Global Quality Infrastructure Index (GQII) 2021 ranked the 184 economies in the world on the basis of the quality infrastructure (QI).
Global Quality Infrastructure Index (GQII) 2021: India's Ranking
- India’s national accreditation system under the Quality Council of India (QCI) has been ranked 5th in the world in the Global Quality Infrastructure Index (GQII) 2021.
- India’s overall QI system ranking continues to be in the Top 10 at the 10th position, with the standardization system (under BIS) at 9th and the metrology system (under NPL-CSIR) at 21st position in the world.
Global Quality Infrastructure Index (GQII) 2021: Top Ranked Countries
Global Quality Infrastructure Index (GQII) 2021: Other Countries Ranking
Bottom Ranked Countries:
Equatorial Guinea (180th), Tonga (181st), Solomon Islands (182nd), South Sudan (183rd), Timor-Leste (183rd)
India’s Neighbouring Countries Ranking:
Pakistan (50th), Sri Lanka (61st), Bangladesh (88th), Nepal (121st), Bhutan (141st)
Geographically, the top 25 QI systems are mainly located in Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, with some exceptions, such as India (10th), Brazil (13th), Australia (14th), Turkey (16th), Mexico (18th) and South Africa (20th).
About GQII:
- The GQII rankings are published and presented post-facto for each year based on the data collected till the end of that year. The 2021 rankings are based on data till end of December 2021, collected and analyzed through 2022.
- It is an initiative on metrology, standardisation, accreditation and related services, supported by Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany.
- The GQII measures the relative development of countries’ QI. A formula calculates a score for each country based on its position in the sub-rankings for metrology, standards and accreditation.
About QI:
- QI is the technical backbone for international trade, with metrology, standardization, accreditation and conformity assessment services providing reliability and trust between trading partners.
- In India, the National Physical Laboratory under the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research is the national metrology institute, the Bureau of Indian Standards is the national standards body and the constituent national accreditation boards under Quality Council of India support are the custodians of the national accreditation system.
About National Accreditation System:
- Accreditation helps establish the competence and credibility of conformity assessment bodies (CABs) which perform testing, certification, inspection, etc.
- The National Accreditation System as per international standards in India is established by the Quality Council of India (QCI), a body established in 1997 jointly by the Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, and the Indian industry.
- It is operated through the constituent Boards of QCI, primarily the National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB), which provides accreditation to the certification, inspection, and validation / verification bodies, and the National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories (NABL), which provides accreditation to the testing, calibration and medical laboratories.