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 2020

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

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Vulnerability, adjusted for GDP

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