Economic rankings | ND-GAIN Index

Economic

The score of Economic readiness captures the readiness of a country’s business environment to accept investment that could be applied to adaptation in the form of business formation and maintenance. A simple multi-factor index, Doing Business Index from the World Bank is the measure of economic readiness.

Country Rankings

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

Scores for 2021

Readiness

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Singapore	Upper	0.774
2	Norway	Upper	0.766
3	Denmark	Upper	0.741
4	Georgia	Upper middle	0.737
5	New Zealand	Upper	0.731
6	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.711
7	Iceland	Upper	0.701
8	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.696
9	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.692
10	Russian Federation	Upper	0.683
11	United Kingdom	Upper	0.676
12	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.675
13	Australia	Upper	0.667
14	Bahrain	Upper	0.661
15	Qatar	Upper	0.657
16	Lithuania	Upper	0.656
17	Finland	Upper	0.654
18	Sweden	Upper	0.651
19	Estonia	Upper	0.649
20	Thailand	Upper middle	0.636
21	Oman	Upper	0.635
22	Armenia	Upper middle	0.627
23	Japan	Upper	0.625
24	Somalia	Low	0.623
25	Switzerland	Upper	0.622
26	United States	Upper	0.614
27	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.610
28	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.606
29	Netherlands	Upper	0.598
30	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.597
31	China	Upper middle	0.595
32	Belarus	Upper middle	0.594
33	Latvia	Upper	0.593
34	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.589
35	Canada	Upper	0.577
36	Liechtenstein	NA	0.575
37	France	Upper	0.572
38	Germany	Upper	0.569
39	Luxembourg	Upper	0.567
40	Ireland	Upper	0.564
41	Austria	Upper	0.559
41	Portugal	Upper	0.559
43	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.558
44	Kuwait	Upper	0.546
45	Chile	Upper middle	0.545
46	Rwanda	Low	0.539
47	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.534
48	San Marino	Upper	0.533
49	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.527
50	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.518
51	Slovenia	Upper	0.516
52	Morocco	Lower middle	0.515
53	Cyprus	Upper	0.507
54	Belgium	Upper	0.503
55	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.500
56	Spain	Upper	0.499
56	Samoa	Lower middle	0.499
58	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.491
59	Kyrgyzstan	Low	0.489
60	Turkey	Upper middle	0.487
61	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.479
62	Slovakia	Upper	0.472
63	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.471
63	Poland	Upper	0.471
65	Libya	Upper middle	0.468
66	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.465
67	Saint Lucia	Lower middle	0.463
68	Czech Republic	Upper	0.462
69	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.459
70	Israel	Upper	0.456
71	Botswana	Upper middle	0.455
72	Maldives	Upper middle	0.454
73	Greece	Upper middle	0.453
74	Tonga	Lower middle	0.448
75	Hungary	Upper	0.447
76	Malta	Upper	0.446
77	Croatia	Upper	0.441
78	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.436
79	Moldova	Upper middle	0.434
80	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.433
81	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.432
82	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.428
83	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.427
84	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.426
84	Togo	Low	0.426
86	Fiji	Lower middle	0.425
87	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.424
87	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.424
87	Peru	Lower middle	0.424
90	Romania	Upper	0.421
90	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.421
92	Bahamas	Upper	0.418
93	Serbia	Upper middle	0.416
94	Zambia	Low	0.414
95	Barbados	Upper middle	0.409
95	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.409
95	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.409
98	Djibouti	Low	0.407
99	Italy	Upper	0.406
100	Mexico	Upper middle	0.402
100	Tajikistan	Low	0.402
102	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.401
103	Dominica	Lower middle	0.397
104	Iraq	Lower middle	0.396
105	Iran	Upper middle	0.394
106	India	Lower middle	0.392
107	Nepal	Low	0.391
108	Colombia	Upper middle	0.389
109	Panama	Upper middle	0.383
110	South Africa	Lower middle	0.382
111	Jordan	Lower middle	0.381
112	Yemen	Low	0.380
113	Palau	Upper middle	0.375
114	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.372
114	Vanuatu	Low	0.372
116	Grenada	Upper middle	0.371
117	Namibia	Lower middle	0.369
118	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.366
119	Albania	Upper middle	0.363
120	Comoros	Low	0.358
121	Niger	Low	0.344
122	Pakistan	Lower middle	0.342
123	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.341
124	Belize	Lower middle	0.339
125	Lesotho	Low	0.338
126	Kenya	Low	0.337
127	Ethiopia	Low	0.336
127	Laos	Lower middle	0.336
127	Solomon Islands	Low	0.336
130	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.333
131	Sudan	Low	0.330
132	Philippines	Lower middle	0.325
132	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.325
134	Algeria	Lower middle	0.324
134	Micronesia	Low	0.324
136	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.323
137	Ghana	Lower middle	0.321
138	Burundi	NA	0.317
139	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.311
140	Guinea	Low	0.308
141	Kiribati	Low	0.307
142	Egypt	Lower middle	0.306
143	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.304
144	Eritrea	Low	0.302
145	Brazil	Upper middle	0.301
145	Gambia	Low	0.301
147	Myanmar	Low	0.297
147	Uganda	Low	0.297
149	Mozambique	Low	0.295
150	Benin	Low	0.294
151	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.291
152	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.290
153	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.288
154	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.287
154	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.287
156	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.286
157	Argentina	Upper middle	0.285
157	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.285
159	Guyana	Upper middle	0.283
160	Nigeria	Lower middle	0.272
161	Malawi	Low	0.271
161	Tanzania	Low	0.271
163	Senegal	Low	0.265
164	Burkina Faso	Low	0.264
164	Mali	Low	0.264
166	Syria	NA	0.262
167	Suriname	Upper middle	0.261
168	Zimbabwe	Low	0.260
169	Honduras	Lower middle	0.253
170	Angola	Lower middle	0.248
170	Haiti	Low	0.248
172	Madagascar	Low	0.247
173	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.242
174	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.234
175	Sierra Leone	Low	0.223
176	Cambodia	Low	0.219
177	Liberia	Low	0.215
178	Afghanistan	Low	0.214
179	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.207
180	Gabon	Upper middle	0.188
181	Cameroon	Low	0.186
182	Congo	Low	0.139
183	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.111
184	Chad	Low	0.106
185	Central African Rep.	Low	0.053
	Cuba*	NA	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Turkmenistan*	Upper middle	-
	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea*	NA	-
	Nauru*	Lower middle	-
	Andorra*	NA	-
	Tuvalu*	Lower middle	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.