India’s global talent competitiveness ranking falls to 103 out of 134 countries

India’s talent competitiveness ranking fell from 83rd place out of 103 countries in 2013 to 103rd place out of 134 countries in 2023, as per The Global Talent Competitiveness Index by business school INSEAD.

India remained at the lowest position among the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries on the index.

The competitiveness index – which measures how countries grow, attract and retain talent – is an annual benchmarking report published by the business school. It defines “talent competitiveness” as a set of policies and practices that enable a country to develop, attract, and empower “the human capital that contributes to productivity and prosperity”.

The index is calculated based on two sub-indices – input and output. The input framework measures countries’ regulatory and business environments, as well as what they are doing to attract, grow and retain talent. The output framework measures the quality of talent in a country.

In this year’s report, India’s ranking has fallen in the long-term trends of talent competitiveness.

To analyse how talent competitiveness has changed over time, the report compared the countries’ performance in the two halves over the past decade – 2013 to 2018 and 2019 to 2023. While India was in the 88th position in the 2013-18 period, it slipped to...

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