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	0.25
2	Barbados	Lower middle	0.21
3	Nauru	Lower middle	0.20
4	Finland	Upper	0.18
5	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.16
6	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.15
7	Denmark	Upper	0.15
7	New Zealand	Upper	0.15
9	Georgia	Upper middle	0.15
10	Japan	Upper	0.14
11	China	Upper middle	0.13
12	Rwanda	Low	0.12
13	Sweden	Upper	0.12
14	Grenada	Lower middle	0.11
15	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.11
16	United Kingdom	Upper	0.11
17	Kiribati	Low	0.10
18	Estonia	Upper	0.10
19	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.10
20	Fiji	Lower middle	0.10
21	Armenia	Upper middle	0.09
22	Samoa	Lower middle	0.09
23	Dominica	Lower middle	0.08
23	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.08
25	Chile	Upper middle	0.08
26	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.07
27	France	Upper	0.07
28	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.07
29	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.07
30	Australia	Upper	0.06
30	Germany	Upper	0.06
32	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.06
33	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.06
34	Tonga	Lower middle	0.06
35	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.06
36	Solomon Islands	Low	0.05
37	Latvia	Upper	0.05
38	Micronesia	Low	0.05
39	Canada	Upper	0.05
40	Jordan	Lower middle	0.04
40	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.04
42	Morocco	Lower middle	0.04
43	Palau	Upper middle	0.03
44	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.03
45	Iceland	Upper	0.03
46	Moldova	Upper middle	0.03
47	Portugal	Upper	0.02
48	Lithuania	Upper	0.02
48	Thailand	Upper middle	0.02
50	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.02
50	Senegal	Low	0.02
52	Austria	Upper	0.02
52	Somalia	Low	0.02
54	Niger	Low	0.02
54	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.02
56	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.02
56	Vanuatu	Low	0.02
58	Botswana	Upper middle	0.02
59	Slovenia	Upper	0.01
60	Netherlands	Upper	0.01
61	Benin	Low	0.01
62	Togo	Low	0.01
63	Norway	Upper	0.01
64	India	Lower middle	0.01
65	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.01
66	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.01
67	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0
67	Nepal	Low	0
69	Belarus	Upper middle	0
70	Greece	Upper middle	0
71	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0
71	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0
71	Malaysia	Upper middle	0
74	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	-0.01
74	Maldives	Upper middle	-0.01
74	Namibia	Lower middle	-0.01
74	Poland	Upper	-0.01
78	Gambia	Low	-0.01
79	Bahamas	Upper middle	-0.01
80	Ghana	Lower middle	-0.01
80	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	-0.01
82	Mauritania	Lower middle	-0.02
83	Switzerland	Upper	-0.02
83	Ethiopia	Low	-0.02
83	Montenegro	Upper middle	-0.02
86	Israel	Upper	-0.02
87	Zambia	Low	-0.02
88	Burkina Faso	Low	-0.02
89	Indonesia	Lower middle	-0.02
90	Albania	Upper middle	-0.03
90	Saudi Arabia	Upper	-0.02
92	San Marino	Upper	-0.03
93	Czech Republic	Upper	-0.03
94	Tanzania	Low	-0.03
95	Belgium	Upper	-0.04
95	Oman	Upper	-0.04
97	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	-0.04
97	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	-0.04
97	Mali	Low	-0.04
97	Serbia	Upper middle	-0.04
101	Djibouti	Lower middle	-0.04
101	Guinea	Low	-0.04
101	Philippines	Lower middle	-0.04
104	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	-0.04
105	Iran	Lower middle	-0.04
105	Sierra Leone	Low	-0.04
107	Lesotho	Low	-0.04
108	Slovakia	Upper	-0.04
109	South Africa	Lower middle	-0.04
110	Spain	Upper	-0.05
110	Peru	Lower middle	-0.05
112	Turkey	Upper middle	-0.05
113	Tajikistan	Low	-0.05
114	Colombia	Upper middle	-0.05
115	Russian Federation	Upper	-0.05
115	United States	Upper	-0.05
117	Belize	Lower middle	-0.05
117	Pakistan	Low	-0.05
117	El Salvador	Lower middle	-0.05
120	Italy	Upper	-0.06
121	Algeria	Lower middle	-0.06
122	Bulgaria	Upper middle	-0.06
123	Malawi	Low	-0.06
124	Croatia	Upper	-0.06
125	Comoros	Low	-0.07
126	Afghanistan	Low	-0.07
126	Papua New Guinea	Low	-0.07
128	Kenya	Low	-0.07
129	Hungary	Upper	-0.07
130	Liberia	Low	-0.07
130	Mozambique	Low	-0.07
132	Ecuador	Lower middle	-0.07
132	Laos	Lower middle	-0.07
134	Romania	Upper	-0.08
135	Egypt	Upper middle	-0.08
136	Guinea-Bissau	Low	-0.08
136	Iraq	Lower middle	-0.08
138	United Arab Emirates	Upper	-0.08
138	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	-0.08
140	Libya	Upper middle	-0.08
141	Swaziland	Lower middle	-0.09
142	Brazil	Upper middle	-0.09
143	Uganda	Low	-0.09
144	Angola	Lower middle	-0.09
144	Myanmar	Low	-0.09
146	Madagascar	Low	-0.09
147	Burundi	NA	-0.09
147	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	-0.09
149	Cyprus	Upper	-0.09
150	Yemen	Low	-0.09
151	Bolivia	Lower middle	-0.10
151	Sudan	Low	-0.10
153	Argentina	Upper middle	-0.10
154	Paraguay	Upper middle	-0.10
155	Cameroon	Low	-0.10
156	Kuwait	Upper	-0.11
156	Nigeria	Low	-0.11
158	Lebanon	Lower middle	-0.11
159	Suriname	Upper middle	-0.11
160	Bahrain	Upper	-0.11
160	Guatemala	Lower middle	-0.11
162	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	-0.11
162	Mexico	Upper middle	-0.12
164	Bangladesh	Lower middle	-0.12
165	Cambodia	Low	-0.12
166	Syria	Low	-0.12
167	Eritrea	Low	-0.12
168	Nicaragua	Lower middle	-0.13
169	Honduras	Lower middle	-0.13
170	Zimbabwe	Low	-0.14
171	Haiti	Low	-0.14
172	Congo	Lower middle	-0.15
173	Gabon	Upper middle	-0.16
174	Malta	Upper	-0.16
175	Chad	Low	-0.17
176	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	-0.17
176	Panama	Upper middle	-0.17
178	Singapore	Upper	-0.17
179	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	-0.17
180	Central African Rep.	Low	-0.19
181	Andorra	Upper	-0.19
182	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	-0.19
183	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	-0.22
184	Venezuela	Upper middle	-0.23
185	Guyana	Upper middle	-0.26
186	Ireland	Upper	-0.30
187	Luxembourg	Upper	-0.30
188	Qatar	Upper	-0.40
	Cuba*	NA	-
	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea*	NA	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Readiness, adjusted for GDP

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