International rankings of India

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The following lists show's India's international rankings in various fields and topics.

India is a democratic country which got independent on 15 August 1947.

Demography[]

Further information: Demographics of India
List INDIA Ranking/Total Countries Source hideNotes
Population 2 / 235 Worldometer The current population of India is 1,383,974,858 as of Saturday, 17 October 2020[1]
Population density 21 / 207 World Bank It was 454.938 people per square kilometer in 2018.[2]
Fertility rate 102 / 201 World Bank The total fertility rate in India was 2.2 children per woman in 2018.[3]
Population growth rate (yearly) 107 / 216 World Bank India population growth rate in the year 2019 was 1.015%.
Area 7 / 194 United Nations Statistics Division(UNSD) The area of india is 3,287,263 km square.
Net migration (rate) 1 / 194 Micro Trends The current net migration rate for India in 2020 is -0.369 per 1000 population, a 3.66% decline from 2019.[4]
Net migrants 2 / 194 World Bank 2012 – 2,598,218 emigrated
HEALTH
Life expectancy 134 / 195 Human development Index 2018 – 69.4 years[5]
Infant Mortality 113 / 223 CIA 2017 est – 32 per 1000[6]
Ethnic and cultural diversity 17/ 215 Fearon Analysis[7] 2003
Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus 2 / 194 International Diabetes Federation 2017 (72.95 of 425 million diagnosed adult diabetics, live in India)[8]
Rate of Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus 48 / 194 International Diabetes Federation 2017 – Percentage of Population affected by Diabetes – 10.39%
Cigarette consumption 12 / 185 tobaccoatlas.org 2014[9]
Cigarette consumption per capita 185 / 185 tobaccoatlas.org 2014
Alcohol consumption per capita 76 / 191 World Health Organization 2014
Global Hunger Index 94/107 International Food Policy Research Institute Oct 2020 report
Suicide rate 19 / 176 World Health Organization
Health Expenditure per capita (PPP) 141 / 190 World Health Organization 2014 – $267 (inflation-adjusted 2011 dollars)
Human Capital Index 115 / 152 World Bank 2018[10]
EDUCATION
Literacy rate 77.7% 2017-18 NSO 2017-18 – 77.7%[11][12]
Human capital 103 / 130 WEF – The Global Human capital Report 2017[13]
Education Index 145 / 191 United Nations 2013
Programme for International Student Assessment 72 to 74 / 74 OECD 2009
LANGUAGE
Linguistic diversity index 14 / 232 SIL International 2017
Official languages 2 / 41 22 official languages
English-speaking population 2 / 133 Census of India 10.35% (125,226,449) English speakers out of 1,210,000,000 eligible population

Society[]

List India Ranking/Total Countries Source Notes
HAPPINESS
World Happiness Report 139/156 UN-SDSN 20 March 2020 report. Score=3.573
Happy Planet Index 30 / 140 New Economics Foundation 2016 – Score 29.2[14]
Aggregate metrics
Human Development Index 129 / 189 United Nations 2019 report – score 0.647
Inequality-adjusted HDI 94/ 151 UNDP 2020- score 0.538
Social Progress Index 117 / 128 Social Progress Imperative 2020 report- score 56.80
Where-to-be-born Index 72/ 80 Economist Intelligence Unit 2020- score 5.31
Legatum Prosperity Index 101 / 149 Legatum 2020- score 53.64
Global Youth Development Index 134 / 183 Global Youth Development Index 2016
List of countries by homeless population 8 / 52 Business Standard 2011 – 1,770,000 homeless
Urbanization by country 161 / 199 CIA The World Factbook 2015 est
Gun ownership 2 / 179 total # firearms
94 / 179 per capita #		 Small Arms Survey 2017 – 71,101,000 civilian-held firearms or 5.3 guns per 100 residents
Gender
Global Gender Gap Report 108 / 144 World Economic Forum 2018[15]
Gender Inequality Index 76 / 188 UNDP 2017 – value: 0.524[5] – female Labour force participation rate: 26.8%[16]
State of the World's Mothers report / 77 Save the Children 2010[17][18]
Crime
Intentional homicides 2 / 219 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2015 – 41,623 Intentional homicides
Global Slavery Index 4 / 167 Walk Free Foundation 2016 – 18,354,700 living in modern slavery[19]
Global Terrorism Index 104/130 Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) 2017
Global Peace Index 139/163 Visionhumanity.org[20] 11 June 2020 report.

Score=2.628

Economy[]

Further information: Economy of India
List INDIA Ranking/Total Countries Source Notes
GDP
GDP growth rate 37 / 179 World Bank 2018-19 – 5.024%
Nominal GDP 5 / 185 World Bank 2019 – US$2.875 trillion
GDP (PPP) 3 / 189 World Bank 2019 – US$8.681 trillion
Per capita GDP (nominal) 142 / 189 World Bank 2019 – US$2,104
Per capita GDP (PPP) 126 / 187 World Bank 2019 – US$7,034
tax revenue to GDP ratio 109 / 180 The Heritage Foundation 2015 – 17.7% of GDP
Trade
Imports 11 / 222 CIA The World Factbook 2017 est – $426,800,000,000
Exports 18 / 222 CIA The World Factbook 2017 est – $303,400,000,000
Received FDI 19 / 115 CIA The World Factbook 2017 est – $367,500,000,000
Wealth
Number of Billionaires 3 / 71 Forbes 2018–131
Gold reserve 8/ 18 World Gold Council 2020 Feb – 664.2tonnes
Public debt 82 / 189 CIA The World Factbook 2016 est – 52.3% GDP NET / 41.11% GDP Gross
Foreign-Exchange reserves 5/ 193 2020 Sept
Income
Minimum wages 64 / 156 2020 – $895.93/yr
GNI nominal 9 / 15 World Bank 2016 – value $2,027,964,000,000
GNI PPP 3 / 15 World Bank 2016 – value $8,594,226,000,000 international dollars
GNI (PPP) per capita 124 / 179 World Bank 2015 – $6,030 international dollars
Employment
Employment rate 42 / 47 OECD 2012 – 53.3% of 15–64 year olds in employment
Business environment
Intellectual property Index 36/50 U.S Chambers of commerce 2019
Globalization Index 107 / 184 ETHZ KOF Index of Globalization [1] 2017
World Competitiveness Yearbook scoreboard 45 / 63 IMD International [2] 2017
Global Resilience Index 60 / 130 FM Global 2017[21] [3]
Index of Economic Freedom 123 / 178 The Wall Street Journal [4] 2016
Quality-of-life index 43 / 56 Economist Intelligence Unit [5] 2017
Ease of doing business index 63 / 190 Ease of doing business index 2019
Global Competitiveness Index 68 / 141 World Economic Forum [6] 2019
Index of Economic Freedom 128 / 178 The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal 2016
Economic Freedom of the World 95 / 157 Fraser Institute 2015 – score 6.63
Financial Development Index 51 / 183 IMF 2016
Global Innovation Index 48 / 131 World Intellectual Property Organization 2020 report
Technology
IT industry competitiveness index 18 / 66 BSA Global Index [7] 2016
ICT Development Index 134 / 176 International Telecommunication Union 2017[22]
Global Innovation Index 48 / 129 Global Innovation Index 2020
Space Competitiveness Index 6 / 15 Futron Corporation, 2013
Networked Readiness Index 91 / 139 World Economic Forum 2016 – Score 3.8[23]
Transportation
Passengers carried in rail transport 2 / 86 International Union of Railways 2016[24][25] – 8.224 billion passengers
Longest Railway platforms 1 / 5 The Times of India
rail transport network size 3 / 149 International Union of Railways 2015 – 68,525 km
Traffic-related deaths 2 / 180 WHO 2013 – 238,562 deaths
Vehicles per capita 84 / 163 2015 – 0.167 per capita, 55,725,543 total
Industry
Electricity production 3 / 209 BP 2019 – 1,558,700
Steel production 2 / 38 World Steel Association 2018 – 101.4 million metric tons
Coal production 2 / 40 BP - Statistical Review of World Energy 2018 - 716 Mt
Coal consumption 2 / 20 Enerdata - Global Energy statistic yearbook 2018 - 982 Mt

Communications[]

The following rankings involving technological advances in communication are taken from the CIA World Factbook.[26]

List World rank Source Demographics (est.)
Telephone Lines in Use 12 / 218 CIA The World Factbook 2019 Jan – 21.79 million[27][28]
Mobile Phones in Use 2 / 222 1,515,971,713 lines (90.15% density) for 1.37 billion population, as of October 2020[27]
Internet users (pct of population) 141 / 228 ITU estimate 2017 – 40.142%[29]
Fixed-Broadband Internet subscribers 10 / 228 ITU estimate 2017 - 17,856,024
4G LTE penetration 15 / 75 OpenSignal 2017 – 81.56%
Internet connection speeds 89 / 149 Akamai Technologies 2017 Q1 – Average 6.5Mbit/s[30]
Television broadcast stations 4 / 233 2016 – 857 licensed stations
Wikipedia edits per county 11 / 165 Wikimedia 2013 – 2.9% of edits

Sport[]

List INDIA Ranking/Total Countries Source Notes
CRICKET
Cricket – men's Test 1/12 International Cricket Council(ICC) 13 May 2021
Cricket – men's ODI 3/20 International Cricket Council(ICC) 7 June 2021
Cricket – men's T20 2/85 International Cricket Council(ICC) 6 June 2021
Cricket – women's ODI 4/10 International Cricket Council(ICC) 11 April 2021
Cricket -Women's T20I 3/56 International Cricket Council(ICC) 28 June 2021
FOOTBALL
Football – men's 104/210 FIFA 1 Jan 2021
Football – women's 55/159 FIFA 14 Aug 2020
HOCKEY
Hockey -men's 4 / 90 International Hockey Federation(FIH) 4 Oct 2020
Hockey - women's 9 / 75 International Hockey Federation(FIH) 4 Oct 2020
BADMINTON
Badminton 9 / 139 World Badminton Federation(BWF) 17 Mar 2020
Rugby Union – men's 84 / 105 World Rugby 1 Aug 2021
CHESS
Chess – All players 4 / 184 FIDE 1 Jan 2020[31]
Chess – women's 3 / 156 FIDE 1 Jan 2020[31]
OLYMPIC
Olympic All time Medal's Tally 55 / 154 IOC Total=35 medals.

Gold=10

Silver=9

Bronze=16

Paralympic Gold Medals 67 / 122 IOC 2016 – 4 Golds from 11 Games (11 – Summer, 0 – Winter)
Paralympic Medals 71 / 122 IOC 2016 – 12 medals from 11 Games (11 – Summer, 0 – Winter)

Entertainment[]

List INDIA Ranking/Total Countries Source Notes
Film productions 1 / 15 UNESCO 2019
Cinema box office 3 / 15 MPAA 2016 – $1.9bn
Cinema admissions 1 / 10 European Audiovisual Observatory 2013 – 9,164,000,000

Politics[]

Further information: Economy of India
List INDIA Ranking/Total Countries Source Notes
Corruption Perceptions Index 86 / 179 Transparency International 2020[32]
Press Freedom Index 142 / 180 Reporters Without Borders 2020
Soft power 24 / 25 Monocle 2018-19[33]
Monocle Soft power in Asia 7 / 10 Monocle 2016–17[34]
The Asia Soft power 10 8 / 10 Portland 2018[35]
Rule of Law Index 68 / 113 World Justice Project 2019[36]
Democracy Index 51/165 Economist Intelligence Unit 2019 (6.90 / 10 flawed democracy )
Democracy Ranking 65 / 112 Democracy Ranking 2015–2016[37]
Corporate Governance 20 / 38 GMI Ratings 2010
E-Government 96 / 192 UN 2018[38]
Global Peace Index 136/163 Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) 2018

Military[]

List INDIA Ranking/Total Countries Source Notes
Military expenditure 3 / 186 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 2019 – $70.1bn or 2.24% of GDP[39]
Military strength 4 / 20 Credit Suisse 2019
Active troops 1 / 171 International Institute for Strategic Studies 1,395,100 active troops (1.1 active troops per 1000 capita)
Total troops 2 / 171 International Institute for Strategic Studies 4,941,600 total troops (3.9 troops per 1000 capita)
Composite Index of National Capability 3 / 193 National power 2003 – score 0.073444
Overseas bases 5 / 10 4 overseas bases

Awards[]

List INDIA Ranking/Total Countries Source Notes
Academy Award nominations – Foreign Language Film 33 / 125 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 3 nominations, from 50 submissions
Nobel laureates 24/ 76 Nobel Prize 8 Indian Citizens, at the time they were made a Nobel laureate: Mother Teresa (Peace), Amartya Sen (Economics), Kailash Satyarthi (Peace), two British Indian subjects: Rabindranath Tagore (Literature), and C. V. Raman (Physics), along with two Indian-born British subjects: Rudyard Kipling (Literature), Ronald Ross (Medicine), have received the honour. Recently Abhijit binayak banerjee (Economics).
Turing Award 6/ 13 Association for Computing Machinery Indian-American Raj Reddy, became the first person of Asian origin to receive the ACM Turing Award, in 1994, for his work in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
World Heritage Sites 6 / 167 World Heritage Committee 38 sites

Environment[]

List INDIA Ranking/Total Countries Source Notes
Carbon dioxide emissions by country 3 / 214 United Nations Statistics Division 2017[40]
Carbon dioxide emissions per capita 145 / 214 United Nations Statistics Division 2009
Climate Change Performance Index 2020 10/57 Germanwatch;

The new climate institute and climate action network

2020
Environmental Performance Index 177 / 180 Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy 2018
Environment Democracy Index 20 / 70 World Resources Institute [41]
Air Quality – average PM 2.5 concentration 84 / 92 WHO[42] 2014 – 60.6 µg/m3[43]
Freshwater withdrawal 1 / 170 CIA World Factbook 2008 – 645.84 km3/year
Irrigated land area 2 / 221 CIA World Factbook 2012 – 667,000 km2[8]
Global Climate Risk Index 2021 7th Germanwatch 2021

Geography[]

List INDIA Ranking/Total Countries Notes
Total area 7/233 3,287,364 km2

(1,222,559 sq mile) including land and water

Length of coastline 18/196 7,000 km coastline with 2.00 coast/area ratio (m/km sq). According to the Indian naval hydrographic charts, the mainland coastline consists of the following: 43% sandy beaches; 11% rocky shores, including cliffs; and 46% mudflats or marshy shores.

Agriculture, fisheries and livestock[]

Main article: Agriculture in India
Field Rank Date

(Till)

Apple Production, output of 2,327,000 tons 7 2018
Bananas Production, output of 30,808,000 tons 1 2018
Bean Production(dry),output of 6,220,000 tons 1 2018
Buffalo, milk output of 56,960,000 tons 1 2019
Black Pepper, 19% of world output 3 2019
Cauliflowers and Broccoli Production, output of 9,035,000 tons 2 2018
Cardamom Production, output of 15 thousand metric tons 2 2012
Cashew Apple Production, output of 613,000 metric tons 2 2010
Chicken Population, output of 648,830,000 5 2004
Chickpea Production, output of 5,970,000 tons 1 2008
Coconut Production, output of 11,706,343 3 2018
Coffee Production(green), output of 326,982 8 2018
Cotton Production, output of 27.0 million bales 2 2011
Cow Numbers, 281,700,000 cows 1 2009
Fish Production, output of 6,318,887 tons (capture 3,481,136 & aquaculture 2,837,751) 3 2005
Garlic Production, output of 1,721,000 tons 2 2018
Ginger Production, output of 893,242 tons 1 2018
Goat Numbers, 125,700,000 goats 2 2008
Goat Milk Production, output of 4,000,000 metric tons 1 2008
Goat Meat Production, output of 480,000 metric tons 2 2008
Jute Production, output of 1,951,864 tons 1 2018
Lemon & Lime Production, output of 3,148,000 tons 1 2018
Lentil Production, output of 1,620,000 tons 2 2018
Mango Production, output of 16,340,000 tons 1 2011
Millet Production, output of 11,640,000 tons 1 2018
Milk Production, output of 110,040,000 metric tons (cow milk 50.3 million metric tons) 2 2018
Onion Production(dry), output of 22,071,000 metric tons 2 2018
Orange Production, output of 8,367,000 tons 3 2018
Peanut Production, output of 6.25 metric tons 2 2009
Pineapple Production, output of 1,706,000 tons 6 2018
Potato Production, output of 4,85,29,000 metric tons 2 2018
Rice Production, output of 17,25,80,000 metric tons 2 2018
Saffron Production, output of 2,300 kg 3 2005
Sheep Stock, output of 65,000,000 3 2008
Silk Production, output of 77,000,000 kg 2 2005
Sorghum Production, output of 7,900,000 metric tons 1 2009
Soybean Production, output of 13,786,000 tons 5 2018
Sugarcane Production, output of 37,69,00,000 tons 2 2018
Sweet Potato Production, output of 1,400,281 tons 8 2018
Tea Production, output of 1,344,827 tons 2 2018
Tomato Production, output of 19,377,000 tons 2 2018
Wheat Production, output of 9,97,00,000 metric tons 2 2018

Cities[]

  • The list of cities with most skyscrapers taller than approximately 150 m ranks Mumbai second with 50 buildings behind Dubai.[44]
  • The Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network (GaWC), Loughborough University listed Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore as emerging world cities.[45]
  • List of most polluted cities by particulate matter concentration lists several Indian cities highly.[46][47][48]

Religion[]

List INDIA Ranking Source Notes
Hindu 1th 2011 Census of India[49] 2011 – 966,257,353 (India: 79.80%, World: 95%)
Muslim 3rd 2011 Census of India 2011 – 172,245,185 (India: 14.6%, World: 9.57%)[50]
Christian 3rd 2011 Census of India 2011 – 27,819,588 (India: 2.30%, World: 1.16%)
Sikh 1st 2011 Census of India 2011 – 20,833,116 (India: 1.72%, World: 90.02%)
Buddhist 9th 2011 Census of India 2011 – 8,442,972 (India: 0.70%, World: 63%)
Jain 1st 2011 Census of India 2011 – 4,451,753 (India: 0.37%, World: 64%)[51]
Zoroastrian 1st 2011 Census of India 2001 – 69,000 (India: 0.006%, World: 50%)
Baháʼí Faith - 2011 Census of India 2011 – 4,572 (India: 0.0%, World: 0.0%)

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