[Prelims 2020] [Part 2/4] List of Indices and Reports: Social-related: HDI, HCI, GSNI, GHI, MPI and more

• It measures the average achievements in a country based on three dimensions

Parameters/Dimensions:

• A long and healthy life- measured by Life expectancy at birth
• Access to knowledge: measured by Mean years of schooling and Expected years of schooling
• A decent standard of living- measured by Gross National Income (GNI) per capita (PPP US$).

Key takeaways: Norway ranked first; Burundi ranked last.

India’s Rank: India ranked 129 out of 189 countries (HDI value 0.647) compared 130 in 2018.

-First edition

• It examines how social beliefs can obstruct gender equality and women empowerment.

Parameters/Dimensions: political, educational, economic and physical integrity.

Key takeaways: The highest number of bias against women was in Pakistan, followed by Qatar and Nigeria and Zimbabwe

-First edition published as part of first ever Global Social Mobility Report

Parameters/Dimensions: 5 dimensions-

• health;
• education (access, quality and equity);
• technology;
• work (opportunities, wages, conditions); and
• Protections and institutions (social protection and inclusive institutions).

Key takeaways: Denmark tops the rankings

India’s rank: India has been ranked 76th

(Annual report)

• It calculates the levels of hunger and under nutrition worldwide. It scores countries on a 100-point “severity scale”, where zero is the best score (no hunger) and 100 is the worst.

Parameters:

• Undernourishment,

• Child stunting (the share of children under five years who have a low height for their age),
• Child wasting (the share of children under five years who have a low weight for their age) and
• Child mortality rate under 5 years of age.

Key takeaways: Central African Republic ranked worst.

India’s Ranking:  Ranked 102nd (serious level of hunger) out of 117 countries in 2019 in comparison to 103^rd out of 119 countries in 2018. India’s child wasting rate is highest in the world at 20.8%.

-First edition

• It measures the state of gender equality aligned to 14 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals

Key takeaways: Denmark ranked 1st

India’s Ranking: 95th among 129 countries

-Annual Report

• It ranks 153 countries on their progress towards gender parity.

Parameters/Dimensions:

• Economic Participation and Opportunity
• Educational Attainment
• Health and Survival
• Political Empowerment
• 2019 report also examines gender gap prospects in the professions of the future.

Key takeaways: Iceland ranked 1^st

India’s ranking: India has been ranked at 112^th in 2019 in comparison to 108^th in 2018. Also, among 153 countries, India is the only country where the economic gender gap is larger than political gender gap.

-Annual report

• Ranks 156 countries on the state of global happiness.
• 2020 Theme:  Environment for Happiness.

Parameters/ dimensions: Gallup World Poll and six factors:

• Levels of GDP,
• life expectancy,
• generosity,
• social support,
• freedom
• corruption income

Key takeaways: Finland has been ranked first

India’s Ranking: India has been ranked 144th in 2020, in comparison to 140^th in 2019.

–Annual Report

• It measures which countries are best in mobilizing the economic and professional potential of its citizens.

Parameter/Dimensions:

• Survival, as measured by under-5 mortality rates;
• Expected years of Quality-Adjusted School which combines information on the quantity and quality of education; and
• Health environment using two proxies of (a) adult survival rates and (b) the rate of stunting for children under age 5.

Key Takeaways: Singapore ranked first

India’s ranking:  India ranked 115^th (HCI score 0.44)

Key takeaways: World’s population is expected to increase by two billion people in the next 30 years, from 7.7 billion currently to 9.7 billion in 2050.

India: India is expected to add nearly 273 million people between 2019 and 2050 and will remain the most populated country through the end of the current century.

• It features trends in international migration, discusses emerging policy issues and provides regional recent developments

Key takeaways: The number of international migrants globally in 2019 were around 272 million which is 3.5% of the world’s population

India: India had the largest number of migrants living abroad (17.5 million)

–Annual report

• MPI identifies multiple deprivations at the household and individual level in health, education and standard of living.

Parameters/Dimensions: 3 dimensions and 10 Indicators:

• Education (year of schooling, child enrolment)
• Health (child mortality, nutrition)
• Standard of living (electricity, drinking water, sanitation, flooring, cooking fuel, assets)

India:

• the number of people living in multidimensional poverty in India has decreased from 690.55 million in 2005-06 to 369.55 million in 2015-16
• Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh are poorest states

Jharkhand reduced the incidence of multidimensional poverty from 74.9% to 46.5% between 2005-06 and 2015-16- the fastest in India

–First edition

·        It assesses health security and related capabilities in 195 countries.

Parameters/Dimensions:

• prevention,
• early detection,
• rapid response,
• health system quality,
• standards,
• risk environment.

Key Takeaways: USA Ranked first

India’s Ranking: India has been ranked 57^th

-Annual report

• The index assesses which locations around the world provide the best or the worst living condition

Parameters/Dimensions: 5 broad parameters:

• stability,
• healthcare,
• culture and environment,
• education,
• infrastructure

Key takeaways: Vienna (Austria) has been ranked the most liveable city

Indian cities ranking: New Delhi has been ranked 118^th as compared to 112^th in 2018. Mumbai has been ranked 119^th.

–Annual report

Key takeaways:

• The global decline in the total number of TB deaths between 2015 and 2018 was 11%.
• In 2018, 7 million new cases of TB were notified
• Undernourishment, smoking, alcohol abuse, HIV infection and diabetes, were the five major factors to which TB could be attributed.

India:

• In 2017, India had 27.4 lakh TB patients which came down to 26.9 lakh in 2018
• Incidence per 1, 00,000 population has decreased from 204 in 2017 to 199 in 2018.

-Annual Report

Key takeaways:

• In 2018, an estimated 228 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide.
• Nigeria had the highest burden of all malaria cases, at 24%.

India: India registered a fall of 2.6 million malaria cases in 2018 as compared to 2017.

Key takeaways:

• 700 million children under the age of 5 have nutrition problems
• 149 million children under age 5 stunted
• 50 million children are affected by wasting