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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Rank countries by ND-GAIN Country Index, Vulnerability and Readiness.

Scores for 2020

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

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Readiness, adjusted for GDP

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