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 2023

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Barbados	Lower middle	13.4
2	Finland	Upper	10.8
3	New Zealand	Upper	9.2
4	Georgia	Upper middle	8.6
5	Grenada	Lower middle	8.4
6	China	Upper middle	8.3
7	Armenia	Upper middle	8.2
8	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	8.1
9	Cape Verde	Lower middle	7.5
10	United Kingdom	Upper	7.2
11	Chile	Upper middle	7.1
11	Tuvalu	Low	7.1
13	Republic of Korea	Upper	7.0
14	Nauru	Lower middle	6.9
15	Jordan	Lower middle	6.7
16	Morocco	Lower middle	6.6
17	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	6.5
18	Estonia	Upper	6.0
19	Japan	Upper	5.9
20	Tunisia	Lower middle	5.5
21	Sweden	Upper	5.0
22	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	4.8
23	Mongolia	Lower middle	4.7
24	Fiji	Lower middle	4.5
24	France	Upper	4.5
24	Uruguay	Upper middle	4.5
27	Belarus	Upper middle	4.2
27	Bhutan	Lower middle	4.2
27	Denmark	Upper	4.2
30	Ukraine	Upper middle	4.0
31	Canada	Upper	3.9
31	Dominica	Lower middle	3.9
31	Mauritius	Upper middle	3.9
34	Moldova	Upper middle	3.6
34	Tajikistan	Low	3.6
36	Latvia	Upper	3.2
37	Portugal	Upper	3.0
38	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	2.9
39	Macedonia	Upper middle	2.8
40	Germany	Upper	2.7
40	Jamaica	Lower middle	2.7
42	Poland	Upper	2.3
42	Samoa	Lower middle	2.3
44	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	2.2
45	Czech Republic	Upper	2.1
46	Costa Rica	Upper middle	1.9
46	Greece	Upper middle	1.9
46	Rwanda	Low	1.9
49	Australia	Upper	1.8
49	Slovenia	Upper	1.8
51	Albania	Upper middle	1.2
51	Israel	Upper	1.2
53	Iran	Lower middle	1.1
53	Kiribati	Low	1.1
53	Montenegro	Upper middle	1.1
56	Malaysia	Upper middle	1.0
57	Algeria	Lower middle	0.9
57	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.9
59	Botswana	Upper middle	0.7
60	Austria	Upper	0.6
61	Thailand	Upper middle	0.5
62	Ghana	Lower middle	0.4
62	Lithuania	Upper	0.4
62	South Africa	Lower middle	0.4
65	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.1
66	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	-0.1
66	Namibia	Lower middle	-0.1
66	Viet Nam	Lower middle	-0.1
69	Indonesia	Lower middle	-0.4
69	Togo	Low	-0.4
71	Nepal	Low	-0.5
72	Russian Federation	Upper	-0.6
72	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	-0.6
74	Spain	Upper	-0.7
74	India	Lower middle	-0.7
74	Peru	Lower middle	-0.7
77	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	-1.1
78	Iceland	Upper	-1.2
78	Philippines	Lower middle	-1.2
80	Brazil	Upper middle	-1.3
80	Colombia	Upper middle	-1.3
80	El Salvador	Lower middle	-1.3
83	Zambia	Low	-1.4
84	Bulgaria	Upper middle	-1.5
84	Paraguay	Upper middle	-1.5
86	Lesotho	Low	-1.6
87	Switzerland	Upper	-1.7
88	Senegal	Low	-1.8
89	Slovakia	Upper	-1.9
90	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	-2.0
90	Palau	Upper middle	-2.0
92	Norway	Upper	-2.2
93	Libya	Upper middle	-2.4
94	Egypt	Upper middle	-2.6
94	Gambia	Low	-2.6
94	Lebanon	Lower middle	-2.6
94	Serbia	Upper middle	-2.6
98	Turkey	Upper middle	-2.7
99	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	-2.8
100	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	-2.9
100	Ethiopia	Low	-2.9
102	Hungary	Upper	-3.0
103	Burkina Faso	Low	-3.1
104	Vanuatu	Low	-3.2
105	Iraq	Lower middle	-3.3
106	Belize	Lower middle	-3.5
106	Djibouti	Lower middle	-3.5
106	Tanzania	Low	-3.5
109	Italy	Upper	-3.7
109	Netherlands	Upper	-3.7
111	Argentina	Upper middle	-3.8
111	Mozambique	Low	-3.8
111	Swaziland	Lower middle	-3.8
114	Tonga	Lower middle	-3.9
115	Belgium	Upper	-4.0
115	Benin	Low	-4.0
117	Mexico	Upper middle	-4.1
117	Suriname	Upper middle	-4.1
119	Croatia	Upper	-4.2
120	Bahamas	Upper middle	-4.3
121	Bolivia	Lower middle	-4.4
121	Ecuador	Lower middle	-4.4
121	Oman	Upper	-4.4
124	Micronesia	Low	-4.6
124	Guinea	Low	-4.6
126	Guatemala	Lower middle	-4.7
126	Laos	Lower middle	-4.7
126	Solomon Islands	Low	-4.7
129	Kenya	Low	-4.8
129	Pakistan	Low	-4.8
131	Honduras	Lower middle	-5.2
132	Nicaragua	Lower middle	-5.3
132	Somalia	Low	-5.3
134	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	-5.4
135	United States	Upper	-5.6
136	Cameroon	Low	-5.7
136	Nigeria	Low	-5.7
138	Saudi Arabia	Upper	-5.9
139	Liberia	Low	-6.1
140	Kuwait	Upper	-6.2
140	Mauritania	Lower middle	-6.2
142	Comoros	Low	-6.3
142	Cyprus	Upper	-6.3
142	Malawi	Low	-6.3
145	Angola	Lower middle	-6.4
146	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	-6.5
146	Cambodia	Low	-6.5
146	Myanmar	Low	-6.5
146	Niger	Low	-6.5
146	Romania	Upper	-6.5
146	Syria	Low	-6.5
152	Mali	Low	-6.6
153	Maldives	Upper middle	-6.8
154	Papua New Guinea	Low	-6.9
155	Uganda	Low	-7.2
156	Yemen	Low	-7.4
157	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	-7.8
157	Zimbabwe	Low	-7.8
159	Burundi	NA	-7.9
159	Sierra Leone	Low	-7.9
161	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	-8.0
161	Venezuela	Upper middle	-8.0
163	Madagascar	Low	-8.1
163	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	-8.1
165	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	-8.3
166	Gabon	Upper middle	-8.4
166	Haiti	Low	-8.4
168	Afghanistan	Low	-8.5
169	Malta	Upper	-8.8
170	United Arab Emirates	Upper	-9.6
171	Panama	Upper middle	-10.0
172	Congo	Lower middle	-10.2
173	Guinea-Bissau	Low	-10.5
174	Bangladesh	Lower middle	-11.0
175	Sudan	Low	-11.2
176	Eritrea	Low	-11.5
177	Bahrain	Upper	-11.9
178	Central African Rep.	Low	-14.0
179	Chad	Low	-16.1
180	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	-16.4
181	Guyana	Upper middle	-17.6
182	Singapore	Upper	-23.7
183	Ireland	Upper	-24.1
184	Luxembourg	Upper	-26.1
185	Qatar	Upper	-31.7
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Upper middle	-
	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea*	NA	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Cuba*	NA	-
	Andorra*	Upper	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.