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 2022

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Tuvalu	Low	0.27
2	Nauru	Lower middle	0.19
3	Barbados	Lower middle	0.18
4	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.16
5	Japan	Upper	0.15
6	Finland	Upper	0.14
6	Georgia	Upper middle	0.14
8	Grenada	Lower middle	0.13
8	New Zealand	Upper	0.13
10	China	Upper middle	0.12
11	Dominica	Lower middle	0.11
11	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.11
13	United Kingdom	Upper	0.10
14	Kiribati	Low	0.10
15	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.09
16	Denmark	Upper	0.09
17	Sweden	Upper	0.08
18	Fiji	Lower middle	0.08
18	Rwanda	Low	0.08
20	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.08
21	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.08
22	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.08
23	Armenia	Upper middle	0.08
23	Palau	Upper middle	0.08
25	Samoa	Lower middle	0.08
26	Estonia	Upper	0.07
27	Australia	Upper	0.07
28	Tonga	Lower middle	0.07
29	Latvia	Upper	0.06
30	Chile	Upper middle	0.06
30	France	Upper	0.06
32	Morocco	Lower middle	0.06
33	Thailand	Upper middle	0.06
34	Germany	Upper	0.06
35	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.05
36	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.05
37	Solomon Islands	Low	0.05
38	Portugal	Upper	0.05
39	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.04
39	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.05
41	Canada	Upper	0.04
42	Iceland	Upper	0.04
42	Vanuatu	Low	0.04
44	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.04
45	Jordan	Lower middle	0.03
45	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.03
47	Lithuania	Upper	0.03
48	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.03
48	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.03
48	Moldova	Upper middle	0.03
51	Slovenia	Upper	0.03
52	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.03
53	Austria	Upper	0.03
54	Greece	Upper middle	0.02
55	India	Lower middle	0.02
56	Botswana	Upper middle	0.02
57	San Marino	Upper	0.02
58	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.02
58	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.02
58	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.02
61	Maldives	Upper middle	0.01
61	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.01
61	Somalia	Low	0.02
64	Micronesia	Low	0.01
65	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.01
65	Togo	Low	0.01
67	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.01
68	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.01
69	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.01
69	Netherlands	Upper	0.01
71	Belarus	Upper middle	0.01
72	Nepal	Low	0
73	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0
74	Albania	Upper middle	0
74	Niger	Low	0
76	Ukraine	Upper middle	0
77	Indonesia	Lower middle	0
78	Senegal	Low	0
78	Serbia	Upper middle	0
80	Mauritania	Lower middle	0
81	Namibia	Lower middle	-0.01
82	Czech Republic	Upper	-0.01
82	Poland	Upper	-0.01
84	Benin	Low	-0.01
85	Slovakia	Upper	-0.01
86	Saudi Arabia	Upper	-0.02
87	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	-0.02
87	Ghana	Lower middle	-0.02
87	Russian Federation	Upper	-0.02
90	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	-0.02
90	Peru	Lower middle	-0.02
92	Turkey	Upper middle	-0.02
93	Zambia	Low	-0.02
94	Spain	Upper	-0.02
95	Gambia	Low	-0.02
96	Oman	Upper	-0.03
97	United States	Upper	-0.03
98	Iran	Lower middle	-0.03
99	Israel	Upper	-0.03
100	Tajikistan	Low	-0.03
101	Bulgaria	Upper middle	-0.03
101	Croatia	Upper	-0.03
103	Hungary	Upper	-0.04
104	Lesotho	Low	-0.04
104	Philippines	Lower middle	-0.04
106	Djibouti	Lower middle	-0.04
106	Laos	Lower middle	-0.04
108	Tanzania	Low	-0.04
109	Belgium	Upper	-0.04
109	Guinea	Low	-0.04
111	Sierra Leone	Low	-0.04
112	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	-0.05
112	Paraguay	Upper middle	-0.05
112	El Salvador	Lower middle	-0.05
112	South Africa	Lower middle	-0.05
116	Switzerland	Upper	-0.05
117	Kenya	Low	-0.05
118	Ethiopia	Low	-0.05
119	Colombia	Upper middle	-0.05
120	Italy	Upper	-0.05
120	Malawi	Low	-0.05
122	Pakistan	Low	-0.05
123	Ecuador	Lower middle	-0.05
124	Cyprus	Upper	-0.06
125	Belize	Lower middle	-0.06
126	Bahamas	Upper middle	-0.06
127	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	-0.06
127	Liberia	Low	-0.06
129	Mali	Low	-0.06
130	Burkina Faso	Low	-0.06
131	Uganda	Low	-0.06
132	Papua New Guinea	Low	-0.06
133	Burundi	NA	-0.06
133	Egypt	Upper middle	-0.06
135	Brazil	Upper middle	-0.07
135	Comoros	Low	-0.07
137	Algeria	Lower middle	-0.07
137	Cambodia	Low	-0.07
139	Guinea-Bissau	Low	-0.07
140	Swaziland	Lower middle	-0.07
141	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	-0.08
142	Bahrain	Upper	-0.08
143	Mozambique	Low	-0.08
144	Madagascar	Low	-0.08
145	Mexico	Upper middle	-0.08
146	Guatemala	Lower middle	-0.08
147	Romania	Upper	-0.09
148	Argentina	Upper middle	-0.09
149	Afghanistan	Low	-0.09
149	Iraq	Lower middle	-0.09
151	Cameroon	Low	-0.09
151	Sudan	Low	-0.09
153	Nicaragua	Lower middle	-0.09
153	Suriname	Upper middle	-0.09
155	Bangladesh	Lower middle	-0.10
155	Lebanon	Lower middle	-0.09
157	Angola	Lower middle	-0.10
158	Bolivia	Lower middle	-0.10
158	Malta	Upper	-0.10
160	United Arab Emirates	Upper	-0.10
160	Honduras	Lower middle	-0.10
162	Yemen	Low	-0.10
163	Myanmar	Low	-0.11
164	Nigeria	Low	-0.11
165	Panama	Upper middle	-0.12
166	Kuwait	Upper	-0.12
167	Syria	Low	-0.12
168	Eritrea	Low	-0.13
169	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	-0.13
169	Congo	Lower middle	-0.13
171	Gabon	Upper middle	-0.13
171	Norway	Upper	-0.13
171	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	-0.13
171	Zimbabwe	Low	-0.13
175	Haiti	Low	-0.13
176	Libya	Upper middle	-0.14
177	Chad	Low	-0.15
178	Singapore	Upper	-0.16
179	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	-0.17
180	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	-0.17
181	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	-0.17
182	Guyana	Upper middle	-0.17
183	Central African Rep.	Low	-0.20
184	Venezuela	Upper middle	-0.22
185	Andorra	Upper	-0.24
186	Ireland	Upper	-0.33
187	Qatar	Upper	-0.33
188	Luxembourg	Upper	-0.34
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Cuba*	NA	-
	Monaco*	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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