Morphological Cities ranking(physically contiguous urban area) ranks
  • List of cities with the most high-rise buildings above 35 meters has following Indian cities: Mumbai 12th with 2480 buildings, Chennai 35th with 689 buildings, Kolkata 40th with 594 buildings, Pune 47th with 510 buildings, Bangalore 53rd with 460 buildings.
  • List of cities with most skyscrapers above meters ranks Mumbai behind Dubai.
  • Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network (GaWC), Loughborough University listed Mumbai, New Delhi & Bangalore as emerging world city
  • References

    International rankings of India Wikipedia


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