SDG Index 2021: India ranks 120th position
Highlights:
- India has been ranked at 120th position in the Sustainable Development Report 2021 or Sustainable Development Index 2021.
- In this Index, countries are ranked by a score out of 100.
- India has a score of 60.07.
- Last year India’s rank was 117.
- The Index measures the country’s total progress towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
- The Index has been topped by Finland.
- The top 5 countries in this ranking are :
- 1- Finland; 2- Sweden; 3- Denmark; 4- Germany; 5- Belgium
- These 17 Sustainable Development Goals were adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2015 as a part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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