Crony-Capitalism Index

India is ranked ninth in 2015 Crony-Capitalism Index with crony sector wealth accounting for 3.4 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP). The index was based on new study by The Economist which had used data from a list of the world’s billionaires and their worth published by Forbes. In this study each individual is labelled as crony or not based on the source of their wealth.

It aims to indicate whether the livelihood of the people from certain country or city with capitalist economy are easily affected by crony capitalism. It is not an internationally recognized index due to its limitations. As per the index in India, the non-crony sector wealth amounts to 8.3 per cent of the GDP. In 2014 rankings too, India stood at the ninth place. Top countries in the list: Russia (1st), Malaysia (2nd), Philippines (3rd) and Singapore (4th). Top ranking in the list indicates countries are engaged more in crony capitalism. Russia ranks worst in the index, wealth from the country’s crony sectors amounts to 18 per cent of its GDP. Germany was ranked lowest and was found out to cleanest country, where just few of the country’s billionaires derive their wealth from crony sectors