In the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) for the year 2015-16, India ranked at the 89th position in the list of 109 countries. The list has been compiled by the INSEAD business school, in partnership with Adecco and Human Capital Leadership Institute of Singapore (HCLI). The objective of the report is finding and linking a significant correlation between the movement of talent and economic prosperity. The List is dominated by the European countries. Among the 109 countries, Switzerland ranked at the first position in the list

The other countries that ranked at the top positions are Singapore at second, Luxembourg at third, the United States of America at fourth and Denmark at fifth. The countries featuring at the bottom of the index are Mali (105), Tanzania (106), Ethiopia (107), Burkina Faso (108) and Madagascar (109).

In the list released for the year 2014-2915, India had stood at the 78th ran. This year, India slipped 11 places to rank 89. According to the list, a lower position indicates a sharp shortage of skilled workforce.

• Compile means assembling information collected from other sources.
• Correlation means a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.
• Index means a sign or measure of something.