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 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.