Governance rankings | ND-GAIN Index

Governance

The score of Governance readiness captures the institutional factors that enhance application of investment for adaptation. Indicators include: political stability and non-violence, control of corruption, regulatory quality, and rule of law. All come from the World Governance Indicators (WGI).

Country Rankings

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

Scores for 2022

Readiness

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Singapore	Upper	0.882
2	Denmark	Upper	0.862
3	New Zealand	Upper	0.860
4	Finland	Upper	0.854
5	Liechtenstein	NA	0.837
6	Switzerland	Upper	0.834
6	Luxembourg	Upper	0.834
8	Sweden	Upper	0.826
9	Norway	Upper	0.820
10	Australia	Upper	0.812
11	Netherlands	Upper	0.809
12	Iceland	Upper	0.795
13	Ireland	Upper	0.793
14	Canada	Upper	0.791
15	Japan	Upper	0.785
16	Germany	Upper	0.784
17	Estonia	Upper	0.769
17	Monaco	NA	0.769
19	United Kingdom	Upper	0.764
20	Austria	Upper	0.749
21	Belgium	Upper	0.741
22	San Marino	Upper	0.740
23	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.723
24	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.715
25	France	Upper	0.706
26	United States	Upper	0.702
27	Czech Republic	Upper	0.698
28	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.691
29	Lithuania	Upper	0.690
30	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.683
31	Qatar	Upper	0.678
32	Portugal	Upper	0.674
33	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.671
34	Barbados	Lower middle	0.667
35	Latvia	Upper	0.666
36	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.659
36	Slovenia	Upper	0.659
38	Palau	Upper middle	0.653
39	Chile	Upper middle	0.645
40	Dominica	Lower middle	0.642
41	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.641
42	Botswana	Upper middle	0.640
43	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.639
44	Spain	Upper	0.632
45	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.630
46	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.627
46	Malta	Upper	0.627
48	Tuvalu	Low	0.623
49	Grenada	Lower middle	0.622
50	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.620
51	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.619
52	Samoa	Lower middle	0.613
53	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.612
54	Cyprus	Upper	0.611
55	Poland	Upper	0.609
56	Slovakia	Upper	0.606
57	Israel	Upper	0.598
58	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.594
59	Italy	Upper	0.590
60	Micronesia	Low	0.588
61	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.586
62	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.582
63	Kiribati	Low	0.581
64	Croatia	Upper	0.580
65	Georgia	Upper middle	0.578
66	Nauru	Lower middle	0.574
66	Oman	Upper	0.574
68	Fiji	Lower middle	0.570
69	Hungary	Upper	0.565
70	Bahrain	Upper	0.562
71	Namibia	Lower middle	0.558
72	Vanuatu	Low	0.553
73	Rwanda	Low	0.551
74	Greece	Upper middle	0.546
74	Kuwait	Upper	0.546
76	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.542
77	Tonga	Lower middle	0.538
78	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.523
79	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.514
79	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.514
81	Jordan	Lower middle	0.512
82	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.506
83	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.490
84	Ghana	Lower middle	0.484
84	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.484
86	Albania	Upper middle	0.483
87	Maldives	Upper middle	0.474
88	Thailand	Upper middle	0.471
89	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.470
89	Serbia	Upper middle	0.470
89	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.470
92	Panama	Upper middle	0.467
93	Senegal	Low	0.466
94	India	Lower middle	0.462
95	China	Upper middle	0.461
96	Armenia	Upper middle	0.460
97	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.459
98	Solomon Islands	Low	0.458
99	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.455
100	Morocco	Lower middle	0.454
101	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.452
102	Suriname	Upper middle	0.451
103	Belize	Lower middle	0.450
104	Guyana	Upper middle	0.445
104	Moldova	Upper middle	0.445
104	South Africa	Lower middle	0.445
107	Colombia	Upper middle	0.440
108	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.437
109	Benin	Low	0.433
110	Brazil	Upper middle	0.432
111	Gambia	Low	0.431
112	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.429
112	Cuba	NA	0.429
114	Zambia	Low	0.424
115	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.421
115	Lesotho	Low	0.421
115	Tanzania	Low	0.421
118	Peru	Lower middle	0.420
119	Argentina	Upper middle	0.418
119	Philippines	Lower middle	0.418
121	Malawi	Low	0.413
122	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.411
123	Nepal	Low	0.406
124	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.404
125	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.402
126	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.399
127	Turkey	Upper middle	0.396
128	Laos	Lower middle	0.393
129	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.388
130	Kenya	Low	0.383
131	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.381
132	Togo	Low	0.379
133	Sierra Leone	Low	0.373
134	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.372
135	Egypt	Upper middle	0.371
136	Gabon	Upper middle	0.369
137	Burkina Faso	Low	0.368
138	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.366
139	Mexico	Upper middle	0.364
139	Uganda	Low	0.364
141	Angola	Lower middle	0.360
142	Cambodia	Low	0.352
143	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.350
144	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.349
145	Honduras	Lower middle	0.347
146	Niger	Low	0.346
147	Liberia	Low	0.343
148	Algeria	Lower middle	0.340
149	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.336
150	Madagascar	Low	0.335
151	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.320
152	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.318
152	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.318
154	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.315
155	Mozambique	Low	0.313
156	Ethiopia	Low	0.312
157	Belarus	Upper middle	0.309
158	Congo	Lower middle	0.307
159	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.304
160	Guinea	Low	0.301
161	Comoros	Low	0.297
161	Pakistan	Low	0.297
163	Russian Federation	Upper	0.291
164	Cameroon	Low	0.283
165	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.280
166	Tajikistan	Low	0.269
167	Mali	Low	0.265
168	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.264
168	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.264
170	Zimbabwe	Low	0.261
171	Nigeria	Low	0.259
172	Burundi	NA	0.254
173	Iran	Lower middle	0.240
173	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.240
175	Chad	Low	0.228
176	Haiti	Low	0.225
177	Myanmar	Low	0.205
178	Sudan	Low	0.195
179	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.192
180	Eritrea	Low	0.182
180	Iraq	Lower middle	0.182
182	Central African Rep.	Low	0.181
183	Afghanistan	Low	0.180
184	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.144
185	Libya	Upper middle	0.128
186	Yemen	Low	0.113
187	Syria	Low	0.088
188	Somalia	Low	0.086
	Timor-Leste*	Lower middle	-
	Romania*	Upper	-
	Andorra*	Upper	-
	Dem. Rep. of the Congo*	Low	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.