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.