Readiness, adjusted for GDP rankings

Readiness, 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 Readiness, 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	Tuvalu	Low	0.27
2	Nauru	Lower middle	0.18
3	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.17
4	Barbados	Lower middle	0.17
5	Finland	Upper	0.15
6	Japan	Upper	0.14
7	Georgia	Upper middle	0.13
8	New Zealand	Upper	0.13
9	China	Upper middle	0.12
10	Denmark	Upper	0.11
11	Grenada	Lower middle	0.11
12	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.10
13	Dominica	Lower middle	0.10
13	Kiribati	Low	0.10
15	United Kingdom	Upper	0.10
16	Sweden	Upper	0.09
17	Tonga	Lower middle	0.09
18	Rwanda	Low	0.08
19	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.08
20	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.08
21	Fiji	Lower middle	0.08
22	Estonia	Upper	0.08
23	Armenia	Upper middle	0.08
24	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.07
25	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.07
26	Latvia	Upper	0.07
27	Samoa	Lower middle	0.07
28	France	Upper	0.06
29	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.06
30	Australia	Upper	0.06
30	Chile	Upper middle	0.06
32	Morocco	Lower middle	0.06
32	Thailand	Upper middle	0.05
34	Solomon Islands	Low	0.05
35	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.05
36	Germany	Upper	0.05
37	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.05
38	Lithuania	Upper	0.05
39	Austria	Upper	0.04
40	Canada	Upper	0.04
41	Portugal	Upper	0.04
42	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.04
42	Palau	Upper middle	0.04
44	Jordan	Lower middle	0.03
44	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.03
46	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.03
47	Iceland	Upper	0.03
47	Moldova	Upper middle	0.03
49	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.03
49	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.03
51	Slovenia	Upper	0.03
52	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.03
52	Vanuatu	Low	0.02
54	Greece	Upper middle	0.02
54	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.02
56	Somalia	Low	0.02
57	India	Lower middle	0.02
58	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.02
59	Micronesia	Low	0.02
59	Maldives	Upper middle	0.01
61	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.01
61	Togo	Low	0.01
63	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.01
64	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.01
65	Botswana	Upper middle	0.01
66	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.01
66	Nepal	Low	0.01
68	Ukraine	Upper middle	0
69	Poland	Upper	0
70	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0
70	Netherlands	Upper	0
72	Montenegro	Upper middle	0
72	Seychelles	Upper middle	0
74	Indonesia	Lower middle	0
74	Senegal	Low	0
76	Albania	Upper middle	0
76	Namibia	Lower middle	0
78	Norway	Upper	0
79	Czech Republic	Upper	-0.01
80	Belarus	Upper middle	-0.01
80	Niger	Low	-0.01
82	Serbia	Upper middle	-0.01
83	Benin	Low	-0.01
83	Mauritania	Lower middle	-0.01
85	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	-0.01
86	Oman	Upper	-0.01
87	Zambia	Low	-0.02
88	San Marino	Upper	-0.02
89	Ghana	Lower middle	-0.02
89	Gambia	Low	-0.02
89	Peru	Lower middle	-0.02
92	Slovakia	Upper	-0.02
93	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	-0.02
93	Tajikistan	Low	-0.02
95	Saudi Arabia	Upper	-0.02
96	Philippines	Lower middle	-0.02
97	Switzerland	Upper	-0.03
98	Bulgaria	Upper middle	-0.03
99	Russian Federation	Upper	-0.03
100	Hungary	Upper	-0.03
101	Turkey	Upper middle	-0.03
102	El Salvador	Lower middle	-0.04
103	Croatia	Upper	-0.04
103	Laos	Lower middle	-0.04
105	Spain	Upper	-0.04
105	Tanzania	Low	-0.04
107	Djibouti	Lower middle	-0.04
108	Iran	Lower middle	-0.04
108	Israel	Upper	-0.04
108	South Africa	Lower middle	-0.04
111	Lesotho	Low	-0.04
111	United States	Upper	-0.04
113	Belgium	Upper	-0.04
113	Guinea	Low	-0.04
115	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	-0.04
115	Italy	Upper	-0.04
117	Paraguay	Upper middle	-0.05
118	Colombia	Upper middle	-0.05
119	Sierra Leone	Low	-0.05
120	Belize	Lower middle	-0.05
120	Ethiopia	Low	-0.05
122	Malawi	Low	-0.05
123	Kenya	Low	-0.05
124	Bahamas	Upper middle	-0.06
124	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	-0.06
126	Algeria	Lower middle	-0.06
126	Liberia	Low	-0.06
126	Pakistan	Low	-0.06
129	Comoros	Low	-0.06
130	Egypt	Upper middle	-0.06
130	Papua New Guinea	Low	-0.06
132	Uganda	Low	-0.06
133	Mali	Low	-0.06
134	Burundi	NA	-0.06
135	Cyprus	Upper	-0.07
136	Ecuador	Lower middle	-0.07
137	Guinea-Bissau	Low	-0.07
138	Burkina Faso	Low	-0.07
139	United Arab Emirates	Upper	-0.07
139	Brazil	Upper middle	-0.07
139	Guatemala	Lower middle	-0.07
139	Cambodia	Low	-0.07
143	Swaziland	Lower middle	-0.08
144	Mozambique	Low	-0.08
145	Mexico	Upper middle	-0.08
146	Bahrain	Upper	-0.08
146	Madagascar	Low	-0.08
148	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	-0.08
149	Kuwait	Upper	-0.09
150	Argentina	Upper middle	-0.09
151	Nicaragua	Lower middle	-0.09
152	Romania	Upper	-0.09
153	Afghanistan	Low	-0.09
153	Libya	Upper middle	-0.09
155	Suriname	Upper middle	-0.09
156	Bangladesh	Lower middle	-0.09
156	Iraq	Lower middle	-0.09
158	Angola	Lower middle	-0.10
159	Bolivia	Lower middle	-0.10
159	Cameroon	Low	-0.10
161	Lebanon	Lower middle	-0.10
162	Honduras	Lower middle	-0.10
163	Yemen	Low	-0.10
164	Sudan	Low	-0.11
165	Myanmar	Low	-0.11
165	Nigeria	Low	-0.11
167	Malta	Upper	-0.11
168	Congo	Lower middle	-0.12
169	Panama	Upper middle	-0.12
170	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	-0.13
171	Eritrea	Low	-0.13
172	Zimbabwe	Low	-0.13
173	Syria	Low	-0.13
174	Haiti	Low	-0.13
175	Gabon	Upper middle	-0.13
176	Singapore	Upper	-0.14
177	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	-0.15
178	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	-0.15
179	Chad	Low	-0.15
180	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	-0.16
181	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	-0.18
182	Andorra	Upper	-0.19
183	Central African Rep.	Low	-0.21
184	Venezuela	Upper middle	-0.22
185	Guyana	Upper middle	-0.23
186	Ireland	Upper	-0.27
187	Luxembourg	Upper	-0.28
188	Qatar	Upper	-0.35
	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea*	NA	-
	Cuba*	NA	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Readiness, adjusted for GDP

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