Global Health Security Index 2021

Highlights:

• India ranked 66 in the Global Health Security Index 2021 with an overall Index score of 42.8.
• As per the worldwide Health Security (GHS) Index 2021, the world’s average overall GHS Index score was reduced to 38.9 (out of 100) in 2021, from 40.2 within the GHS Index 2019.
• GHS Index is developed in partnership with the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Johns Hopkins Centre for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
• India ranked 66 out of 195 countries with an overall Index score of 42.8 alongside a change of -0.8 from 2019.
• The US of America (USA) ranked 1st on the index with a score of 75.9, followed by Australia and Finland.

• Rank                         Country               Score
• 1                               USA                     75.9
•  2                             Australia              71.1
•  3                             Finland                 70.9
• 4                              Canada                 69.8
• 5                              Thailand               68.2
• 6                              India                     42.8
• 7                              Somalia               16.0