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 2020

Readiness

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Singapore	Upper	0.891
2	New Zealand	Upper	0.876
3	Finland	Upper	0.864
4	Norway	Upper	0.859
5	Liechtenstein	NA	0.858
6	Denmark	Upper	0.854
6	Luxembourg	Upper	0.854
8	Switzerland	Upper	0.843
9	Sweden	Upper	0.842
10	Netherlands	Upper	0.830
11	Iceland	Upper	0.821
12	Australia	Upper	0.806
13	Canada	Upper	0.803
14	Germany	Upper	0.794
15	Austria	Upper	0.785
16	Ireland	Upper	0.782
17	Japan	Upper	0.776
18	Estonia	Upper	0.771
19	United Kingdom	Upper	0.768
20	Belgium	Upper	0.748
21	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.717
22	France	Upper	0.708
23	Monaco	NA	0.707
23	San Marino	Upper	0.707
25	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.694
25	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.694
27	United States	Upper	0.693
28	Czech Republic	Upper	0.691
28	Lithuania	Upper	0.691
28	Portugal	Upper	0.691
31	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.679
31	Slovenia	Upper	0.679
33	Chile	Upper middle	0.678
34	Malta	Upper	0.672
35	Latvia	Upper	0.671
35	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.671
37	Qatar	Upper	0.670
38	Barbados	Upper middle	0.664
39	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.658
40	Spain	Upper	0.646
41	Dominica	Lower middle	0.641
42	Poland	Upper	0.637
42	St Vincent & Grenadines	Lower middle	0.637
44	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.633
45	Botswana	Upper middle	0.630
45	Slovakia	Upper	0.630
47	Samoa	Lower middle	0.628
48	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.619
49	Cyprus	Upper	0.617
49	Saint Lucia	Lower middle	0.617
51	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.612
51	Israel	Upper	0.612
53	Bahamas	Upper	0.611
53	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.611
55	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.609
56	Hungary	Upper	0.597
57	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.595
58	Kiribati	Low	0.593
59	Italy	Upper	0.592
60	Georgia	Upper middle	0.589
61	Oman	Upper	0.588
62	Tuvalu	Low	0.586
63	Croatia	Upper	0.579
64	Grenada	Upper middle	0.577
65	Fiji	Lower middle	0.571
66	Namibia	Lower middle	0.561
67	Micronesia	Low	0.560
68	Greece	Upper middle	0.557
69	Rwanda	Low	0.552
70	Kuwait	Upper	0.542
71	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.531
71	Bahrain	Upper	0.531
71	Tonga	Lower middle	0.531
74	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.527
75	Vanuatu	Low	0.526
76	Jordan	Lower middle	0.517
76	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.517
78	Palau	Upper middle	0.511
79	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.510
80	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.507
81	Ghana	Lower middle	0.503
81	South Africa	Upper middle	0.503
83	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.496
84	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.494
85	Solomon Islands	Low	0.493
86	Armenia	Upper middle	0.491
86	Panama	Upper middle	0.491
88	Nauru	Upper middle	0.488
89	Senegal	Low	0.483
90	China	Upper middle	0.482
91	Marshall Islands	Low	0.476
92	Sri Lanka	Upper middle	0.475
93	Peru	Lower middle	0.474
93	Serbia	Upper middle	0.474
95	Albania	Upper middle	0.472
96	Thailand	Upper middle	0.469
96	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.469
98	Maldives	Upper middle	0.464
99	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.463
100	Morocco	Lower middle	0.461
101	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.460
102	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.459
103	Colombia	Upper middle	0.458
103	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.458
105	Suriname	Upper middle	0.456
106	Belize	Lower middle	0.453
107	Brazil	Upper middle	0.451
108	Argentina	Upper middle	0.450
109	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.449
110	India	Lower middle	0.447
111	Gambia	Low	0.445
112	Guyana	Upper middle	0.443
113	Cuba	NA	0.437
113	Moldova	Lower middle	0.437
115	Lesotho	Low	0.436
116	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.432
117	Benin	Low	0.431
118	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.426
119	Malawi	Low	0.425
120	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.423
121	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.421
122	Philippines	Lower middle	0.418
123	Turkey	Upper middle	0.417
124	Nepal	Low	0.406
125	Tanzania	Low	0.404
126	Zambia	Low	0.399
127	Sierra Leone	Low	0.396
128	Laos	Lower middle	0.393
129	Burkina Faso	Low	0.392
130	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.391
130	Mexico	Upper middle	0.391
132	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.389
133	Belarus	Upper middle	0.384
134	Uganda	Low	0.375
135	Gabon	Upper middle	0.374
136	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.373
137	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.365
137	Kenya	Low	0.365
139	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.364
139	Russian Federation	Upper	0.364
141	Togo	Low	0.363
141	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.363
143	Honduras	Lower middle	0.362
144	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.361
145	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.359
145	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.359
147	Egypt	Lower middle	0.356
148	Madagascar	Low	0.351
149	Cambodia	Low	0.349
150	Ethiopia	Low	0.344
151	Liberia	Low	0.341
152	Angola	Lower middle	0.339
153	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.338
154	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.336
155	Algeria	Lower middle	0.331
155	Mozambique	Low	0.331
157	Niger	Low	0.330
158	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.329
159	Guinea	Low	0.320
160	Myanmar	Lower middle	0.315
161	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.314
162	Comoros	Low	0.309
162	Pakistan	Lower middle	0.309
164	Tajikistan	Low	0.299
165	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.294
165	Mali	Low	0.294
167	Cameroon	Low	0.279
168	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.276
168	Nigeria	Lower middle	0.276
170	Haiti	Low	0.275
171	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.264
172	Congo	Low	0.260
173	Iran	Upper middle	0.258
174	Zimbabwe	Low	0.256
175	Chad	Low	0.251
176	Burundi	NA	0.244
177	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.239
178	Sudan	Low	0.220
179	Eritrea	Low	0.202
180	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.200
181	Central African Rep.	Low	0.180
182	Iraq	Lower middle	0.171
183	Afghanistan	Low	0.148
184	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.128
185	Yemen	Low	0.120
186	Syria	NA	0.098
187	Libya	Lower middle	0.097
188	Somalia	Low	0.089
	Romania*	Upper	-
	Dem. Rep. of the Congo*	Low	-
	Andorra*	NA	-
	Timor-Leste*	Low	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.