Ranks & Indexes 2023 (Updated): Part 2

This article is a compilation of Important Ranks & Indexes 2023, which is often asked in the competitive examination. Part 2 of Ranks and Indexes contains India's ranking across the world in different categories.

Ranks & Indexes 2023 (Updated): Part 2

1. World’s Greatest Places of 2023

• Released by: TIME Magazine

• India’s Mayurbhanj and Ladakh have been chosen for their endangered tigers and historic temples, as well as their adventures and cuisine, respectively.

2. QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023

• Edition: 13

• Released by: Quacquarelli Symonds

• Indian Institution Ranking:

  • Delhi University (27)

  • Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay (25)

  • IIT Kharagpur (23)

  • IIT Kanpur ranks among the world’s top 100 in engineering-electrical electronics (87th, up by 21 places)

  • IIT Kanpur computer science information systems (96th, up by 13 places)

  • IIT Kharagpur occupies the 94th spot, up by 15 places, for computer science and information systems

  • IIT Madras has moved up by 50 places to come at 98th spot for mathematics.

• Arts and Humanities

  • Harvard University

  • University of Cambridge

  • University of Oxford

• Engineering and Technology

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  • Stanford University

  • University of Cambridge

• Life Sciences and Medicine

  • Harvard University

  • University of Oxford

  • Johns Hopkins University

• Natural Sciences

  • Harvard University

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  • University of Cambridge

• Social Sciences and Management

  • Harvard University

  • University of Oxford

  • Stanford University

3. Busiest Airport in the world in 2022

• Released by: Airports Council International (ACI) World

• Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport has been ranked as the ninth busiest airport in the world in 2022.

• IGI Airport had secured the 13th position in 2021 and the 17th position in 2019.

• Top 10 busiest airports:

  • Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

  • Dallas Fort Worth Airport

  • Denver Airport

  • Chicago O’Hare Airport

  • Dubai Airport

  • Los Angles, US

  • Istanbul Airport

  • London Heathrow Airport

  • Delhi Airport, and

  • Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport

4. Human Development Index (HDI) 2021

• Released by: United Nations Development Programme

• Topped by:

  • Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Hong Kong (China), Australia, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Germany, and Netherlands

• Human Development Index- Indian Scenario

  • India ranked 132nd among 191 countries and territories on the 2021 Human Development Index (HDI).

  • In the 2020 report, India had ranked 131st among 189 countries and territories.

• Human Development Index- Asian Countries

  • Sri Lanka (73rd), China (79th), Bangladesh (129th), and Bhutan (127th) are ranked above India.

  • While Pakistan (161st), Nepal (143rd), and Myanmar (149th) are worse off.

5. India ranks 5th in countries with most AI investment

• Stanford University’s AI Index report states that India is ranked fifth in terms of investments received by startups offering AI-based products and services in 2022.

• India is still behind the US, China, the UK, and Israel in terms of AI investments received.

• AI startups in India received a total investment of $3.24 billion, surpassing countries such as South Korea, Germany, Canada, and Australia.

6. National Manufacturing Innovation Survey 2023

• Released by: Department of Science and Technology

• Karnataka, followed by Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Haryana as high innovation states.

• Uttarakhand has the highest score among the hill states, while Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu has the highest score among the UTs.

• Apart from Northeastern states, low-performing states include Jharkhand, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

• Odisha, Bihar, and Jharkhand reported the least share of innovative firms at 12.78 per cent, 13.47 per cent and 13.71 per cent, respectively.

7. World Press Freedom Index 2023

• Released by: Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

• Five sub-indicators include the Political indicator, Economic indicator, Legislative indicator, Social indicator, and Security indicator.

• Top 10 Countries in the List:

  • Norway, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, and East Timor

• Bottom 10 Countries in the List:

  • North Korea (180), China (179), Vietnam (178), Iran (177), Turkmenistan (176), Syria (175), Eritrea (174), Myanmar (173), Cuba (172), and Bahrain (171)

•  World Press Freedom Index 2023: India

• India has slipped to the 161st position out of 180 countries in the 2023 World Press Freedom Index.

• India is ranked worse than all other countries except for China, Mexico, Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Ukraine, and Myanmar, with Myanmar having the lowest ranking.

• Pakistan ranks ahead of India at 150.

8. Logistics Performance Index 2023

• Released by: World Bank

• India’s rank in the 7th edition of the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index 2023 has improved by 6 positions.

• It now stands at 38th among 139 countries.

• Logistics Data Bank project by NICDC, which involves the use of RFID tags on containers and has been implemented in the Western region of India since 2016

9. India's first-ever Census of Water Bodies

• Ministry of Jal Shakti has released the first-ever Census of Water Bodies.

• West Bengal has the highest number of water bodies in India, while Sikkim has the lowest.

• Out of 24.24 lakh water bodies in the country, 97.1 percent or 23.55 lakh are in rural areas, and only 2.9 percent or 69,485 are in urban areas.

• Ponds account for 59.5 percent of the water bodies, followed by tanks (15.7 percent), reservoirs (12.1 percent), water conservation schemes/percolation tanks/check dams (9.3 percent), lakes (0.9 percent), and others (2.5 percent).

• Andhra Pradesh has the highest number of tanks, while Tamil Nadu has the highest number of lakes, as per the census.

• Maharashtra is the leading state in implementing water conservation schemes, according to the census.

10. 5th State Food Safety Index

• Released by: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

• Kerala topped the list among larger states, followed by Punjab and Tamil Nadu.

• Goa came out on top among smaller states, while Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, and Chandigarh ranked first, second, and third, respectively, among the union territories.