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Country

India

Scores
66.5/100
Overall
21.6/100
Governance and accountability
70.0/100
Prevention
85.0/100
Healing
78.4/100
Justice

South Asia

1st

Overall

5th

Governance and accountability

1st

Prevention

1st

Healing

1st

Justice

Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.

G20

8th

Overall

18th

Governance and accountability

4th

Prevention

1st

Healing

5th

Justice

Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.

Background indicators
GDP per capita
2696.66
Gini coefficient
25.5
Rule of Law Index
0.5
Gender Inequality Index (GII)
0.4
Women in parliament
13.8
Gender gap in educational attainment
0.96
LGBTQ Equality Index
58.0
Birth registration
89.0
Internet penetration rate
70.0
Lead child protection ministries or agencies
3.0
Child marriage
23.0
Online child sexual abuse
8.8
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1st
within South Asia
out of 5 countries
1st
in its lower middle income classification
out of 18 countries
436.6
million children in India
represents 70.4% of the region's total population under the age of 18

This country’s score places it in the top third of those assessed in the Index

This high-ranking indicates ongoing and significant effort in establishing laws, policies, services, and accountability mechanisms to prevent and respond to sexual violence against children and adolescents. This country proves that strong systems and political commitment can drive meaningful impact.

Ongoing commitments in prevention, survivor-centered healing, and justice reform will be critical to sustain progress and ensure that protections reach every child.

The scoring provides a roadmap for further action. 

The Index evaluates countries against 23 indicators covering the foundational laws, policies, programs, and services governments should have in place to end sexual violence against children and adolescents. 

By using these indicators as a step-by-step guide, countries can make meaningful progress toward eliminating sexual violence in their country and improving their ranking in the next Index cycle.

Data explorer

Advocacy in action

Saanika Kodial is a survivor advocate and a member of the Brave Movement and Red Dot Foundation in India. She was featured in the documentary Beyond the screen: Hidden voices of online abuse, where she and three other survivor activists showcase their experiences of online child sexual abuse and call on governments to take urgent action to protect children online.

 

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External Story

A survivor's account of sexual abuse beyond the screen (opens in a new tab)

Survivors are often made to feel embarrassed and guilty by people around them, by the perpetrators, and even by the law. There will always be people who will believe them, relate with them, and empathize with their experiences. And that is what led me to share my story as a survivor.

via Saanika Kodial, Brave Movement

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Data driving change

Third Richest Nation

www.bravemovement.org/campaigns/third-richest-nation

A world without childhood violence would be $7 trillion richer. This nation isn’t real. Its wealth could be. Brave Movement's survivor-led advocacy campaign at the G20 in 2025 pressured decision makers to invest in prevention, healing and justice to create stronger, happier nations.

#BeBrave G7 Scorecard 2025

www.bravemovement.org/g7

By evaluating each G7 nation’s progress on vital policy measures we're drawing global attention to the global, silent pandemic of sexual violence against children. This is a crisis that undermines the G7's commitment to building secure, prosperous, and equitable societies. Kids need bold leadership and decisive action now to be safe and thrive.

Break the record

www.togetherforgirls.org/en/press/a-record-breaking-event-now-governments-must-deliver

We broke the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ for the most countries represented at a childhood violence summit! With 120 governments attending, this first ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children was the largest organized event to address this issue on a global scale. Most importantly, as a result, we also broke the world’s record of inaction against childhood sexual violence.