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	Denmark	Upper	0.971
2	Finland	Upper	0.936
3	Norway	Upper	0.911
4	New Zealand	Upper	0.904
5	Singapore	Upper	0.894
6	Sweden	Upper	0.892
7	Switzerland	Upper	0.890
8	Luxembourg	Upper	0.868
9	Netherlands	Upper	0.854
10	Australia	Upper	0.835
11	Liechtenstein	NA	0.818
12	Canada	Upper	0.809
13	Germany	Upper	0.808
14	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.800
15	Ireland	Upper	0.787
15	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.787
17	Iceland	Upper	0.782
18	Estonia	Upper	0.779
19	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.777
20	United Kingdom	Upper	0.766
21	Japan	Upper	0.746
22	Barbados	Lower middle	0.734
23	Belgium	Upper	0.733
24	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.719
25	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.716
26	Monaco	NA	0.713
26	San Marino	Upper	0.713
28	France	Upper	0.698
29	Austria	Upper	0.686
30	United States	Upper	0.683
31	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.672
32	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.652
33	Chile	Upper middle	0.648
34	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.631
35	Israel	Upper	0.616
36	Micronesia	Low	0.605
36	Lithuania	Upper	0.605
38	Slovenia	Upper	0.604
39	Czech Republic	Upper	0.602
40	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.595
41	Samoa	Lower middle	0.592
42	Qatar	Upper	0.587
43	Latvia	Upper	0.586
44	Portugal	Upper	0.585
45	Botswana	Upper middle	0.583
46	Rwanda	Low	0.580
47	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.575
48	Tuvalu	Low	0.574
49	Spain	Upper	0.570
50	Georgia	Upper middle	0.567
51	Nauru	Lower middle	0.560
51	Palau	Upper middle	0.560
53	Poland	Upper	0.555
54	Grenada	Lower middle	0.553
55	Italy	Upper	0.552
56	Dominica	Lower middle	0.550
56	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.550
58	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.548
59	Fiji	Lower middle	0.542
60	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.529
61	Kiribati	Low	0.520
61	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.520
61	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.520
64	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.508
65	Cyprus	Upper	0.502
66	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.500
67	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.493
68	Slovakia	Upper	0.492
69	Oman	Upper	0.475
70	Kuwait	Upper	0.473
71	Croatia	Upper	0.467
72	Bahrain	Upper	0.466
73	Malta	Upper	0.450
73	Namibia	Lower middle	0.450
75	Greece	Upper middle	0.448
76	Jordan	Lower middle	0.446
77	Armenia	Upper middle	0.439
78	Senegal	Low	0.438
79	Hungary	Upper	0.425
80	China	Upper middle	0.424
81	Vanuatu	Low	0.422
82	Benin	Low	0.414
83	Cuba	NA	0.412
84	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.407
85	Ghana	Lower middle	0.402
86	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.399
87	Solomon Islands	Low	0.394
88	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.393
89	Burkina Faso	Low	0.386
90	Belize	Lower middle	0.373
91	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.364
92	Moldova	Upper middle	0.361
93	Gambia	Low	0.360
93	South Africa	Lower middle	0.360
95	Colombia	Upper middle	0.354
95	Tonga	Lower middle	0.354
97	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.353
98	Tanzania	Low	0.352
99	Albania	Upper middle	0.349
100	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.346
101	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.345
102	Argentina	Upper middle	0.342
103	India	Lower middle	0.341
104	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.339
105	Guyana	Upper middle	0.337
105	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.337
107	Maldives	Upper middle	0.334
108	Suriname	Upper middle	0.332
109	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.330
110	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.322
110	Serbia	Upper middle	0.322
112	Ethiopia	Low	0.318
113	Zambia	Low	0.315
114	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.313
114	Thailand	Upper middle	0.313
116	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.312
117	Turkey	Upper middle	0.310
118	Brazil	Upper middle	0.309
119	Lesotho	Low	0.308
119	Nepal	Low	0.308
121	Morocco	Lower middle	0.302
122	Philippines	Lower middle	0.301
123	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.296
124	Niger	Low	0.295
125	Sierra Leone	Low	0.293
126	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.291
127	Algeria	Lower middle	0.290
128	Malawi	Low	0.287
129	Angola	Lower middle	0.285
130	Togo	Low	0.283
131	Panama	Upper middle	0.281
132	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.276
133	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.274
134	Belarus	Upper middle	0.272
135	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.267
136	Peru	Lower middle	0.259
137	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.256
138	Egypt	Upper middle	0.253
139	Kenya	Low	0.248
140	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.246
141	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.239
142	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.236
143	Mozambique	Low	0.235
144	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.232
145	Mali	Low	0.227
146	Liberia	Low	0.221
147	Guinea	Low	0.219
148	Laos	Lower middle	0.201
149	Comoros	Low	0.197
150	Madagascar	Low	0.195
150	Pakistan	Low	0.195
152	Gabon	Upper middle	0.192
153	Mexico	Upper middle	0.190
154	Nigeria	Low	0.186
155	Uganda	Low	0.185
156	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.182
157	Russian Federation	Upper	0.171
158	Honduras	Lower middle	0.169
159	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.167
159	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.167
161	Afghanistan	Low	0.160
162	Cameroon	Low	0.158
163	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.154
164	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.150
165	Myanmar	Low	0.145
166	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.144
167	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.143
168	Iran	Lower middle	0.142
169	Zimbabwe	Low	0.135
170	Cambodia	Low	0.126
171	Central African Rep.	Low	0.124
172	Iraq	Lower middle	0.121
173	Congo	Lower middle	0.116
174	Tajikistan	Low	0.108
175	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.106
176	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.098
177	Haiti	Low	0.093
178	Eritrea	Low	0.086
179	Chad	Low	0.084
180	Sudan	Low	0.080
181	Libya	Upper middle	0.074
182	Burundi	NA	0.067
183	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.064
184	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.061
185	Yemen	Low	0.046
186	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.037
187	Somalia	Low	0.027
188	Syria	Low	0.023
	Timor-Leste*	Lower middle	-
	Dem. Rep. of the Congo*	Low	-
	Romania*	Upper	-
	Andorra*	Upper	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.