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India ranked 122nd in YouthDevelopment Index


India is ranked 122nd in the new Global Youth Development Index, which measures the status of youth in 181 countries.

The index was released by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London on 10 August 2021.

The top five risers from 2010 to 2018 were Afghanistan, India, Russia, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso.

Singapore ranked topmost followed by Slovenia, Norway, Malta and Denmark. Chad, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Afghanistan and Niger came last respectively.

"Youngpeople are indispensable to delivering a future that is more just, inclusive, sustainable and resilient. By measuring their contributions and needs with hard data, our advocacy for their development becomes more powerful, and we are then able incrementally to increase the positive impact and benefits youth are able to add towards building a better future for us all," said Commonwealth Secretary-General Baroness Patricia Scotland.

"OurYouth Development Index is a vital tool which has already significantly enhanced our capacity to assess the extent to which youth are engaged to contribute beneficially in their societies, and empowered by enabling policies and tools," she said.

About the index:

·       The index ranks countries between0.00 (lowest) and 1.00 (highest) according to the developments in youth education, employment, health, equality and inclusion, peace and security, and political and civic participation.

·       It looks at 27 indicators including literacy and voting to showcase the state of the world’s 1.8 billion people between the age of 15 and 29.

·       The 2020 Global Youth DevelopmentIndex reveals that the conditions of young people have improved around the world by 3.1 per cent between 2010 and 2018.

·       Overall, the index shows advances in youth’s participation in peace processes and their education, employment, inclusion and health care since 2010.

 

Levels of underemployed youth and those not in school, training or work remained constant.

However, the index found no progress in women’s safety.

The global education score increased by 3 per cent, with South Asia making the largest improvement of 16 per cent.

Peace and security improved by 3.41 per cent, resulting from fewer young people dying from direct violence. Somalia recorded the largest gains in the peace and security of young people, followed by Colombia, Sri Lanka, Eritrea and Russia.