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

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.