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 2021

Readiness

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Singapore	Upper	0.893
2	Finland	Upper	0.870
3	New Zealand	Upper	0.869
4	Denmark	Upper	0.864
5	Norway	Upper	0.849
6	Luxembourg	Upper	0.844
7	Sweden	Upper	0.841
8	Switzerland	Upper	0.840
9	Liechtenstein	NA	0.832
10	Netherlands	Upper	0.831
11	Iceland	Upper	0.826
12	Australia	Upper	0.812
13	Germany	Upper	0.799
14	Canada	Upper	0.797
15	Ireland	Upper	0.786
16	Japan	Upper	0.782
17	Estonia	Upper	0.770
18	Austria	Upper	0.769
19	United Kingdom	Upper	0.764
20	Belgium	Upper	0.745
21	France	Upper	0.718
22	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.717
23	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.712
24	Monaco	NA	0.709
24	San Marino	Upper	0.709
26	Lithuania	Upper	0.704
26	United States	Upper	0.704
28	Czech Republic	Upper	0.702
29	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.689
30	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.684
31	Latvia	Upper	0.683
32	Portugal	Upper	0.679
33	Qatar	Upper	0.678
34	Barbados	Upper middle	0.668
34	Slovenia	Upper	0.668
36	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.667
37	Chile	Upper middle	0.654
38	Spain	Upper	0.653
39	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.647
40	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.646
41	Malta	Upper	0.645
42	Dominica	Lower middle	0.644
43	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.640
44	Botswana	Upper middle	0.638
45	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.631
46	Saint Lucia	Lower middle	0.622
47	Poland	Upper	0.621
47	Samoa	Lower middle	0.621
49	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.620
50	Cyprus	Upper	0.618
50	Slovakia	Upper	0.618
52	Grenada	Upper middle	0.617
53	Bahamas	Upper	0.616
54	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.613
54	Tuvalu	Lower middle	0.613
56	Israel	Upper	0.612
57	Italy	Upper	0.598
58	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.595
59	Hungary	Upper	0.592
60	Kiribati	Low	0.589
61	Georgia	Upper middle	0.584
62	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.581
63	Croatia	Upper	0.576
64	Fiji	Lower middle	0.573
65	Micronesia	Low	0.569
66	Oman	Upper	0.565
67	Greece	Upper middle	0.560
68	Namibia	Lower middle	0.558
69	Rwanda	Low	0.557
70	Bahrain	Upper	0.555
71	Vanuatu	Low	0.552
72	Kuwait	Upper	0.535
73	Tonga	Lower middle	0.534
74	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.528
75	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.523
76	Palau	Upper middle	0.520
77	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.513
78	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.512
79	Jordan	Lower middle	0.511
80	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.504
81	Nauru	Lower middle	0.493
82	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.488
83	Ghana	Lower middle	0.485
84	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.482
85	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.479
85	Panama	Upper middle	0.479
87	South Africa	Lower middle	0.476
88	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.475
89	Armenia	Upper middle	0.473
90	Albania	Upper middle	0.472
91	China	Upper middle	0.471
92	Serbia	Upper middle	0.469
93	Maldives	Upper middle	0.468
94	Senegal	Low	0.465
95	Thailand	Upper middle	0.463
96	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.462
97	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.460
98	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.458
99	Suriname	Upper middle	0.456
100	Solomon Islands	Low	0.455
101	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.454
102	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.453
103	Moldova	Upper middle	0.452
104	India	Lower middle	0.451
105	Belize	Lower middle	0.446
106	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.445
107	Morocco	Lower middle	0.442
108	Guyana	Upper middle	0.441
109	Brazil	Upper middle	0.435
110	Colombia	Upper middle	0.432
111	Benin	Low	0.430
112	Cuba	NA	0.429
112	Malawi	Low	0.429
114	Gambia	Low	0.427
114	Peru	Lower middle	0.427
116	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.426
117	Argentina	Upper middle	0.421
118	Lesotho	Low	0.418
119	Nepal	Low	0.408
119	Turkey	Upper middle	0.408
121	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.407
122	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.406
122	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.406
122	Tanzania	Low	0.406
125	Philippines	Lower middle	0.405
125	Zambia	Low	0.405
127	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.404
128	Laos	Lower middle	0.398
129	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.396
130	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.386
131	Burkina Faso	Low	0.384
132	Egypt	Lower middle	0.382
132	Sierra Leone	Low	0.382
134	Gabon	Upper middle	0.375
135	Kenya	Low	0.373
135	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.373
137	Togo	Low	0.370
138	Mexico	Upper middle	0.367
138	Uganda	Low	0.367
140	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.365
141	Belarus	Upper middle	0.357
142	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.356
143	Angola	Lower middle	0.354
143	Russian Federation	Upper	0.354
145	Cambodia	Low	0.353
146	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.349
147	Liberia	Low	0.347
148	Niger	Low	0.344
149	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.341
150	Kyrgyzstan	Low	0.338
150	Madagascar	Low	0.338
152	Honduras	Lower middle	0.336
153	Djibouti	Low	0.334
154	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.333
155	Algeria	Lower middle	0.331
156	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.325
157	Pakistan	Lower middle	0.318
158	Ethiopia	Low	0.315
159	Mozambique	Low	0.313
160	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.303
161	Guinea	Low	0.300
162	Comoros	Low	0.296
163	Tajikistan	Low	0.285
164	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.282
165	Cameroon	Low	0.279
166	Mali	Low	0.276
166	Nigeria	Lower middle	0.276
168	Congo	Low	0.274
169	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.271
170	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.256
170	Zimbabwe	Low	0.256
172	Haiti	Low	0.247
173	Iran	Upper middle	0.243
174	Burundi	NA	0.240
175	Chad	Low	0.238
176	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.236
177	Myanmar	Low	0.227
178	Sudan	Low	0.213
179	Eritrea	Low	0.198
180	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.195
181	Iraq	Lower middle	0.187
182	Central African Rep.	Low	0.186
183	Afghanistan	Low	0.170
184	Libya	Upper middle	0.126
185	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.123
186	Yemen	Low	0.108
187	Syria	NA	0.103
188	Somalia	Low	0.083
	Romania*	Upper	-
	Dem. Rep. of the Congo*	Low	-
	Andorra*	NA	-
	Timor-Leste*	Lower middle	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.