Pakistan has been ranked at 3rd place in the Global Normalcy Index (GNI), just below 2nd ranked New Zealand and top-ranked Hong Kong.
Pakistan earned a score of 84.4 out of 100 in the GNI while New Zealand and Hong Kong, the two countries that received global recognition for their COVID-19 responses, scored 87.8 and 96.3 respectively.
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At the other end of the spectrum, India, which has been struggling to contain the outbreak caused by the double mutant Delta variant, has been ranked at 48th position with a score of 46.5.
The GNI has placed China at 19th position, the US at 20th, and the UK at 36th.
‘The Economist,’ a London-based international newspaper, has compiled the GNI which focuses on the countries’ progress towards a return to normal life.
GNI grades each country using eight indicators: time not at home, retail, office occupancy, public transport, road traffic, flights, cinema, and sports attendance.
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Here are the top 10 countries in the GNI:
Sr. No. | Country | Score | Rank |
1. | Hong Kong | 93.3 | 1 |
2. | New Zealand | 87.8 | 2 |
3. | Pakistan | 84.4 | 3 |
4. | Nigeria | 84.1 | 4 |
5. | Ukraine | 83.6 | 5 |
6. | Romania | 82.1 | 6 |
7. | Denmark | 81.3 | 7 |
8. | Egypt | 81.2 | 8 |
9. | Israel | 80.4 | 9 |
10. | Mexico | 80.2 | 10 |