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 2022

Readiness

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.809
2	Singapore	Upper	0.778
3	Finland	Upper	0.754
4	Austria	Upper	0.728
5	Germany	Upper	0.713
6	Denmark	Upper	0.706
7	Norway	Upper	0.705
8	Barbados	Lower middle	0.704
9	Sweden	Upper	0.687
10	France	Upper	0.684
11	San Marino	Upper	0.664
12	Japan	Upper	0.661
13	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.641
14	United States	Upper	0.638
15	United Kingdom	Upper	0.632
16	Switzerland	Upper	0.626
17	Monaco	NA	0.624
18	Netherlands	Upper	0.621
19	China	Upper middle	0.615
20	Australia	Upper	0.612
21	Grenada	Lower middle	0.611
22	Slovenia	Upper	0.606
23	Iceland	Upper	0.605
24	Italy	Upper	0.601
25	Greece	Upper middle	0.590
26	Canada	Upper	0.583
27	Turkey	Upper middle	0.577
28	Luxembourg	Upper	0.560
29	Belgium	Upper	0.551
30	Israel	Upper	0.549
31	Russian Federation	Upper	0.526
32	Poland	Upper	0.522
33	Liechtenstein	NA	0.518
34	Czech Republic	Upper	0.509
35	Portugal	Upper	0.506
36	New Zealand	Upper	0.498
37	Belarus	Upper middle	0.496
38	Iran	Lower middle	0.494
39	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.489
40	Latvia	Upper	0.484
41	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.478
42	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.477
43	Hungary	Upper	0.468
44	Spain	Upper	0.463
45	Romania	Upper	0.460
46	Ireland	Upper	0.456
47	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.452
48	Croatia	Upper	0.446
48	Serbia	Upper middle	0.446
50	Estonia	Upper	0.444
51	Cyprus	Upper	0.442
52	Lithuania	Upper	0.436
52	Slovakia	Upper	0.436
54	Moldova	Upper middle	0.431
54	Malta	Upper	0.431
56	Fiji	Lower middle	0.430
57	Palau	Upper middle	0.428
58	Argentina	Upper middle	0.424
59	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.423
59	Maldives	Upper middle	0.423
61	Chile	Upper middle	0.421
62	Albania	Upper middle	0.418
62	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.418
64	Armenia	Upper middle	0.416
65	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.410
66	Georgia	Upper middle	0.404
67	Andorra	Upper	0.397
68	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.396
69	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.383
70	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.380
71	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.378
72	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.377
73	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.370
74	Egypt	Upper middle	0.368
75	Bahrain	Upper	0.366
76	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.362
76	Thailand	Upper middle	0.362
78	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.361
79	Afghanistan	Low	0.357
80	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.356
81	Algeria	Lower middle	0.349
81	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.349
83	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.348
84	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.344
85	Jordan	Lower middle	0.341
86	Gabon	Upper middle	0.340
87	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.339
88	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.338
89	Iraq	Lower middle	0.337
90	Niger	Low	0.335
91	Morocco	Lower middle	0.333
92	India	Lower middle	0.331
93	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.330
93	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.330
95	Brazil	Upper middle	0.329
96	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.328
97	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.327
98	Mali	Low	0.325
98	Syria	Low	0.325
100	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.323
101	Peru	Lower middle	0.322
101	Senegal	Low	0.322
103	Cameroon	Low	0.318
104	Guinea	Low	0.317
104	Mexico	Upper middle	0.317
106	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.313
106	Kuwait	Upper	0.313
108	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.304
108	Tonga	Lower middle	0.304
110	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.302
111	Colombia	Upper middle	0.301
111	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.301
111	Qatar	Upper	0.301
114	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.299
115	Sierra Leone	Low	0.298
116	Cambodia	Low	0.297
116	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.297
118	Guyana	Upper middle	0.296
119	Oman	Upper	0.294
120	Benin	Low	0.288
120	Tajikistan	Low	0.288
122	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.287
122	Liberia	Low	0.287
122	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.287
125	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.285
125	Panama	Upper middle	0.285
127	Pakistan	Low	0.281
128	Nepal	Low	0.280
129	Philippines	Lower middle	0.279
130	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.276
130	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.276
132	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.274
132	Suriname	Upper middle	0.274
134	Laos	Lower middle	0.273
135	Cuba	NA	0.271
136	Togo	Low	0.268
137	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.264
138	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.260
138	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.260
140	Congo	Lower middle	0.259
141	Libya	Upper middle	0.255
141	Myanmar	Low	0.255
143	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.254
144	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.248
145	Burundi	NA	0.246
146	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.243
147	Sudan	Low	0.241
148	Ethiopia	Low	0.240
148	Yemen	Low	0.240
150	Gambia	Low	0.239
151	Ghana	Lower middle	0.238
151	South Africa	Lower middle	0.238
153	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.237
154	Tanzania	Low	0.232
155	Chad	Low	0.231
156	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.229
156	Vanuatu	Low	0.229
158	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.224
159	Nigeria	Low	0.221
159	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.221
161	Burkina Faso	Low	0.218
162	Belize	Lower middle	0.216
162	Namibia	Lower middle	0.216
164	Kenya	Low	0.210
165	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.209
166	Madagascar	Low	0.208
167	Botswana	Upper middle	0.207
167	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.207
169	Angola	Lower middle	0.204
170	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.202
171	Samoa	Lower middle	0.197
172	Comoros	Low	0.194
173	Rwanda	Low	0.193
174	Honduras	Lower middle	0.191
175	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.190
176	Uganda	Low	0.187
177	Malawi	Low	0.184
178	Micronesia	Low	0.182
179	Mozambique	Low	0.180
180	Haiti	Low	0.178
181	Central African Rep.	Low	0.174
182	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.168
183	Lesotho	Low	0.163
184	Eritrea	Low	0.160
185	Zambia	Low	0.152
186	Zimbabwe	Low	0.139
	Dominica*	Lower middle	-
	Solomon Islands*	Low	-
	Somalia*	Low	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Nauru*	Lower middle	-
	Tuvalu*	Low	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Social readiness

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