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 2023

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	-0.16
2	Tajikistan	Low	-0.12
3	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	-0.10
4	Jordan	Lower middle	-0.10
4	Morocco	Lower middle	-0.09
6	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	-0.08
6	Belarus	Upper middle	-0.08
8	Czech Republic	Upper	-0.08
9	Algeria	Lower middle	-0.08
9	Ukraine	Upper middle	-0.08
11	Mongolia	Lower middle	-0.07
12	Armenia	Upper middle	-0.07
13	Tunisia	Lower middle	-0.07
14	Paraguay	Upper middle	-0.07
14	Venezuela	Upper middle	-0.07
16	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	-0.07
17	Chile	Upper middle	-0.07
18	Iran	Lower middle	-0.06
19	Brazil	Upper middle	-0.06
19	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	-0.06
21	Barbados	Lower middle	-0.06
22	Lebanon	Lower middle	-0.06
23	Grenada	Lower middle	-0.05
24	Poland	Upper	-0.05
25	South Africa	Lower middle	-0.05
26	Albania	Upper middle	-0.05
27	Israel	Upper	-0.05
27	Macedonia	Upper middle	-0.05
29	Moldova	Upper middle	-0.05
30	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	-0.04
30	Russian Federation	Upper	-0.04
32	Cape Verde	Lower middle	-0.04
33	China	Upper middle	-0.04
33	Montenegro	Upper middle	-0.04
35	United Kingdom	Upper	-0.04
35	Portugal	Upper	-0.04
37	Greece	Upper middle	-0.04
38	Spain	Upper	-0.04
38	Finland	Upper	-0.04
38	Jamaica	Lower middle	-0.04
41	Libya	Upper middle	-0.04
41	New Zealand	Upper	-0.04
43	Costa Rica	Upper middle	-0.04
44	Mexico	Upper middle	-0.03
44	Peru	Lower middle	-0.03
46	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	-0.03
47	Bulgaria	Upper middle	-0.03
47	Canada	Upper	-0.03
49	El Salvador	Lower middle	-0.03
50	Suriname	Upper middle	-0.03
51	Colombia	Upper middle	-0.03
51	Egypt	Upper middle	-0.03
53	Georgia	Upper middle	-0.03
54	Estonia	Upper	-0.03
54	Honduras	Lower middle	-0.03
54	Slovenia	Upper	-0.02
57	Argentina	Upper middle	-0.02
57	France	Upper	-0.02
59	Ghana	Lower middle	-0.02
59	Malaysia	Upper middle	-0.02
59	Nicaragua	Lower middle	-0.02
62	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	-0.02
63	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	-0.02
64	Uruguay	Upper middle	-0.02
65	Guatemala	Lower middle	-0.02
66	Indonesia	Lower middle	-0.02
67	Philippines	Lower middle	-0.02
68	Iraq	Lower middle	-0.01
69	Latvia	Upper	-0.01
70	Hungary	Upper	-0.01
70	Swaziland	Lower middle	-0.01
72	Lesotho	Low	-0.01
73	Bolivia	Lower middle	-0.01
74	Slovakia	Upper	-0.01
75	Namibia	Lower middle	0
76	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0
77	Botswana	Upper middle	0
78	Austria	Upper	0
79	Dominica	Lower middle	0
79	Turkey	Upper middle	0
81	Gabon	Upper middle	0
81	Mauritius	Upper middle	0
83	Germany	Upper	0
83	Fiji	Lower middle	0.01
85	Zambia	Low	0.01
86	Malta	Upper	0.01
86	Mozambique	Low	0.01
88	Nigeria	Low	0.01
89	Syria	Low	0.01
90	Cameroon	Low	0.01
90	Thailand	Upper middle	0.01
92	Cambodia	Low	0.01
93	Switzerland	Upper	0.01
93	Lithuania	Upper	0.01
93	Serbia	Upper middle	0.01
96	Italy	Upper	0.01
96	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.01
98	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.01
99	Nepal	Low	0.01
99	Sweden	Upper	0.01
101	Belize	Lower middle	0.02
101	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.02
101	Kuwait	Upper	0.02
104	Croatia	Upper	0.02
105	Japan	Upper	0.02
105	Zimbabwe	Low	0.02
107	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.02
107	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.02
109	Laos	Lower middle	0.02
109	Togo	Low	0.02
111	Australia	Upper	0.02
111	India	Lower middle	0.02
113	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.02
114	Cyprus	Upper	0.03
114	Haiti	Low	0.03
114	Kenya	Low	0.03
114	Panama	Upper middle	0.03
118	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.03
119	Tanzania	Low	0.04
120	Angola	Lower middle	0.04
120	Belgium	Upper	0.04
120	Burkina Faso	Low	0.04
123	Ethiopia	Low	0.04
124	Myanmar	Low	0.04
125	Gambia	Low	0.04
125	Pakistan	Low	0.04
125	Samoa	Lower middle	0.04
128	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.05
129	Iceland	Upper	0.05
130	Norway	Upper	0.05
131	Oman	Upper	0.05
132	Romania	Upper	0.05
133	Congo	Lower middle	0.05
133	Guinea	Low	0.05
135	Liberia	Low	0.05
136	United States	Upper	0.05
136	Yemen	Low	0.05
138	Uganda	Low	0.05
139	Nauru	Lower middle	0.06
140	Senegal	Low	0.06
141	Comoros	Low	0.06
141	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.06
143	Denmark	Upper	0.06
143	Malawi	Low	0.06
145	Burundi	NA	0.07
146	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.07
146	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.07
148	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.07
149	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.07
149	Palau	Upper middle	0.07
151	Madagascar	Low	0.07
151	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.07
153	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.07
154	Kiribati	Low	0.08
155	Vanuatu	Low	0.08
156	Netherlands	Upper	0.08
157	Rwanda	Low	0.09
158	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.09
159	Benin	Low	0.09
159	Central African Rep.	Low	0.09
161	Guyana	Upper middle	0.09
161	Mali	Low	0.09
163	Afghanistan	Low	0.10
163	Tuvalu	Low	0.10
165	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.10
166	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.11
166	Eritrea	Low	0.11
168	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.11
169	Sierra Leone	Low	0.12
170	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.12
171	Bahrain	Upper	0.12
172	Somalia	Low	0.12
173	Maldives	Upper middle	0.13
173	Sudan	Low	0.13
175	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.13
176	Tonga	Lower middle	0.14
177	Micronesia	Low	0.14
178	Solomon Islands	Low	0.15
179	Niger	Low	0.15
180	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.15
181	Chad	Low	0.15
182	Ireland	Upper	0.17
183	Luxembourg	Upper	0.21
184	Qatar	Upper	0.22
185	Singapore	Upper	0.29
	Monaco*	NA	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Cuba*	NA	-
	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Upper middle	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Andorra*	Upper	-
	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea*	NA	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Vulnerability, adjusted for GDP

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