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 2020

Readiness

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.799
2	Monaco	NA	0.788
3	Singapore	Upper	0.748
4	Finland	Upper	0.734
5	Denmark	Upper	0.731
6	Austria	Upper	0.715
7	Germany	Upper	0.707
8	Sweden	Upper	0.676
9	Norway	Upper	0.670
10	Japan	Upper	0.667
11	France	Upper	0.665
12	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.653
12	San Marino	Upper	0.653
12	United States	Upper	0.653
15	Iceland	Upper	0.628
16	Netherlands	Upper	0.625
17	Switzerland	Upper	0.617
18	Slovenia	Upper	0.616
19	United Kingdom	Upper	0.606
20	Russian Federation	Upper	0.605
21	Australia	Upper	0.597
22	Luxembourg	Upper	0.596
23	Greece	Upper middle	0.585
24	China	Upper middle	0.581
25	Canada	Upper	0.575
26	Italy	Upper	0.571
27	Israel	Upper	0.558
28	Belgium	Upper	0.551
29	Turkey	Upper middle	0.548
30	Barbados	Upper middle	0.537
31	Poland	Upper	0.530
32	Belarus	Upper middle	0.527
33	Iran	Upper middle	0.514
34	Czech Republic	Upper	0.512
35	Liechtenstein	NA	0.508
36	New Zealand	Upper	0.505
37	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.497
38	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.488
39	Portugal	Upper	0.485
40	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.482
41	Latvia	Upper	0.481
42	Andorra	NA	0.464
43	Spain	Upper	0.463
44	Hungary	Upper	0.455
45	Ireland	Upper	0.449
45	Romania	Upper	0.449
47	Croatia	Upper	0.445
47	Serbia	Upper middle	0.445
49	Lithuania	Upper	0.440
50	Grenada	Upper middle	0.439
51	Slovakia	Upper	0.438
52	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.437
53	Estonia	Upper	0.436
54	Moldova	Lower middle	0.431
55	Cyprus	Upper	0.427
56	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.425
57	Fiji	Lower middle	0.421
58	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.420
59	Argentina	Upper middle	0.414
60	Malta	Upper	0.412
61	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.409
62	Chile	Upper middle	0.406
63	Armenia	Upper middle	0.405
64	Albania	Upper middle	0.393
65	Maldives	Upper middle	0.391
66	Palau	Upper middle	0.386
67	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.384
68	Georgia	Upper middle	0.373
68	Timor-Leste	Low	0.373
70	Egypt	Lower middle	0.370
71	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.362
72	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.361
73	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.360
74	Afghanistan	Low	0.355
74	Thailand	Upper middle	0.355
76	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.349
77	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.343
78	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.340
79	Algeria	Lower middle	0.337
80	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.333
81	Gabon	Upper middle	0.332
82	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.331
83	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.329
83	Sierra Leone	Low	0.329
85	Iraq	Lower middle	0.328
85	St Vincent & Grenadines	Lower middle	0.328
87	Bahrain	Upper	0.327
88	Jordan	Lower middle	0.325
88	Niger	Low	0.325
90	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.322
91	Brazil	Upper middle	0.321
92	Morocco	Lower middle	0.320
92	Syria	NA	0.320
94	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.319
94	India	Lower middle	0.319
94	Mali	Low	0.319
97	Peru	Lower middle	0.317
98	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.316
99	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.315
100	Kuwait	Upper	0.312
101	Cameroon	Low	0.311
102	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.310
103	Guinea	Low	0.309
104	Mexico	Upper middle	0.305
105	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.304
106	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.302
107	Senegal	Low	0.301
108	Sri Lanka	Upper middle	0.296
109	Oman	Upper	0.294
110	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.291
111	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.290
112	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.289
112	Colombia	Upper middle	0.289
114	Tajikistan	Low	0.287
115	Benin	Low	0.285
115	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.285
117	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.284
117	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.284
119	Pakistan	Lower middle	0.281
120	Liberia	Low	0.280
120	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.280
122	Suriname	Upper middle	0.279
123	Qatar	Upper	0.278
124	Cambodia	Low	0.277
124	Philippines	Lower middle	0.277
126	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.274
127	Nepal	Low	0.269
128	Panama	Upper middle	0.267
128	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.267
130	Cuba	NA	0.262
131	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.261
132	Congo	Low	0.258
132	Saint Lucia	Lower middle	0.258
132	Togo	Low	0.258
135	Laos	Lower middle	0.255
135	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.255
137	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.253
138	Tonga	Lower middle	0.251
139	Libya	Lower middle	0.247
140	Bahamas	Upper	0.245
141	Yemen	Low	0.244
142	Burundi	NA	0.243
143	Gambia	Low	0.240
143	Sudan	Low	0.240
145	Ethiopia	Low	0.238
146	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.237
147	Myanmar	Lower middle	0.235
148	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.231
149	Tanzania	Low	0.229
150	Ghana	Lower middle	0.228
150	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.228
152	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.221
153	Chad	Low	0.218
154	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.217
155	Burkina Faso	Low	0.214
156	Botswana	Upper middle	0.213
157	Belize	Lower middle	0.212
157	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.212
159	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.211
160	Guyana	Upper middle	0.210
161	South Africa	Upper middle	0.207
162	Nigeria	Lower middle	0.205
163	Madagascar	Low	0.202
164	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.201
165	Angola	Lower middle	0.200
165	Namibia	Lower middle	0.200
167	Kenya	Low	0.196
168	Marshall Islands	Low	0.192
168	Uganda	Low	0.192
170	Honduras	Lower middle	0.187
170	Rwanda	Low	0.187
172	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.181
173	Mozambique	Low	0.180
174	Micronesia	Low	0.178
175	Comoros	Low	0.175
175	Vanuatu	Low	0.175
177	Central African Rep.	Low	0.174
178	Haiti	Low	0.172
179	Malawi	Low	0.168
180	Lesotho	Low	0.159
181	Samoa	Lower middle	0.158
182	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.156
183	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.155
184	Zambia	Low	0.150
185	Eritrea	Low	0.133
186	Zimbabwe	Low	0.131
	Tuvalu*	Low	-
	Somalia*	Low	-
	Solomon Islands*	Low	-
	Nauru*	Upper middle	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Dominica*	Lower middle	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Social readiness

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