- India ranked 87/127 countries
- Index released by World Economic Forum
- Index focuses on tracking specific indicators to measure the energy system performance of the countries.
- Switzerland is ranked 1
- India related Facts:
- India is gradually improving its performance on the index, but faces an uphill battle to increase energy access and security (95th) indicators.
- A large percentage of the population of India still lacks access to electricity (101st) and uses solid fuels for cooking (108th) indicators.
- India’s commitment to increase solar power capacity to 100 gigawatts (GW) by 2022, will make it a leader in renewable capacity.
- India, just like China, boasts strong score on indicator for diversification of import counterparts (5th), but its energy system continues to face some significant challenges, particularly on environmental sustainability (109th) indicator.
- India has some of the lowest scores in CO2 emissions from electricity (117th) production and PM2.5 levels (123rd) indicators.