Social readiness rankings

Social readiness

The score of Social readiness captures the social factors that enhance the mobility of investment to be converted to adaptation actions. Indicators include: social inequality, ICT infrastructure, education and innovation.

Country Rankings

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

Scores for 2023

Readiness

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.788
2	Singapore	Upper	0.745
3	Finland	Upper	0.739
4	Austria	Upper	0.717
5	Germany	Upper	0.704
6	Norway	Upper	0.697
7	Denmark	Upper	0.694
8	Barbados	Lower middle	0.685
9	France	Upper	0.675
9	Sweden	Upper	0.675
11	Japan	Upper	0.658
12	San Marino	Upper	0.655
13	United States	Upper	0.626
14	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.617
15	Switzerland	Upper	0.616
16	United Kingdom	Upper	0.614
17	China	Upper middle	0.612
18	Netherlands	Upper	0.609
19	Monaco	NA	0.606
20	Australia	Upper	0.598
21	Italy	Upper	0.597
22	Greece	Upper middle	0.594
22	Slovenia	Upper	0.594
24	Iceland	Upper	0.587
25	Grenada	Lower middle	0.582
26	Canada	Upper	0.572
27	Turkey	Upper middle	0.561
28	Luxembourg	Upper	0.559
29	Belgium	Upper	0.540
30	Israel	Upper	0.535
31	Poland	Upper	0.519
32	Russian Federation	Upper	0.516
33	Liechtenstein	NA	0.506
34	Czech Republic	Upper	0.501
35	Portugal	Upper	0.500
36	Iran	Lower middle	0.485
37	Belarus	Upper middle	0.483
37	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.483
39	New Zealand	Upper	0.479
40	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.476
41	Latvia	Upper	0.469
42	Hungary	Upper	0.463
43	Romania	Upper	0.460
44	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.457
45	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.456
46	Andorra	Upper	0.452
46	Serbia	Upper middle	0.452
48	Spain	Upper	0.451
49	Croatia	Upper	0.449
50	Maldives	Upper middle	0.444
51	Ireland	Upper	0.439
52	Fiji	Lower middle	0.432
53	Lithuania	Upper	0.431
53	Moldova	Upper middle	0.431
55	Estonia	Upper	0.430
56	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.428
57	Slovakia	Upper	0.427
58	Cyprus	Upper	0.425
59	Malta	Upper	0.416
60	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.415
61	Albania	Upper middle	0.414
62	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.410
63	Armenia	Upper middle	0.409
64	Argentina	Upper middle	0.408
64	Chile	Upper middle	0.408
66	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.405
67	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.402
68	Georgia	Upper middle	0.396
69	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.385
70	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.379
71	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.377
72	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.374
72	Tonga	Lower middle	0.374
74	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.369
75	Egypt	Upper middle	0.367
76	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.363
76	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.363
76	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.363
79	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.361
80	Afghanistan	Low	0.355
81	Algeria	Lower middle	0.350
82	Thailand	Upper middle	0.349
83	Bahrain	Upper	0.346
84	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.344
85	Iraq	Lower middle	0.340
86	Niger	Low	0.337
87	Jordan	Lower middle	0.336
88	India	Lower middle	0.333
89	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.332
90	Morocco	Lower middle	0.331
91	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.329
92	Gabon	Upper middle	0.327
93	Brazil	Upper middle	0.325
93	Mali	Low	0.325
95	Senegal	Low	0.324
96	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.323
97	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.320
98	Cameroon	Low	0.316
98	Syria	Low	0.316
98	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.316
101	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.315
101	Peru	Lower middle	0.315
103	Mexico	Upper middle	0.314
104	Palau	Upper middle	0.311
104	Tajikistan	Low	0.311
106	Guinea	Low	0.310
107	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.309
107	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.309
109	Philippines	Lower middle	0.308
110	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.302
111	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.301
111	Sierra Leone	Low	0.301
113	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.300
113	Cambodia	Low	0.300
113	Libya	Upper middle	0.300
113	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.300
117	Kuwait	Upper	0.299
118	Colombia	Upper middle	0.295
119	Panama	Upper middle	0.294
120	Guyana	Upper middle	0.293
121	Qatar	Upper	0.292
122	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.291
123	Nepal	Low	0.287
123	Oman	Upper	0.287
125	Benin	Low	0.286
126	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.285
127	Pakistan	Low	0.281
127	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.281
129	Congo	Lower middle	0.280
130	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.279
130	Suriname	Upper middle	0.279
132	Laos	Lower middle	0.277
132	Liberia	Low	0.277
132	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.277
135	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.273
136	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.272
137	Myanmar	Low	0.270
138	Togo	Low	0.268
139	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.262
139	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.262
139	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.262
142	Cuba	NA	0.257
143	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.253
144	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.252
145	Gambia	Low	0.250
146	Burundi	NA	0.248
147	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.244
148	Ghana	Lower middle	0.240
149	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.239
150	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.238
150	Sudan	Low	0.238
150	South Africa	Lower middle	0.238
153	Ethiopia	Low	0.235
154	Tanzania	Low	0.231
154	Yemen	Low	0.231
156	Chad	Low	0.228
157	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.227
158	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.226
159	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.222
160	Namibia	Lower middle	0.220
161	Belize	Lower middle	0.219
162	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.217
163	Burkina Faso	Low	0.216
164	Nigeria	Low	0.210
165	Angola	Lower middle	0.209
166	Madagascar	Low	0.208
167	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.207
168	Botswana	Upper middle	0.206
169	Vanuatu	Low	0.204
170	Comoros	Low	0.201
171	Kenya	Low	0.198
171	Rwanda	Low	0.198
173	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.194
174	Uganda	Low	0.190
175	Honduras	Lower middle	0.189
176	Mozambique	Low	0.181
177	Micronesia	Low	0.180
178	Haiti	Low	0.179
179	Malawi	Low	0.178
180	Central African Rep.	Low	0.172
181	Samoa	Lower middle	0.171
182	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.164
183	Lesotho	Low	0.162
184	Zambia	Low	0.160
185	Eritrea	Low	0.159
186	Zimbabwe	Low	0.141
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Tuvalu*	Low	-
	Nauru*	Lower middle	-
	Somalia*	Low	-
	Solomon Islands*	Low	-
	Dominica*	Lower middle	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Social readiness

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