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 2020

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Barbados	Upper middle	10.7
2	Georgia	Upper middle	10.4
2	New Zealand	Upper	10.4
4	Finland	Upper	10.3
5	China	Upper middle	9.5
6	Chile	Upper middle	9.3
7	United Kingdom	Upper	9.2
8	Armenia	Upper middle	8.8
8	Norway	Upper	8.8
10	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	8.7
11	Belarus	Upper middle	8.2
11	Morocco	Lower middle	8.2
13	Dominica	Lower middle	7.8
13	Saint Lucia	Lower middle	7.8
13	Sweden	Upper	7.8
16	Cape Verde	Lower middle	7.5
16	Greece	Upper middle	7.5
16	Republic of Korea	Upper	7.5
19	Canada	Upper	7.4
20	Mauritius	Upper middle	7.2
21	Japan	Upper	7.0
21	Mongolia	Lower middle	7.0
21	Portugal	Upper	7.0
24	Iceland	Upper	6.8
25	Slovenia	Upper	6.7
26	France	Upper	6.6
26	Russian Federation	Upper	6.6
26	Tunisia	Lower middle	6.6
29	Macedonia	Upper middle	6.5
30	Germany	Upper	6.4
31	Austria	Upper	6.3
32	Estonia	Upper	6.2
33	Grenada	Upper middle	6.0
34	Jordan	Lower middle	5.7
34	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	5.7
34	Poland	Upper	5.7
37	Australia	Upper	5.6
38	Fiji	Lower middle	5.5
38	Ukraine	Lower middle	5.5
40	Denmark	Upper	5.4
41	Spain	Upper	5.2
41	Latvia	Upper	5.2
43	Montenegro	Upper middle	5.1
43	Uruguay	Upper middle	5.1
45	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	4.8
46	Czech Republic	Upper	4.4
47	Turkey	Upper middle	4.3
48	Israel	Upper	4.0
49	Lithuania	Upper	3.9
49	Malaysia	Upper middle	3.9
51	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	3.8
52	Bulgaria	Upper middle	3.6
52	Jamaica	Lower middle	3.6
52	Thailand	Upper middle	3.6
55	Moldova	Lower middle	3.5
56	Costa Rica	Upper middle	3.4
57	Slovakia	Upper	3.3
58	Iran	Upper middle	3.1
58	Tajikistan	Low	3.1
60	Albania	Upper middle	2.9
60	Samoa	Lower middle	2.9
62	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	2.8
63	Peru	Lower middle	2.3
64	Viet Nam	Lower middle	2.2
65	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	1.9
65	Bhutan	Lower middle	1.9
67	Switzerland	Upper	1.7
67	Croatia	Upper	1.7
67	Italy	Upper	1.7
70	Hungary	Upper	1.6
71	Serbia	Upper middle	1.5
72	Netherlands	Upper	1.4
73	Paraguay	Upper middle	1.3
74	Algeria	Lower middle	1.0
75	Brazil	Upper middle	0.7
76	Botswana	Upper middle	0.6
76	Colombia	Upper middle	0.6
76	Oman	Upper	0.6
76	South Africa	Upper middle	0.6
80	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.4
80	Timor-Leste	Low	0.4
82	Cyprus	Upper	0.3
82	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.3
84	Ghana	Lower middle	0.2
85	Malta	Upper	0.1
86	Belgium	Upper	0
87	India	Lower middle	-0.1
87	Namibia	Lower middle	-0.1
89	Belize	Lower middle	-0.3
90	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	-0.4
90	Rwanda	Low	-0.4
90	Solomon Islands	Low	-0.4
93	United States	Upper	-0.6
94	Sri Lanka	Upper middle	-0.8
95	Argentina	Upper middle	-1.0
95	Philippines	Lower middle	-1.0
95	Togo	Low	-1.0
98	Lesotho	Low	-1.1
99	Maldives	Upper middle	-1.3
100	Djibouti	Lower middle	-1.4
100	Egypt	Lower middle	-1.4
100	Mexico	Upper middle	-1.4
100	Nepal	Low	-1.4
104	Ecuador	Lower middle	-1.5
104	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	-1.5
106	Guatemala	Lower middle	-1.6
107	Suriname	Upper middle	-1.9
108	Senegal	Low	-2.0
109	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	-2.2
109	Vanuatu	Low	-2.2
111	Iraq	Lower middle	-2.4
111	Nicaragua	Lower middle	-2.4
111	Seychelles	Upper middle	-2.4
114	Tonga	Lower middle	-2.6
115	Lebanon	Lower middle	-2.8
115	Panama	Upper middle	-2.8
117	Zambia	Low	-2.9
118	Gambia	Low	-3.2
118	Romania	Upper	-3.2
120	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	-3.3
121	Honduras	Lower middle	-3.4
121	Saudi Arabia	Upper	-3.4
123	Bolivia	Lower middle	-3.5
123	Tanzania	Low	-3.5
125	Guinea	Low	-3.6
126	Gabon	Upper middle	-3.9
127	Libya	Lower middle	-4.0
128	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	-4.1
128	Cameroon	Low	-4.1
130	Mauritania	Lower middle	-4.3
131	Pakistan	Lower middle	-4.4
132	Micronesia	Low	-4.5
132	Cambodia	Low	-4.5
132	Mozambique	Low	-4.5
132	Sierra Leone	Low	-4.5
136	Kenya	Low	-4.6
137	Benin	Low	-4.7
137	Laos	Lower middle	-4.7
139	Malawi	Low	-5.1
140	Burkina Faso	Low	-5.2
141	Comoros	Low	-5.3
141	Ethiopia	Low	-5.3
143	Swaziland	Lower middle	-5.4
144	Papua New Guinea	Low	-5.8
145	Myanmar	Lower middle	-5.9
146	Nigeria	Lower middle	-6.0
147	Angola	Lower middle	-6.2
147	Bahamas	Upper	-6.2
149	Burundi	NA	-6.3
149	Bahrain	Upper	-6.3
149	Kuwait	Upper	-6.3
152	Bangladesh	Lower middle	-6.7
152	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	-6.7
154	Guyana	Upper middle	-6.8
154	Madagascar	Low	-6.8
156	Uganda	Low	-7.0
157	United Arab Emirates	Upper	-7.5
158	Haiti	Low	-7.7
158	Mali	Low	-7.7
160	Somalia	Low	-7.8
161	Congo	Low	-8.1
162	Liberia	Low	-8.3
163	Venezuela	Upper middle	-8.5
163	Yemen	Low	-8.5
165	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	-9.0
166	Niger	Low	-9.1
167	Afghanistan	Low	-9.3
168	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	-9.7
169	Zimbabwe	Low	-9.8
170	Singapore	Upper	-10.4
171	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	-10.9
171	Sudan	Low	-10.9
173	Eritrea	Low	-11.1
174	Guinea-Bissau	Low	-11.7
175	Central African Rep.	Low	-14.7
176	Ireland	Upper	-14.9
177	Chad	Low	-15.5
178	Qatar	Upper	-19.6
179	Luxembourg	Upper	-20.2
	Syria*	NA	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Tuvalu*	Low	-
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Lower middle	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Cuba*	NA	-
	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea*	NA	-
	Marshall Islands*	Low	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Andorra*	NA	-
	Nauru*	Upper middle	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.