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 2023

Readiness

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Singapore	Upper	0.881
2	Denmark	Upper	0.860
3	New Zealand	Upper	0.859
4	Finland	Upper	0.845
5	Luxembourg	Upper	0.840
6	Switzerland	Upper	0.837
7	Liechtenstein	NA	0.834
8	Norway	Upper	0.831
9	Australia	Upper	0.815
9	Sweden	Upper	0.815
11	Netherlands	Upper	0.807
12	Ireland	Upper	0.798
13	Iceland	Upper	0.792
14	Canada	Upper	0.787
15	Germany	Upper	0.771
15	Japan	Upper	0.771
17	Monaco	NA	0.764
18	Estonia	Upper	0.760
19	United Kingdom	Upper	0.754
20	Austria	Upper	0.752
21	San Marino	Upper	0.744
22	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.726
23	Belgium	Upper	0.718
24	Czech Republic	Upper	0.709
25	Lithuania	Upper	0.708
26	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.703
27	United States	Upper	0.702
28	France	Upper	0.700
29	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.697
30	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.688
31	Qatar	Upper	0.679
32	Latvia	Upper	0.677
33	Barbados	Lower middle	0.676
34	Slovenia	Upper	0.669
35	Portugal	Upper	0.663
36	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.660
37	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.654
38	Palau	Upper middle	0.648
39	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.645
40	Chile	Upper middle	0.640
41	Dominica	Lower middle	0.635
42	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.632
43	Tuvalu	Low	0.631
44	Botswana	Upper middle	0.630
45	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.629
46	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.628
46	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.628
48	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.627
49	Spain	Upper	0.625
50	Grenada	Lower middle	0.623
51	Samoa	Lower middle	0.622
52	Poland	Upper	0.620
53	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.616
54	Malta	Upper	0.614
55	Italy	Upper	0.610
56	Cyprus	Upper	0.608
57	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.606
58	Slovakia	Upper	0.603
59	Micronesia	Low	0.597
60	Oman	Upper	0.591
61	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.589
62	Croatia	Upper	0.588
62	Kiribati	Low	0.588
64	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.587
65	Israel	Upper	0.581
66	Georgia	Upper middle	0.579
67	Nauru	Lower middle	0.578
68	Fiji	Lower middle	0.574
69	Bahrain	Upper	0.573
70	Hungary	Upper	0.570
70	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.570
72	Kuwait	Upper	0.564
73	Rwanda	Low	0.562
74	Greece	Upper middle	0.557
75	Namibia	Lower middle	0.551
76	Vanuatu	Low	0.542
77	Tonga	Lower middle	0.539
78	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.529
79	Jordan	Lower middle	0.522
80	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.517
81	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.509
82	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.502
83	Albania	Upper middle	0.491
84	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.489
85	Ghana	Lower middle	0.482
85	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.482
85	Thailand	Upper middle	0.482
88	Serbia	Upper middle	0.478
88	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.478
90	Senegal	Low	0.469
91	Armenia	Upper middle	0.466
92	Maldives	Upper middle	0.465
93	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.464
93	Panama	Upper middle	0.464
95	Belize	Lower middle	0.462
95	Solomon Islands	Low	0.462
97	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.461
98	China	Upper middle	0.460
99	Suriname	Upper middle	0.458
100	India	Lower middle	0.456
100	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.456
102	Moldova	Upper middle	0.454
102	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.454
104	South Africa	Lower middle	0.450
105	Morocco	Lower middle	0.446
106	Benin	Low	0.445
107	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.437
108	Colombia	Upper middle	0.436
109	Gambia	Low	0.435
109	Philippines	Lower middle	0.435
111	Tanzania	Low	0.434
112	Guyana	Upper middle	0.433
112	Zambia	Low	0.433
114	Argentina	Upper middle	0.432
115	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.429
115	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.429
115	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.429
118	Brazil	Upper middle	0.426
118	Peru	Lower middle	0.426
120	Cuba	NA	0.419
121	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.418
122	Malawi	Low	0.412
122	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.412
124	Nepal	Low	0.408
125	Lesotho	Low	0.407
126	Laos	Lower middle	0.394
127	Turkey	Upper middle	0.393
128	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.385
129	Kenya	Low	0.382
130	Egypt	Upper middle	0.380
130	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.380
130	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.380
133	Togo	Low	0.375
134	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.369
135	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.368
135	Mexico	Upper middle	0.368
137	Sierra Leone	Low	0.365
138	Algeria	Lower middle	0.363
138	Uganda	Low	0.363
140	Angola	Lower middle	0.361
141	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.360
142	Cambodia	Low	0.355
143	Gabon	Upper middle	0.352
143	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.352
145	Liberia	Low	0.350
146	Burkina Faso	Low	0.344
146	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.344
148	Honduras	Lower middle	0.337
149	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.334
150	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.329
151	Madagascar	Low	0.327
152	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.323
152	Niger	Low	0.323
154	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.322
155	Congo	Lower middle	0.314
155	Mozambique	Low	0.314
157	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.311
158	Comoros	Low	0.308
159	Ethiopia	Low	0.307
160	Guinea	Low	0.305
161	Belarus	Upper middle	0.301
162	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.288
163	Tajikistan	Low	0.282
164	Cameroon	Low	0.279
165	Nigeria	Low	0.276
165	Russian Federation	Upper	0.276
167	Pakistan	Low	0.275
168	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.263
169	Zimbabwe	Low	0.260
170	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.259
171	Mali	Low	0.254
172	Burundi	NA	0.252
173	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.240
174	Chad	Low	0.226
175	Iran	Lower middle	0.223
176	Haiti	Low	0.222
177	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.196
178	Myanmar	Low	0.190
179	Afghanistan	Low	0.185
180	Eritrea	Low	0.180
181	Central African Rep.	Low	0.173
182	Iraq	Lower middle	0.168
183	Sudan	Low	0.148
183	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.148
185	Libya	Upper middle	0.138
186	Yemen	Low	0.116
187	Somalia	Low	0.099
188	Syria	Low	0.094
	Dem. Rep. of the Congo*	Low	-
	Timor-Leste*	Lower middle	-
	Andorra*	Upper	-
	Romania*	Upper	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.