Overview
- Former president Ram Nath Kovind unveiled the Responsible Nations Index in New Delhi, introducing a new benchmark for evaluating national conduct.
- The inaugural ranking assesses 154 countries on how responsibly they exercise power toward citizens, the global community and the planet.
- Developed by the World Intellectual Foundation with academic collaboration from JNU and methodological validation by IIM Mumbai, the project was three years in the making.
- The framework measures internal, environmental and external responsibility through seven dimensions and 58 indicators drawn from recognised international sources using the latest 2023 data.
- Singapore leads the 2026 table, followed by Switzerland and Denmark, with India placed 16th in the first edition of the index.