Global/National Indexes and rankings 2025

Global/National Indexes and Rankings 2025 

=>Countries with highest Solar Energy generation: Here, India is at 2nd rung, while USA tops the list.

=>World ghappiness index 2024: Finland tops the list in 7th years in a row, while India is 126th rung out of 143 surveyed countries.

=>Panchayat Raj Devolution Index 2025:  Karnataka tops the overall Devolution Index (DI) ranking of the Panchayat Raj system among States in India, while Kerala and Tamil Nadu are in the second and third spot, respectively.

The report titled ‘Status of Devolution to Panchayats in States – An Indicative Evidence-Based Ranking’ (2024) released by the Centre on February 13 states that Karnataka tops the chart in the DI and in the key sub-indices of ‘finances’ and ‘accountability’. Overall, the State has commendable performance across nearly all identified metrics.

=>Global Climate Risk Index 2025: India has been ranked sixth in the Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2025, highlighting its high vulnerability to extreme weather event

The Climate Risk Index (CRI) ranks countries by the human and economic toll of extreme weather. The latest edition highlights increasing losses and the urgent need for stronger climate resilience and action.

=>Global Corruption Perception Index 2024:  The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index that scores and ranks countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, as assessed by experts and business executives. The CPI generally defines corruption as an "abuse of entrusted power for private gain"  

India ranks 96 out of 180 countries in Corruption Perceptions Index 2024

The index, which ranks 180 countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption uses a scale of zero to 100, where "zero" is highly corrupt and "100" is very clean.

=>Global Firepower Index 2025: 

• US, Russia, China top the global firepower index in 2025
• India secures 4th spot, Pakistan slips to 12th, was 9th last year.

 The ranking highlights India's expanding defence capabilities across the Army, Navy, and Air Force, reinforcing its position as one of the world's most powerful military forces.