ND-GAIN Country Index, adjusted for GDP rankings

ND-GAIN Country Index, adjusted for GDP

There is a correlation between ND-GAIN scores and GDP per capita. To account for this, we introduce the 'GDP adjusted ND-GAIN score'. This score is defined as the distance of a country's measured ND-GAIN score and its expected value based on the regression of ND-GAIN and GDP. Positive values reflect better resilience than expected. This correlation applies to vulnerability and readiness as well. For these, positive values reflect lower vulnerability and higher readiness than expected, given a certain level of GDP per capita. The year-by-year calculation of the regression and distance from the expected value allows the index to determine that changes in the relationship over time.

World wide ranking by ND-GAIN Index, adjusted for GDP. Higher scores are better.

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Country Rankings

Rank countries by ND-GAIN Country Index, Vulnerability and Readiness.

Scores for 2018

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	New Zealand	Upper	14.6
2	Georgia	Lower middle	11.0
3	Finland	Upper	10.8
4	Republic of Korea	Upper	9.5
5	Grenada	Upper middle	8.6
6	United Kingdom	Upper	8.5
7	Chile	Upper middle	7.9
8	Armenia	Lower middle	7.8
9	Dominica	Upper middle	7.7
10	Sweden	Upper	7.6
11	Belarus	Upper middle	7.4
11	Japan	Upper	7.4
13	Denmark	Upper	6.9
14	Poland	Upper	6.6
15	Portugal	Upper	6.4
16	Morocco	Lower middle	6.3
17	Estonia	Upper	6.2
17	France	Upper	6.2
19	Norway	Upper	6.1
20	Kyrgyzstan	Low	5.9
21	Slovenia	Upper	5.8
22	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	5.7
23	Germany	Upper	5.6
24	Barbados	Upper	5.5
25	Jordan	Upper middle	5.4
25	Russian Federation	Upper middle	5.4
27	Australia	Upper	5.1
27	Ukraine	Lower middle	5.1
29	Austria	Upper	4.9
30	Canada	Upper	4.8
31	Tunisia	Upper middle	4.6
32	Latvia	Upper middle	4.4
33	Cape Verde	Lower middle	4.2
33	Costa Rica	Upper middle	4.2
33	Moldova	Lower middle	4.2
36	Bulgaria	Upper middle	4.1
36	Iceland	Upper	4.1
38	Greece	Upper	4.0
39	Montenegro	Upper middle	3.9
40	Czech Republic	Upper	3.8
40	Mongolia	Lower middle	3.8
40	Mauritius	Upper middle	3.8
43	China	Upper middle	3.6
44	Lithuania	Upper middle	3.5
45	Spain	Upper	2.9
46	Fiji	Lower middle	2.8
46	Uruguay	Upper middle	2.8
48	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	2.4
48	Thailand	Upper middle	2.4
50	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	2.3
51	Jamaica	Upper middle	2.2
52	Serbia	Upper middle	2.0
53	Albania	Lower middle	1.8
54	Hungary	Upper	1.7
54	Samoa	Lower middle	1.7
56	Israel	Upper	1.6
56	Malaysia	Upper middle	1.6
56	Netherlands	Upper	1.6
59	Slovakia	Upper	1.5
59	Viet Nam	Lower middle	1.5
61	Croatia	Upper	1.3
62	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	1.2
63	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.9
64	Switzerland	Upper	0.6
65	Cyprus	Upper	0.4
66	Peru	Upper middle	0.3
67	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.2
68	Italy	Upper	0.1
69	Ghana	Lower middle	0
69	Tajikistan	Low	0
71	Rwanda	Low	-0.2
72	Colombia	Upper middle	-0.4
73	Djibouti	Lower middle	-0.5
74	South Africa	Upper middle	-0.6
75	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper	-0.7
75	Paraguay	Lower middle	-0.7
75	El Salvador	Lower middle	-0.7
78	Indonesia	Lower middle	-0.9
79	Belgium	Upper	-1.5
79	Turkey	Upper middle	-1.5
81	Iran	Upper middle	-1.6
82	Namibia	Upper middle	-1.7
82	Solomon Islands	Lower middle	-1.7
84	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	-1.8
85	Malta	Upper	-1.9
86	Brazil	Upper middle	-2.0
86	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	-2.0
86	Mexico	Upper middle	-2.0
86	Panama	Upper middle	-2.0
90	Suriname	Upper middle	-2.1
91	United States	Upper	-2.2
92	Lesotho	Lower middle	-2.3
92	Romania	Upper middle	-2.3
94	Argentina	Upper middle	-2.4
95	Algeria	Upper middle	-2.5
96	Egypt	Lower middle	-2.6
96	Guatemala	Lower middle	-2.6
96	Philippines	Lower middle	-2.6
99	Nepal	Low	-2.7
100	Botswana	Upper middle	-2.8
100	Tonga	Lower middle	-2.8
102	Nicaragua	Lower middle	-2.9
103	Ecuador	Upper middle	-3.0
103	Senegal	Lower middle	-3.0
105	Guyana	Lower middle	-3.2
105	Togo	Low	-3.2
105	Vanuatu	Lower middle	-3.2
108	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	-3.3
109	Belize	Lower middle	-3.5
110	India	Lower middle	-3.8
111	Mauritania	Low	-3.9
112	Gambia	Low	-4.0
112	Lebanon	Upper middle	-4.0
114	Honduras	Lower middle	-4.1
115	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	-4.3
116	Zambia	Lower middle	-4.5
117	Guinea	Low	-4.8
118	Cambodia	Low	-4.9
119	Bolivia	Lower middle	-5.2
119	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	-5.2
119	Maldives	Upper middle	-5.2
122	Cameroon	Lower middle	-5.3
123	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	-5.4
123	Sierra Leone	Low	-5.4
125	Mozambique	Low	-5.5
126	Benin	Low	-5.6
127	Tanzania	Low	-5.7
128	Oman	Upper	-5.9
129	Papua New Guinea	Lower middle	-6.2
130	Ethiopia	Low	-6.3
130	Kenya	Low	-6.3
132	Comoros	Low	-6.4
133	Laos	Lower middle	-6.6
134	Seychelles	Upper middle	-6.8
135	Burkina Faso	Low	-7.0
135	Gabon	Upper middle	-7.0
137	Micronesia	Lower middle	-7.1
138	Bahamas	Upper	-7.2
138	Pakistan	Lower middle	-7.2
140	Swaziland	Lower middle	-7.5
141	Malawi	Low	-7.6
142	Angola	Upper middle	-7.7
142	Madagascar	Low	-7.7
144	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper	-8.1
145	Burundi	Low	-8.2
145	Bangladesh	Low	-8.2
145	Haiti	Low	-8.2
145	Uganda	Low	-8.2
149	Iraq	Lower middle	-8.3
150	Yemen	Lower middle	-8.6
151	Nigeria	Lower middle	-8.8
152	Mali	Low	-8.9
152	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	-8.9
154	Myanmar	Low	-9.1
155	Congo	Lower middle	-9.2
156	Liberia	Low	-9.4
157	Venezuela	Upper middle	-10.1
158	Niger	Low	-10.2
159	Zimbabwe	Low	-10.3
160	Saudi Arabia	Upper	-10.6
161	Bahrain	Upper	-11.2
162	Guinea-Bissau	Low	-11.4
163	Afghanistan	Low	-11.7
164	Libya	Upper middle	-11.8
165	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	-11.9
166	Sudan	Lower middle	-12.1
167	Ireland	Upper	-12.9
168	United Arab Emirates	Upper	-13.3
169	Eritrea	Low	-13.7
170	Equatorial Guinea	Upper	-14.3
171	Singapore	Upper	-14.5
172	Central African Rep.	Low	-15.0
173	Chad	Low	-16.0
174	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	-19.5
175	Luxembourg	Upper	-19.9
176	Kuwait	Upper	-23.8
177	Qatar	Upper	-40.7
	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea*	Low	-
	Syria*	Lower middle	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Nauru*	Low	-
	Macedonia*	Upper middle	-
	Marshall Islands*	Lower middle	-
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Upper middle	-
	Cuba*	Upper middle	-
	Monaco*	Upper	-
	Somalia*	Low	-
	Liechtenstein*	Upper	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Tuvalu*	Upper middle	-
	Andorra*	Upper	-
	Kiribati*	Lower middle	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.