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 2021

Rank Country Income group Score
1
Finland
Upper
10.2
2
Georgia
Upper middle
9.8
2
New Zealand
Upper
9.8
4
Barbados
Upper middle
9.6
5
Kyrgyzstan
Low
9.2
6
Armenia
Upper middle
8.8
6
China
Upper middle
8.8
8
United Kingdom
Upper
8.1
9
Republic of Korea
Upper
7.5
10
Belarus
Upper middle
7.4
11
Mongolia
Lower middle
7.2
12
Chile
Upper middle
7.1
13
Grenada
Upper middle
7.0
13
Japan
Upper
7.0
13
Morocco
Lower middle
7.0
16
Dominica
Lower middle
6.9
16
Uzbekistan
Lower middle
6.9
18
Portugal
Upper
6.7
19
Cape Verde
Lower middle
6.6
20
Kazakhstan
Upper middle
6.5
21
Tunisia
Lower middle
6.4
22
Russian Federation
Upper
6.2
22
Sweden
Upper
6.2
24
Jordan
Lower middle
6.0
24
Mauritius
Upper middle
6.0
26
Greece
Upper middle
5.9
26
Iceland
Upper
5.9
28
Ukraine
Lower middle
5.7
29
Latvia
Upper
5.6
29
Slovenia
Upper
5.6
31
France
Upper
5.5
32
Canada
Upper
5.4
32
Estonia
Upper
5.4
32
Macedonia
Upper middle
5.4
35
Germany
Upper
5.3
35
Saint Lucia
Lower middle
5.3
37
Azerbaijan
Upper middle
5.1
38
Uruguay
Upper middle
5.0
39
Australia
Upper
4.9
40
Czech Republic
Upper
4.7
40
Fiji
Lower middle
4.7
42
Denmark
Upper
4.5
42
Poland
Upper
4.5
44
Austria
Upper
4.3
45
Spain
Upper
4.0
45
Tajikistan
Low
4.0
47
Moldova
Upper middle
3.7
47
Montenegro
Upper middle
3.7
49
Malaysia
Upper middle
3.6
50
Costa Rica
Upper middle
3.2
51
Bulgaria
Upper middle
3.1
52
Slovakia
Upper
2.9
52
Thailand
Upper middle
2.9
54
Israel
Upper
2.8
54
Jamaica
Lower middle
2.8
56
Albania
Upper middle
2.6
56
Turkey
Upper middle
2.6
58
Botswana
Upper middle
2.5
58
Lithuania
Upper
2.5
60
Samoa
Lower middle
2.3
61
Rwanda
Low
2.2
62
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Upper middle
2.0
63
Bhutan
Lower middle
1.7
64
Iran
Upper middle
1.6
65
Norway
Upper
1.4
66
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Upper middle
1.3
67
Hungary
Upper
1.2
67
Peru
Lower middle
1.2
69
Algeria
Lower middle
1.1
69
Serbia
Upper middle
1.1
71
Viet Nam
Lower middle
1.0
72
Brazil
Upper middle
0.6
72
Ghana
Lower middle
0.6
72
Paraguay
Upper middle
0.6
72
South Africa
Lower middle
0.6
76
Indonesia
Lower middle
0.5
77
Switzerland
Upper
0.2
78
Togo
Low
0.1
79
El Salvador
Lower middle
0
80
Italy
Upper
-0.1
80
Namibia
Lower middle
-0.1
80
Nepal
Low
-0.1
83
Croatia
Upper
-0.2
83
India
Lower middle
-0.2
85
Egypt
Lower middle
-0.3
86
Netherlands
Upper
-0.4
87
Timor-Leste
Lower middle
-0.5
88
Colombia
Upper middle
-0.8
88
Palau
Upper middle
-0.8
90
Mexico
Upper middle
-0.9
91
Sao Tome & Principe
Low
-1.0
92
Antigua and Barbuda
Upper middle
-1.1
93
Sri Lanka
Lower middle
-1.2
93
Lesotho
Low
-1.2
93
Zambia
Low
-1.2
96
Cyprus
Upper
-1.4
96
Suriname
Upper middle
-1.4
98
Djibouti
Low
-1.5
98
Nauru
Lower middle
-1.5
100
Argentina
Upper middle
-1.6
100
Laos
Lower middle
-1.6
102
Belgium
Upper
-1.7
103
Belize
Lower middle
-1.8
103
Ecuador
Lower middle
-1.8
103
Philippines
Lower middle
-1.8
103
Vanuatu
Low
-1.8
107
Guatemala
Lower middle
-1.9
107
United States
Upper
-1.9
109
Senegal
Low
-2.0
110
Oman
Upper
-2.6
111
Dominican Republic
Upper middle
-2.8
111
Iraq
Lower middle
-2.8
113
Nicaragua
Lower middle
-2.9
114
Gambia
Low
-3.0
115
Tanzania
Low
-3.1
116
Côte d'Ivoire
Lower middle
-3.2
116
Malta
Upper
-3.2
116
Solomon Islands
Low
-3.2
119
Trinidad & Tobago
Upper middle
-3.3
120
Lebanon
Lower middle
-3.4
121
Bolivia
Lower middle
-3.5
121
Cameroon
Low
-3.5
123
Seychelles
Upper middle
-3.6
123
Tonga
Lower middle
-3.6
125
Cambodia
Low
-3.7
126
Swaziland
Lower middle
-3.8
127
Turkmenistan
Upper middle
-3.9
128
Mozambique
Low
-4.0
128
Saudi Arabia
Upper
-4.0
130
Benin
Low
-4.1
130
Honduras
Lower middle
-4.1
130
Romania
Upper
-4.1
133
Maldives
Upper middle
-4.3
133
Mauritania
Lower middle
-4.3
135
Kenya
Low
-4.4
136
Pakistan
Lower middle
-4.6
137
Kuwait
Upper
-4.8
138
Marshall Islands
Lower middle
-4.9
139
Guinea
Low
-5.0
139
Malawi
Low
-5.0
141
Burkina Faso
Low
-5.3
141
Comoros
Low
-5.3
141
Gabon
Upper middle
-5.3
144
Ethiopia
Low
-5.5
145
Nigeria
Lower middle
-5.6
145
Sierra Leone
Low
-5.6
147
Panama
Upper middle
-5.8
148
Myanmar
Low
-6.0
149
Bahamas
Upper
-6.2
149
Micronesia
Low
-6.2
151
Guyana
Upper middle
-6.5
152
Angola
Lower middle
-6.6
153
Equatorial Guinea
Upper middle
-6.7
153
Papua New Guinea
Low
-6.7
155
Burundi
NA
-6.8
156
Bangladesh
Lower middle
-7.0
156
Niger
Low
-7.0
158
Madagascar
Low
-7.3
158
Zimbabwe
Low
-7.3
160
Haiti
Low
-7.7
161
Uganda
Low
-7.8
162
Mali
Low
-8.3
162
Yemen
Low
-8.3
164
Congo
Low
-8.4
165
Liberia
Low
-8.5
165
Libya
Upper middle
-8.5
167
Venezuela
Upper middle
-8.6
168
Somalia
Low
-8.7
169
Bahrain
Upper
-9.4
170
Afghanistan
Low
-9.8
171
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Low
-10.0
172
Guinea-Bissau
Low
-10.3
173
Sudan
Low
-10.7
174
Brunei Darussalam
Upper
-10.8
175
United Arab Emirates
Upper
-11.4
176
Eritrea
Low
-11.8
177
Central African Rep.
Low
-14.7
178
Chad
Low
-15.6
179
Singapore
Upper
-16.3
180
Ireland
Upper
-18.3
181
Qatar
Upper
-23.3
182
Luxembourg
Upper
-26.0
 
San Marino*
Upper
-
 
St Vincent & Grenadines*
Upper middle
-
 
Tuvalu*
Lower middle
-
 
Monaco*
NA
-
 
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea*
NA
-
 
Syria*
NA
-
 
Kiribati*
Low
-
 
Liechtenstein*
NA
-
 
Andorra*
NA
-
 
Cuba*
NA
-
* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.