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2024
global knowledge index
India
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):13,103.51
- Population:1,438,069,596
- HDI:0.644
92/141
Gki
Score
43.8
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
India is a modest performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 92nd out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 4th out of the 24 countries with medium human development.
Areas of Strength
- Educational attainment rate, doctoral or equivalent
- Cultural goods exports (% exports)
- Building quality control
- Trade in digitally deliverable services (% total trade)
- Gross fixed capital formation (% GDP)
Areas of Improvement
- Natural hazard exposure
- Firms offering formal training (%)
- Printing and publishing output (% manufactured output)
- Chinn-Ito financial openness
- Female-to-male ratio in Internet usage
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
92
58.28
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
119
40.38
Higher
Education
100
37.98
Research, Development
and Innovation
61
30.65
Information and
Communications Technology
79
45.83
Economy
52
55.07
Enabling
Environment
108
45.31
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GKI Pillars
