Prelims : Current events of National and International Importance | Energy
Why in News?
From a rank of 63 in 2024, India has now slipped to rank 71 on the Energy Transition Index (ETI).
It ranks countries on their progress towards energy transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.
Developed by - World Economic Forum (WEF), an international non-profit for public-private cooperation set up in 1971.
The report that compared the annual progress of 118 countries also noted that India had advanced in energy efficiency and investment capacity.
Main Aspects - The Forum takes into account 2 main aspects to put together the Index.
One is system performance, which includes 3 factors
Energy security (the presence of a stable and resilient energy supply through developing a diversity of energy sources as well as grid and power supply reliability),
Equity (wherein there is access to energy for all, including consumers and industries) and
Sustainability (promoting energy sources that have lower impacts on the environment, such as lower carbon footprints).
The second is transition readiness, which includes regulation (legal structures that facilitate energy transition), infrastructure, education, innovation, and investment capacities.
The Index used 43 indicators under these broad categories, using data from multiple sources and organisations, and scored countries on a scale of 0 to 100.
Rankings - In 2025, 77 out of 118 countries (65%) recorded an increase in their overall ETI scores, with an average gain of 1.1% that signals a broad, though uneven, recovery in transition momentum.
Overall, advanced economies dominated the ETI rankings, accounting for 16 of the index’s top 20 performers.
The top 4 are all Nordic countries - Sweden, followed by Finland, Denmark, and Norway.
India’s Position - At rank 71, India scored 53.3 on the Index.
India’s system performance score was 60.4, and its transition readiness score was 42.7.
