Readiness

A country's ND-GAIN index score is composed of a vulnerability score and a readiness score. Readiness measures a country’s ability to leverage investments and convert them to adaptation actions. ND-GAIN measures overall readiness by considering three components – economic readiness, governance readiness and social readiness.

World wide ranking by Readiness, higher scores are better.

Adjust for GDP

Country Rankings

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

Scores for 2020

Rank Country Income group Score
1
Singapore
Upper
0.804
2
Denmark
Upper
0.775
3
Norway
Upper
0.765
4
Finland
Upper
0.751
5
Monaco
NA
0.747
6
Republic of Korea
Upper
0.725
7
Sweden
Upper
0.723
8
Iceland
Upper
0.717
9
New Zealand
Upper
0.704
10
Switzerland
Upper
0.694
11
Australia
Upper
0.690
11
Germany
Upper
0.690
11
Japan
Upper
0.690
14
Austria
Upper
0.687
15
Netherlands
Upper
0.684
16
United Kingdom
Upper
0.683
17
Luxembourg
Upper
0.672
18
United States
Upper
0.653
19
Canada
Upper
0.652
20
France
Upper
0.649
21
Liechtenstein
NA
0.647
22
San Marino
Upper
0.631
23
Estonia
Upper
0.618
24
Slovenia
Upper
0.604
25
Belgium
Upper
0.601
26
Ireland
Upper
0.598
27
Lithuania
Upper
0.596
28
Tuvalu
Low
0.586
29
United Arab Emirates
Upper
0.585
30
Latvia
Upper
0.582
31
Portugal
Upper
0.578
32
Mauritius
Upper middle
0.568
33
Georgia
Upper middle
0.566
33
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Upper middle
0.566
35
Czech Republic
Upper
0.555
36
China
Upper middle
0.553
37
Russian Federation
Upper
0.550
38
Poland
Upper
0.546
39
Chile
Upper middle
0.543
39
Saudi Arabia
Upper
0.543
41
Israel
Upper
0.542
42
Barbados
Upper middle
0.537
43
Spain
Upper
0.536
44
Qatar
Upper
0.535
45
Brunei Darussalam
Upper
0.533
46
Greece
Upper middle
0.531
47
Italy
Upper
0.523
48
Uruguay
Upper middle
0.521
49
Dominica
Lower middle
0.519
50
Cyprus
Upper
0.517
50
Kazakhstan
Upper middle
0.517
52
Slovakia
Upper
0.513
53
Malta
Upper
0.510
53
Malaysia
Upper middle
0.510
55
Armenia
Upper middle
0.508
56
Bahrain
Upper
0.506
56
Oman
Upper
0.506
58
Belarus
Upper middle
0.502
59
Hungary
Upper
0.500
60
Croatia
Upper
0.488
60
Nauru
Upper middle
0.488
62
Thailand
Upper middle
0.487
63
Turkey
Upper middle
0.484
64
Bhutan
Lower middle
0.476
64
St Vincent & Grenadines
Lower middle
0.476
66
Fiji
Lower middle
0.472
67
Macedonia
Upper middle
0.469
67
Montenegro
Upper middle
0.469
69
Kuwait
Upper
0.467
70
Andorra
NA
0.464
70
Bulgaria
Upper middle
0.464
72
Grenada
Upper middle
0.462
73
Mongolia
Lower middle
0.460
74
Costa Rica
Upper middle
0.458
74
Seychelles
Upper middle
0.458
76
Kiribati
Low
0.450
77
Antigua and Barbuda
Upper middle
0.446
77
Saint Lucia
Lower middle
0.446
79
Serbia
Upper middle
0.445
80
Cape Verde
Lower middle
0.444
81
Tunisia
Lower middle
0.440
82
Azerbaijan
Upper middle
0.439
83
Maldives
Upper middle
0.436
84
Romania
Upper
0.435
85
Moldova
Lower middle
0.434
86
Botswana
Upper middle
0.433
87
Morocco
Lower middle
0.432
88
Samoa
Lower middle
0.428
89
Ukraine
Lower middle
0.427
90
Rwanda
Low
0.426
91
Bahamas
Upper
0.425
91
Viet Nam
Lower middle
0.425
93
Palau
Upper middle
0.424
94
Solomon Islands
Low
0.414
95
Tonga
Lower middle
0.410
96
Albania
Upper middle
0.409
97
Jordan
Lower middle
0.407
98
Peru
Lower middle
0.405
99
Jamaica
Lower middle
0.403
100
Sri Lanka
Upper middle
0.398
101
Kyrgyzstan
Lower middle
0.394
102
Iran
Upper middle
0.389
103
Indonesia
Lower middle
0.387
104
India
Lower middle
0.386
104
Uzbekistan
Lower middle
0.386
106
Argentina
Upper middle
0.383
107
Panama
Upper middle
0.380
108
Colombia
Upper middle
0.378
109
Namibia
Lower middle
0.377
110
Timor-Leste
Low
0.370
111
Mexico
Upper middle
0.366
112
South Africa
Upper middle
0.364
113
Paraguay
Upper middle
0.363
114
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Upper middle
0.362
114
Sao Tome & Principe
Low
0.362
116
Marshall Islands
Low
0.359
117
Brazil
Upper middle
0.358
117
Vanuatu
Low
0.358
119
Mauritania
Lower middle
0.357
120
Dominican Republic
Upper middle
0.356
120
Nepal
Low
0.356
120
Somalia
Low
0.356
123
Micronesia
Low
0.354
124
Ghana
Lower middle
0.351
125
Cuba
NA
0.350
125
Senegal
Low
0.350
127
Togo
Low
0.349
128
El Salvador
Lower middle
0.347
129
Egypt
Lower middle
0.344
129
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea
NA
0.344
131
Trinidad & Tobago
Upper middle
0.341
132
Philippines
Lower middle
0.340
133
Benin
Low
0.337
134
Belize
Lower middle
0.335
134
Ecuador
Lower middle
0.335
136
Niger
Low
0.333
137
Suriname
Upper middle
0.332
138
Algeria
Lower middle
0.331
139
Djibouti
Lower middle
0.329
139
Gambia
Low
0.329
139
Tajikistan
Low
0.329
142
Laos
Lower middle
0.328
143
Zambia
Low
0.321
144
Guatemala
Lower middle
0.316
144
Sierra Leone
Low
0.316
146
Guinea
Low
0.313
147
Guyana
Upper middle
0.312
147
Swaziland
Lower middle
0.312
149
Lesotho
Low
0.311
149
Pakistan
Lower middle
0.311
151
Ethiopia
Low
0.306
152
Côte d'Ivoire
Lower middle
0.305
153
Tanzania
Low
0.302
154
Kenya
Low
0.299
155
Gabon
Upper middle
0.298
155
Iraq
Lower middle
0.298
157
Mali
Low
0.292
158
Lebanon
Lower middle
0.291
159
Burkina Faso
Low
0.290
160
Malawi
Low
0.288
160
Uganda
Low
0.288
162
Bolivia
Lower middle
0.287
163
Papua New Guinea
Low
0.284
164
Cambodia
Low
0.282
164
Myanmar
Lower middle
0.282
166
Comoros
Low
0.281
167
Bangladesh
Lower middle
0.278
167
Liberia
Low
0.278
169
Nicaragua
Lower middle
0.272
170
Libya
Lower middle
0.271
171
Guinea-Bissau
Low
0.269
171
Mozambique
Low
0.269
173
Burundi
NA
0.268
174
Honduras
Lower middle
0.267
175
Madagascar
Low
0.266
176
Angola
Lower middle
0.263
176
Sudan
Low
0.263
178
Cameroon
Low
0.259
179
Nigeria
Lower middle
0.251
180
Yemen
Low
0.248
181
Afghanistan
Low
0.239
182
Equatorial Guinea
Upper middle
0.237
183
Turkmenistan
Upper middle
0.235
184
Haiti
Low
0.232
185
Syria
NA
0.227
186
Congo
Low
0.219
187
Zimbabwe
Low
0.216
188
Eritrea
Low
0.212
189
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Low
0.208
190
Chad
Low
0.192
191
Venezuela
Upper middle
0.190
192
Central African Rep.
Low
0.136
* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.