Energy Architecture Performance Index

  • 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.

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