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 2023

Rank Country Income group Score
1
Singapore
Upper
0.804
2
Denmark
Upper
0.802
3
Norway
Upper
0.791
4
Finland
Upper
0.776
5
Sweden
Upper
0.739
6
Switzerland
Upper
0.709
7
Republic of Korea
Upper
0.705
7
New Zealand
Upper
0.705
9
Australia
Upper
0.700
10
Germany
Upper
0.694
11
Iceland
Upper
0.690
12
Netherlands
Upper
0.687
13
United Kingdom
Upper
0.685
14
Japan
Upper
0.677
15
Luxembourg
Upper
0.665
16
Monaco
NA
0.659
17
Austria
Upper
0.654
18
Canada
Upper
0.653
19
France
Upper
0.648
20
United States
Upper
0.641
21
San Marino
Upper
0.634
22
Liechtenstein
NA
0.633
23
Estonia
Upper
0.619
24
Barbados
Lower middle
0.610
25
Ireland
Upper
0.597
26
Belgium
Upper
0.592
27
United Arab Emirates
Upper
0.582
28
Tuvalu
Low
0.574
29
Slovenia
Upper
0.571
30
Georgia
Upper middle
0.566
30
Saudi Arabia
Upper
0.566
32
Lithuania
Upper
0.564
33
Nauru
Lower middle
0.560
34
Latvia
Upper
0.549
35
Portugal
Upper
0.548
36
China
Upper middle
0.544
37
Brunei Darussalam
Upper
0.536
38
Israel
Upper
0.535
38
Uruguay
Upper middle
0.535
40
Chile
Upper middle
0.533
41
Bhutan
Lower middle
0.523
42
Czech Republic
Upper
0.522
42
Mauritius
Upper middle
0.522
44
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Upper middle
0.521
45
Seychelles
Upper middle
0.520
46
Italy
Upper
0.518
47
Poland
Upper
0.515
48
Qatar
Upper
0.512
49
Spain
Upper
0.506
50
Grenada
Lower middle
0.502
51
Greece
Upper middle
0.498
52
Armenia
Upper middle
0.492
53
Bahrain
Upper
0.491
53
St Vincent & Grenadines
Upper middle
0.491
55
Cyprus
Upper
0.478
56
Kazakhstan
Upper middle
0.476
57
Dominica
Lower middle
0.474
57
Malaysia
Upper middle
0.474
59
Fiji
Lower middle
0.466
60
Oman
Upper
0.465
61
Slovakia
Upper
0.464
62
Bahamas
Upper middle
0.462
63
Cape Verde
Lower middle
0.458
64
Russian Federation
Upper
0.456
65
Turkey
Upper middle
0.453
66
Andorra
Upper
0.452
66
Croatia
Upper
0.452
68
Belarus
Upper middle
0.450
69
Hungary
Upper
0.445
70
Romania
Upper
0.441
71
Kuwait
Upper
0.439
71
Rwanda
Low
0.439
73
Costa Rica
Upper middle
0.437
73
Malta
Upper
0.437
75
Thailand
Upper middle
0.432
76
Montenegro
Upper middle
0.429
77
Saint Lucia
Upper middle
0.425
78
Macedonia
Upper middle
0.422
79
Samoa
Lower middle
0.421
80
Bulgaria
Upper middle
0.419
81
Botswana
Upper middle
0.415
81
Palau
Upper middle
0.415
83
Antigua and Barbuda
Upper middle
0.413
83
Kiribati
Low
0.413
85
Maldives
Upper middle
0.411
86
Moldova
Upper middle
0.409
87
Mongolia
Lower middle
0.406
88
Tunisia
Lower middle
0.404
89
Marshall Islands
Lower middle
0.400
90
Serbia
Upper middle
0.397
91
Tonga
Lower middle
0.392
92
Ukraine
Upper middle
0.388
92
Viet Nam
Lower middle
0.388
94
Jordan
Lower middle
0.387
95
Sao Tome & Principe
Lower middle
0.385
96
Timor-Leste
Lower middle
0.384
97
Morocco
Lower middle
0.383
98
Uzbekistan
Lower middle
0.381
99
Albania
Upper middle
0.375
100
Azerbaijan
Upper middle
0.371
101
Micronesia
Low
0.370
101
Jamaica
Lower middle
0.370
103
Solomon Islands
Low
0.365
104
India
Lower middle
0.355
105
Sri Lanka
Lower middle
0.354
106
Indonesia
Lower middle
0.348
107
Colombia
Upper middle
0.346
107
Namibia
Lower middle
0.346
109
Argentina
Upper middle
0.345
110
Senegal
Low
0.342
111
Iran
Lower middle
0.341
112
Cuba
NA
0.335
113
Kyrgyzstan
Lower middle
0.334
114
Peru
Lower middle
0.333
115
Vanuatu
Low
0.332
116
Benin
Low
0.331
117
Nepal
Low
0.329
118
South Africa
Lower middle
0.327
119
Niger
Low
0.326
119
Togo
Low
0.326
121
Somalia
Low
0.325
122
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Upper middle
0.324
123
Algeria
Lower middle
0.321
123
Ghana
Lower middle
0.321
125
Panama
Upper middle
0.319
126
Mauritania
Lower middle
0.316
127
Brazil
Upper middle
0.312
127
Philippines
Lower middle
0.312
129
Belize
Lower middle
0.310
130
Egypt
Upper middle
0.309
131
Dominican Republic
Upper middle
0.306
132
Guyana
Upper middle
0.305
132
El Salvador
Lower middle
0.305
134
Gambia
Low
0.304
135
Ecuador
Lower middle
0.303
136
Mexico
Upper middle
0.302
137
Ethiopia
Low
0.296
137
Zambia
Low
0.296
139
Côte d'Ivoire
Lower middle
0.294
140
Djibouti
Lower middle
0.293
141
Trinidad & Tobago
Upper middle
0.292
142
Suriname
Upper middle
0.291
143
Burkina Faso
Low
0.289
144
Iraq
Lower middle
0.286
145
Tanzania
Low
0.285
146
Paraguay
Upper middle
0.284
147
Libya
Upper middle
0.281
148
Guinea
Low
0.279
149
Tajikistan
Low
0.274
150
Pakistan
Low
0.273
151
Mali
Low
0.272
151
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea
NA
0.272
151
Sierra Leone
Low
0.272
154
Laos
Lower middle
0.271
155
Lesotho
Low
0.269
156
Swaziland
Lower middle
0.265
157
Kenya
Low
0.261
158
Bolivia
Lower middle
0.255
159
Guatemala
Lower middle
0.254
159
Papua New Guinea
Low
0.254
161
Comoros
Low
0.252
162
Lebanon
Lower middle
0.250
163
Angola
Lower middle
0.247
164
Malawi
Low
0.245
165
Afghanistan
Low
0.243
166
Liberia
Low
0.238
167
Myanmar
Low
0.237
167
Mozambique
Low
0.237
169
Gabon
Upper middle
0.236
170
Guinea-Bissau
Low
0.232
171
Bangladesh
Lower middle
0.226
172
Uganda
Low
0.224
173
Nigeria
Low
0.222
174
Cameroon
Low
0.220
175
Yemen
Low
0.219
176
Madagascar
Low
0.217
177
Sudan
Low
0.216
178
Cambodia
Low
0.215
179
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Low
0.214
180
Burundi
NA
0.211
180
Nicaragua
Lower middle
0.211
182
Honduras
Lower middle
0.204
183
Syria
Low
0.200
184
Equatorial Guinea
Upper middle
0.191
185
Eritrea
Low
0.182
186
Zimbabwe
Low
0.179
187
Congo
Lower middle
0.178
188
Haiti
Low
0.174
189
Turkmenistan
Upper middle
0.168
190
Venezuela
Upper middle
0.155
191
Chad
Low
0.139
192
Central African Rep.
Low
0.116
* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.