Responsible Nations' Index

Responsible Nations’ Index

Responsible Nations’ Index (RNI) 2021, is the world’s first comprehensive index ideated and curated by Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta. The Index moves the needle from ‘powerful nations’ to ‘responsible nations.’ We believe that ‘Responsibility’ will be the big idea going forward and that our priorities need to be re-aligned and the need for global inter-generational planning should be realized. Responsible Nations’ Index ranks nations on how responsible they are towards their citizens, the planet, and towards other countries.

Objective

Responsible Nations’ Index ranks the nations on responsible behavior to shift the focus on indicators that encourage peace, prosperity, and sustainability which, in our view, makes the nations responsible for their policies and actions, furthering our goals of liveability and sustainability.

Methodology

Responsible Nations’ Index is based on objective scoring and scientific methodology, for which discussions and deliberations were made with various global stakeholders. The methodology of the index has been transparent and was kept in the public domain from August to October 2021, to open wider public participation. Questionnaires were shared with the embassies and missions. However, for the countries that didn’t respond, government websites, United Nations recognized websites and indices, and assessment done internally have been used to collect information. Once the data for the 58 indicators was analyzed, country-wise rank along with the Responsible Nations’ Index questionnaire was again shared with the embassies, or the respective Governments of the nations, as an opportunity to share any updated/additional information that might need to be updated in the Responsible Nations’ Index.

The index has 3 dimensions, 7 themes, 13 sub-themes, and 58 indicators.

Dimensions
  1. Domestic
  2. Planetary
  3. International
Themes
  1. Quality of Life
  2. Equity
  3. Equality
  4. Governance
  5. Environment and Sustainability
  6. Intergenerational Planning
  7. International Relations
Sub-Themes
  1. Investment on Health
  2. Investment on Education and Skill Development
  3. Citizen-Centric Policies & Amenities
  4. Social Justice & Inclusiveness
  5. Women Empowerment
  6. Digital Freedom
  7. Religious Freedom
  8. Legal Freedom
  9. Economic Parameters
  10. Institutions, Systems, and Processes
  11. Land, Air, Water, and Energy
  12. Long-Term Plans
  13. Peaceful Co-Existence
Indicators
  1. Life Expectancy
  2. Infant Mortality Rate
  3. Maternal Mortality Rate
  4. Government policies/programs promoting physical health/ promotion of sports
  5. Government program and policies (Free screening/ care/ advice) for communicable/ non-communicable/ chronic diseases/ malnutrition and deficiency/ immunization drives for children/adults
  6. Government policies/programs promoting mental health and wellbeing
  7. Government Policies and programs for Digital Health
  8. UHC (Universal Health Coverage)/Free access to healthcare for vulnerable/poor population
  9. Literacy Rate – Oral, Written
  10. Government policies and programs promoting training and skill development
  11. Percentage of population using safely managed Drinking water services
  12. Food Availability (Food Security)
  13. National policies and programs focused on access to housing/shelter
  14. Access to Electricity
  15. Percentage of population using safely managed Sanitation Services
  16. Percentage of Budgets of Health, Education and Defence as a percentage of GDP
  17. Pension Schemes/Social security/Unemployment allowance for senior citizens
  18. Rights for LGBTQI+
  19. Schemes/Social security/Unemployment allowance for differently-abled
  20. Schemes/Social security/Unemployment allowance for tribals /natives/ indigenous people
  21. Policies and programs on child labor
  22. Gender Ratio (Sex ratio at birth)
  23. Equal pay at work/Right to equal pay/Non-discriminatory policies
  24. Percentage of women in Parliament
  25. Inheritance Rights
  26. Abortion Rights
  27. Government policies focused on sexual and reproductive health
  28. Gender Gap – Education
  29. National E- Government
  30. Ban on Social media/Restriction on social media usage
  31. Data sovereignty/Are there data protection laws in the country
  32. Cost of data and voice- broadband and telecom
  33. 4G Network
  34. Right to freedom of religion
  35. Rule of Law
  36. Free/Subsidized legal aid
  37. Policies for Refugees
  38. GDP per capita (GDP per capita growth)
  39. Gross debt position (% of GDP)
  40. Government policies and programs promoting entrepreneurship
  41. Economic empowerment/Universal Basic Income for the vulnerable sections
  42. Ease of doing business
  43. Innovation
  44. Democracy
  45. Constitution
  46. Regular Elections
  47. Free, Independent and Pluralistic Media
  48. Corruption
  49. Forest area (% of land area)
  50. Air Quality Index
  51. Renewable energy consumption
  52. CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)
  53. Policies on water conservation
  54. Paris Climate Agreement
  55. Does the nation have a long-term plan?
  56. Faced / Not Faced UN sanctions
  57. FATF list
  58. Countries that have signed NPT, CWC and BTWC