Vulnerability, adjusted for GDP rankings

Vulnerability, 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 Vulnerability, adjusted for GDP. Lower scores (green) are better.

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

Scores for 2022

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	-0.15
2	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	-0.12
3	Tajikistan	Low	-0.11
4	Mongolia	Lower middle	-0.10
5	Morocco	Lower middle	-0.10
6	Jordan	Lower middle	-0.10
7	Ukraine	Upper middle	-0.09
8	Belarus	Upper middle	-0.08
9	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	-0.08
10	Algeria	Lower middle	-0.08
11	Czech Republic	Upper	-0.08
11	Iran	Lower middle	-0.08
13	Tunisia	Lower middle	-0.08
14	China	Upper middle	-0.07
15	Brazil	Upper middle	-0.07
16	Armenia	Upper middle	-0.07
17	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	-0.07
18	Barbados	Lower middle	-0.07
18	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	-0.07
18	Venezuela	Upper middle	-0.07
21	Chile	Upper middle	-0.07
22	South Africa	Lower middle	-0.06
23	Spain	Upper	-0.06
23	Grenada	Lower middle	-0.06
25	Mexico	Upper middle	-0.05
25	Paraguay	Upper middle	-0.05
27	Lebanon	Lower middle	-0.05
27	Poland	Upper	-0.05
29	Moldova	Upper middle	-0.05
30	Albania	Upper middle	-0.05
30	Russian Federation	Upper	-0.05
32	Israel	Upper	-0.05
33	Egypt	Upper middle	-0.04
33	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	-0.04
35	Macedonia	Upper middle	-0.04
35	Portugal	Upper	-0.04
37	United Kingdom	Upper	-0.04
37	El Salvador	Lower middle	-0.04
39	Cape Verde	Lower middle	-0.04
39	Greece	Upper middle	-0.04
41	Jamaica	Lower middle	-0.04
41	Peru	Lower middle	-0.04
43	Argentina	Upper middle	-0.04
43	Costa Rica	Upper middle	-0.04
45	Bulgaria	Upper middle	-0.03
45	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	-0.03
47	Canada	Upper	-0.03
48	Colombia	Upper middle	-0.03
48	Georgia	Upper middle	-0.03
48	Montenegro	Upper middle	-0.03
48	Syria	Low	-0.03
52	Ghana	Lower middle	-0.03
52	Slovenia	Upper	-0.03
54	Malaysia	Upper middle	-0.03
55	Honduras	Lower middle	-0.02
55	Slovakia	Upper	-0.02
57	France	Upper	-0.02
57	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	-0.02
57	Indonesia	Lower middle	-0.02
60	Turkey	Upper middle	-0.02
61	Estonia	Upper	-0.02
62	Philippines	Lower middle	-0.02
63	Guatemala	Lower middle	-0.02
63	Iraq	Lower middle	-0.02
63	New Zealand	Upper	-0.02
66	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	-0.02
67	Thailand	Upper middle	-0.02
68	Bolivia	Lower middle	-0.02
69	Finland	Upper	-0.01
70	Hungary	Upper	-0.01
71	India	Lower middle	-0.01
71	Libya	Upper middle	-0.01
71	Nigeria	Low	-0.01
74	Suriname	Upper middle	-0.01
75	Mozambique	Low	-0.01
75	Nicaragua	Lower middle	-0.01
77	Latvia	Upper	-0.01
78	Mauritius	Upper middle	0
78	Uruguay	Upper middle	-0.01
80	Botswana	Upper middle	0
81	Lesotho	Low	0
82	Swaziland	Lower middle	0
83	Malta	Upper	0
83	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0
85	Germany	Upper	0
85	Serbia	Upper middle	0
87	Namibia	Lower middle	0
88	Australia	Upper	0.01
88	Fiji	Lower middle	0
90	Japan	Upper	0.01
90	Cambodia	Low	0.01
92	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.01
92	Zambia	Low	0.01
94	Belize	Lower middle	0.01
95	Gabon	Upper middle	0.01
96	Cameroon	Low	0.01
96	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.01
96	Croatia	Upper	0.01
96	Italy	Upper	0.01
96	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.01
101	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.01
101	Zimbabwe	Low	0.01
103	Austria	Upper	0.01
103	Dominica	Lower middle	0.02
103	Togo	Low	0.02
106	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.02
106	Nepal	Low	0.02
108	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.02
109	Lithuania	Upper	0.02
110	Kenya	Low	0.02
111	Tanzania	Low	0.02
112	Laos	Lower middle	0.02
113	Cyprus	Upper	0.02
114	Switzerland	Upper	0.02
115	Haiti	Low	0.03
115	Pakistan	Low	0.03
117	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.03
118	Sweden	Upper	0.03
119	United States	Upper	0.03
120	Myanmar	Low	0.03
120	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.03
122	Kuwait	Upper	0.04
122	Panama	Upper middle	0.04
124	Belgium	Upper	0.04
125	Ethiopia	Low	0.04
126	Burkina Faso	Low	0.04
126	Yemen	Low	0.04
128	Angola	Lower middle	0.04
129	Uganda	Low	0.04
130	Gambia	Low	0.04
131	Congo	Lower middle	0.05
132	Samoa	Lower middle	0.05
133	Romania	Upper	0.05
134	Nauru	Lower middle	0.05
135	Guinea	Low	0.05
136	Senegal	Low	0.06
137	Liberia	Low	0.06
137	Oman	Upper	0.06
139	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.06
139	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.06
139	Guyana	Upper middle	0.06
142	Comoros	Low	0.06
142	Malawi	Low	0.06
144	Burundi	NA	0.06
145	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.07
146	Iceland	Upper	0.07
146	Palau	Upper middle	0.07
146	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.07
149	Madagascar	Low	0.07
150	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.07
150	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.07
152	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.08
152	Vanuatu	Low	0.08
154	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.08
155	Netherlands	Upper	0.08
156	Denmark	Upper	0.08
157	Rwanda	Low	0.08
158	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.09
159	Central African Rep.	Low	0.09
159	Kiribati	Low	0.09
161	Benin	Low	0.09
162	Afghanistan	Low	0.10
163	Tuvalu	Low	0.10
164	Sierra Leone	Low	0.11
165	Eritrea	Low	0.11
165	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.11
167	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.12
167	Mali	Low	0.11
169	Sudan	Low	0.12
169	Somalia	Low	0.12
171	Bahrain	Upper	0.12
172	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.12
173	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.13
174	Tonga	Lower middle	0.13
175	Maldives	Upper middle	0.14
176	Micronesia	Low	0.14
177	Norway	Upper	0.14
178	Niger	Low	0.15
179	Solomon Islands	Low	0.15
180	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.15
181	Chad	Low	0.16
182	Ireland	Upper	0.21
183	Qatar	Upper	0.21
184	Luxembourg	Upper	0.24
185	Singapore	Upper	0.31
	Cuba*	NA	-
	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea*	NA	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Upper middle	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Andorra*	Upper	-
	Monaco*	NA	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Vulnerability, adjusted for GDP

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