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 2021

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Tuvalu	Lower middle	0.26
2	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.17
3	Finland	Upper	0.16
4	Japan	Upper	0.16
5	Georgia	Upper middle	0.16
6	New Zealand	Upper	0.14
7	Denmark	Upper	0.14
8	Barbados	Upper middle	0.13
8	Dominica	Lower middle	0.13
10	China	Upper middle	0.13
11	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.13
12	Iceland	Upper	0.11
13	United Kingdom	Upper	0.11
13	Sweden	Upper	0.11
15	Kiribati	Low	0.11
16	Armenia	Upper middle	0.10
17	Nauru	Lower middle	0.10
18	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.09
19	Australia	Upper	0.09
20	Fiji	Lower middle	0.09
21	Latvia	Upper	0.09
22	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.09
23	Estonia	Upper	0.09
24	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.09
24	Rwanda	Low	0.09
26	Germany	Upper	0.08
27	France	Upper	0.08
28	Samoa	Lower middle	0.08
29	Grenada	Upper middle	0.08
29	Portugal	Upper	0.07
31	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.07
32	Austria	Upper	0.07
32	Canada	Upper	0.07
32	Chile	Upper middle	0.07
35	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.07
36	Lithuania	Upper	0.06
37	Slovenia	Upper	0.06
37	Thailand	Upper middle	0.06
37	Tonga	Lower middle	0.06
40	Russian Federation	Upper	0.06
41	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.06
42	Belarus	Upper middle	0.06
43	Saint Lucia	Lower middle	0.05
43	Morocco	Lower middle	0.05
45	Netherlands	Upper	0.05
46	Greece	Upper middle	0.05
47	Solomon Islands	Low	0.05
48	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.05
48	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.05
48	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.05
51	Norway	Upper	0.05
52	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.04
53	Kyrgyzstan	Low	0.04
54	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.04
54	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.04
56	Moldova	Upper middle	0.04
56	Vanuatu	Low	0.04
58	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.04
59	Jordan	Lower middle	0.03
59	Poland	Upper	0.03
61	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.03
62	Botswana	Upper middle	0.03
62	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.03
64	San Marino	Upper	0.02
65	India	Lower middle	0.02
65	Palau	Upper middle	0.02
67	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.02
68	Slovakia	Upper	0.02
69	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.02
70	Maldives	Upper middle	0.02
70	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.02
72	Spain	Upper	0.01
72	Somalia	Low	0.02
72	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.02
75	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.01
76	Czech Republic	Upper	0.01
76	Togo	Low	0.01
78	Micronesia	Low	0.01
78	Serbia	Upper middle	0.01
80	Nepal	Low	0.01
81	Turkey	Upper middle	0.01
82	Albania	Upper middle	0
82	Israel	Upper	0
84	Niger	Low	0
85	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0
86	Namibia	Lower middle	0
87	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0
88	Senegal	Low	0
89	Indonesia	Lower middle	0
90	Switzerland	Upper	0
90	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0
90	Mauritania	Lower middle	0
93	United States	Upper	0
94	Hungary	Upper	-0.01
95	Peru	Lower middle	-0.01
96	Croatia	Upper	-0.01
97	Seychelles	Upper middle	-0.01
98	Oman	Upper	-0.01
99	Benin	Low	-0.01
100	Belgium	Upper	-0.01
100	Ghana	Lower middle	-0.01
102	Saudi Arabia	Upper	-0.01
103	Gambia	Low	-0.02
104	Cyprus	Upper	-0.02
105	Italy	Upper	-0.02
106	Zambia	Low	-0.03
107	Tajikistan	Low	-0.03
108	Iran	Upper middle	-0.03
109	Djibouti	Low	-0.04
110	Guinea	Low	-0.04
110	Laos	Lower middle	-0.04
110	Lesotho	Low	-0.04
110	Philippines	Lower middle	-0.04
114	Sierra Leone	Low	-0.04
115	Egypt	Lower middle	-0.04
115	El Salvador	Lower middle	-0.04
117	Tanzania	Low	-0.04
118	Colombia	Upper middle	-0.04
118	Ecuador	Lower middle	-0.04
120	Belize	Lower middle	-0.04
121	Malawi	Low	-0.05
121	Pakistan	Lower middle	-0.05
121	South Africa	Lower middle	-0.05
124	Ethiopia	Low	-0.05
125	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	-0.05
126	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	-0.05
127	Burkina Faso	Low	-0.05
127	Kenya	Low	-0.05
127	Mali	Low	-0.05
130	Brazil	Upper middle	-0.06
130	Algeria	Lower middle	-0.06
130	Liberia	Low	-0.06
133	Uganda	Low	-0.06
134	Bahamas	Upper	-0.06
134	Swaziland	Lower middle	-0.06
136	Malta	Upper	-0.06
136	Paraguay	Upper middle	-0.06
138	Mexico	Upper middle	-0.06
138	Romania	Upper	-0.06
140	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	-0.07
140	Guinea-Bissau	Low	-0.07
142	Comoros	Low	-0.07
142	Guatemala	Lower middle	-0.07
142	Cambodia	Low	-0.07
145	Argentina	Upper middle	-0.07
145	Burundi	NA	-0.07
145	Papua New Guinea	Low	-0.07
148	Bahrain	Upper	-0.07
149	Madagascar	Low	-0.08
149	Mozambique	Low	-0.08
149	Suriname	Upper middle	-0.08
152	Iraq	Lower middle	-0.08
153	Singapore	Upper	-0.08
154	Bangladesh	Lower middle	-0.08
155	Bolivia	Lower middle	-0.09
155	Kuwait	Upper	-0.09
157	Nicaragua	Lower middle	-0.09
158	Cameroon	Low	-0.09
158	Sudan	Low	-0.09
160	Afghanistan	Low	-0.09
161	Angola	Lower middle	-0.09
162	Myanmar	Low	-0.10
163	Honduras	Lower middle	-0.10
163	Nigeria	Lower middle	-0.10
165	Gabon	Upper middle	-0.10
166	Yemen	Low	-0.10
167	Panama	Upper middle	-0.11
168	United Arab Emirates	Upper	-0.11
168	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	-0.11
170	Lebanon	Lower middle	-0.11
171	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	-0.11
172	Eritrea	Low	-0.12
173	Haiti	Low	-0.12
174	Congo	Low	-0.12
175	Guyana	Upper middle	-0.12
176	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	-0.13
176	Zimbabwe	Low	-0.13
178	Chad	Low	-0.15
179	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	-0.16
180	Libya	Upper middle	-0.17
181	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	-0.17
182	Central African Rep.	Low	-0.20
183	Venezuela	Upper middle	-0.23
184	Ireland	Upper	-0.23
185	Qatar	Upper	-0.27
186	Luxembourg	Upper	-0.29
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea*	NA	-
	Cuba*	NA	-
	Syria*	NA	-
	Andorra*	NA	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Readiness, adjusted for GDP

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