India has been ranked 62 out of 74 emerging economies in the Inclusive Development Index 2018 released by the World Economic Forum.
It is much lower than China’s 26th position and Pakistan’s 47th. Bangladesh (34) and Nepal (22) .
In 2017, India was ranked at 60th place among 79 developing economies ..
Norway was again remained world’s most inclusive advanced economy, while Lithuania again topped list of emerging economies.
Despite its low overall score, India is among the ten emerging economies with ‘advancing’ trend. Only two advanced economies have shown ‘advancing’ trend.
Among the G7 economies, Germany (12) ranks highest in the Inclusive Development Index.
Among the BRICS economies, Russia was ranked at 19th, followed by China (26), Brazil (37), India (62) and South Africa (69).
Inclusive Development Index
Inclusive Development Index has been released by the World Economic Forum Annually.
This Inclusive Development Index has been developed as a new metric of national economic performance as an alternative to GDP.
The index takes into account the living standards, environmental sustainability and protection of future generations from further indebtedness.
Inclusive Development Index (IDI) measures progress of 103 economies on three individual pillars – growth and development; inclusion; and inter-generational equity.