SunstarTV Bureau: India placed at 111 out of 162 countries, it has fallen 10 places below in comparison to last year in a global ranking of the Human Freedom Index released, on December 17, 2020.
According to a statement issued by the Cato Institute, The Human Freedom Index 2020, which uses data from 2008 to 2018, by the Cato Institute in the United States and Fraser Institute in Canada, noted a decrease in personal freedoms since 2008 globally.
The index covered 76 indicators of personal, civic and economic freedom, among them New Zealand was ranked one in the index, where as countries like China, Bangladesh and Pakistan ranked at 129, 139, 140 respectively.
