India Ranked 117th in Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index 2020

The Sustainable Development Report 2020 has been released. It comprises the SDG Index and Dashboards for all UN member states. The report has been prepared by teams of independent experts at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Bertelsmann Stiftung. As per the report, Sweden topped the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index 2020, followed by Denmark and Finland. India has been ranked 117th in the index with overall score of 61.92. The score can be depicted as the percentage of SDG achievement.

About UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network:

SDSN mobilizes scientific and technical expertise from academia, civil society, and the private sector to support practical problem solving for sustainable development at local, national, and global scales.

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About Bertelsmann Stiftung:

It is one of the largest foundations in Germany. It promotes social inclusion and work towards advancing this goal through programs that improve education, shape democracy, advance society, promote health, vitalize culture and strengthen economies.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index 2020:

The SDG Index evaluates the performance of the countries on the 17 SDGs which were agreed by the international community in 2015 with equal weight to all 17 goals. The score achieved by each country indicates its position between the worst (0) and the best or target (100) outcomes. Similarly in previous editions, three Nordic countries topped the 2020 SDG Index: Sweden, Denmark, and Finland. India has been ranked 117th in the index with overall score of 61.92.

According to the report, every country has a “red” score on at least one SDG in the dashboards. Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Cambodia are the three countries that have progressed the most in terms of the SDG Index score while the three countries that have declined the most are Venezuela, Zimbabwe, and the Republic of the Congo.

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Here is the list of 17 SDG Goals:

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