India has yet again proved its mettle in front of the world and we aren’t surprised anymore because we already know by now that we guys are awesome. While you might smell narcissism brewing in our words, we can’t help but bask in the glory of the latest feather that India has added in its already heavy cap of achievements. A report has been released recently that lists the world’s best countries and India ranks 25th.

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The report has been published by U.S. News in partnership with Y&R’s BAV and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The main discussion point were major events like Trump’s electoral victory and Brexit that turned the tables around, influencing the rankings for several countries including the U.S., U.K., Japan, Germany and India among others.

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Leaving every other country behind, Switzerland rules the world in the first position followed by Canada, U.K., Germany and Japan at the second, third, fourth and fifth positions. What’s surprising was that India managed to beat countries like Russia, Greece, Israel, and Saudi Arabia to grab the 25th position. However, taking last year’s report into consideration, India actually dropped from its previous spot (number 22). There were a lot of parameters that were taken into consideration while ranking the countries like whether they are open for business, citizenship, quality of life, entrepreneurship, education, literacy, cultural influence, and tourism.

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In the breakdown of India’s overall achievements – India was ranked 4th in the category of ‘Best countries to start a business’, 14th in the category of ‘Most influential countries’, 19th in ‘Most forward-looking countries’ section, 33rd in ‘Best countries to travel alone’ and 5th in ‘Best countries for heritage’. What’s more, it ranked 3rd in ‘Best countries to study abroad’ which means that our education system is leaving a mark on the world. So let’s give ourselves a big hand. 

Source: U.S. News