Readiness rankings | ND-GAIN Index

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 2021

Readiness

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Singapore	Upper	0.805
2	Denmark	Upper	0.779
3	Norway	Upper	0.763
4	Monaco	NA	0.760
5	Finland	Upper	0.753
6	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.729
7	Sweden	Upper	0.724
8	Iceland	Upper	0.721
9	New Zealand	Upper	0.701
10	Switzerland	Upper	0.694
11	Germany	Upper	0.692
12	Australia	Upper	0.691
13	Japan	Upper	0.690
14	Netherlands	Upper	0.687
15	United Kingdom	Upper	0.685
16	Austria	Upper	0.682
17	Luxembourg	Upper	0.670
18	United States	Upper	0.656
19	France	Upper	0.653
20	Canada	Upper	0.650
21	San Marino	Upper	0.639
22	Liechtenstein	NA	0.637
23	Estonia	Upper	0.620
24	Tuvalu	Lower middle	0.613
25	Slovenia	Upper	0.601
26	Belgium	Upper	0.600
26	Ireland	Upper	0.600
26	Lithuania	Upper	0.600
29	Latvia	Upper	0.586
30	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.585
31	Portugal	Upper	0.577
32	Georgia	Upper middle	0.569
33	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.567
34	Czech Republic	Upper	0.561
35	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.556
36	China	Upper middle	0.554
37	Russian Federation	Upper	0.548
37	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.548
39	Qatar	Upper	0.543
40	Israel	Upper	0.542
41	Poland	Upper	0.541
42	Spain	Upper	0.539
43	Barbados	Upper middle	0.536
44	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.535
45	Chile	Upper middle	0.534
46	Greece	Upper middle	0.533
47	Italy	Upper	0.528
48	Dominica	Lower middle	0.521
49	Cyprus	Upper	0.520
50	Bahrain	Upper	0.519
51	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.518
52	Slovakia	Upper	0.510
53	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.509
54	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.507
55	Armenia	Upper middle	0.506
56	Hungary	Upper	0.501
56	Malta	Upper	0.501
58	Oman	Upper	0.500
59	Nauru	Lower middle	0.493
60	Belarus	Upper middle	0.490
61	Croatia	Upper	0.488
62	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.483
62	Thailand	Upper middle	0.483
62	Turkey	Upper middle	0.483
65	Andorra	NA	0.479
65	Grenada	Upper middle	0.479
67	Fiji	Lower middle	0.478
68	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.474
69	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.473
70	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.469
71	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.466
72	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.465
73	Kuwait	Upper	0.464
74	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.460
75	Saint Lucia	Lower middle	0.454
76	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.452
76	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.452
78	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.449
79	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.448
79	Kiribati	Low	0.448
81	Maldives	Upper middle	0.446
82	Serbia	Upper middle	0.445
83	Moldova	Upper middle	0.442
84	Romania	Upper	0.439
84	Samoa	Lower middle	0.439
86	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.436
87	Botswana	Upper middle	0.435
88	Rwanda	Low	0.429
89	Bahamas	Upper	0.428
89	Morocco	Lower middle	0.428
89	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.428
92	Palau	Upper middle	0.427
93	Tonga	Lower middle	0.426
93	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.426
95	Albania	Upper middle	0.411
96	Jordan	Lower middle	0.409
97	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.408
97	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.408
99	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.399
100	Kyrgyzstan	Low	0.396
100	Solomon Islands	Low	0.396
102	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.392
103	Peru	Lower middle	0.390
104	India	Lower middle	0.389
105	Vanuatu	Low	0.384
106	Iran	Upper middle	0.381
107	Namibia	Lower middle	0.380
108	Argentina	Upper middle	0.376
108	Panama	Upper middle	0.376
110	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.375
111	Colombia	Upper middle	0.370
112	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.368
113	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.365
113	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.365
115	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.363
116	Nepal	Low	0.361
117	Mexico	Upper middle	0.360
118	Micronesia	Low	0.359
119	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.357
120	South Africa	Lower middle	0.356
121	Togo	Low	0.355
122	Cuba	NA	0.353
122	Egypt	Lower middle	0.353
122	Somalia	Low	0.353
125	Brazil	Upper middle	0.352
126	Senegal	Low	0.350
127	Ghana	Lower middle	0.347
128	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.346
129	Niger	Low	0.341
129	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.341
131	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.340
132	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.339
133	Benin	Low	0.338
133	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.338
135	Philippines	Lower middle	0.337
136	Laos	Lower middle	0.336
137	Belize	Lower middle	0.333
137	Algeria	Lower middle	0.333
137	Suriname	Upper middle	0.333
140	Tajikistan	Low	0.325
141	Zambia	Low	0.324
142	Djibouti	Low	0.322
142	Gambia	Low	0.322
142	Guyana	Upper middle	0.322
145	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.316
146	Pakistan	Lower middle	0.313
147	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.311
148	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.309
148	Guinea	Low	0.309
150	Lesotho	Low	0.307
151	Tanzania	Low	0.305
152	Gabon	Upper middle	0.302
152	Kenya	Low	0.302
154	Iraq	Lower middle	0.301
154	Sierra Leone	Low	0.301
156	Ethiopia	Low	0.297
157	Malawi	Low	0.294
158	Burkina Faso	Low	0.289
159	Cambodia	Low	0.288
159	Mali	Low	0.288
161	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.286
161	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.286
163	Uganda	Low	0.284
164	Liberia	Low	0.283
164	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.283
166	Comoros	Low	0.282
167	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.281
167	Libya	Upper middle	0.281
169	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.275
170	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.272
171	Angola	Lower middle	0.268
172	Burundi	NA	0.267
173	Madagascar	Low	0.263
173	Mozambique	Low	0.263
175	Cameroon	Low	0.261
175	Sudan	Low	0.261
177	Honduras	Lower middle	0.260
178	Myanmar	Low	0.257
179	Nigeria	Lower middle	0.256
180	Afghanistan	Low	0.246
181	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.245
182	Yemen	Low	0.244
183	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.234
184	Syria	NA	0.227
185	Congo	Low	0.224
185	Haiti	Low	0.224
187	Eritrea	Low	0.220
188	Zimbabwe	Low	0.218
189	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.212
190	Chad	Low	0.191
191	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.187
192	Central African Rep.	Low	0.138

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.