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 2024

Readiness

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.807
2	Finland	Upper	0.748
3	Singapore	Upper	0.746
4	Austria	Upper	0.714
5	Germany	Upper	0.704
6	Norway	Upper	0.694
7	Denmark	Upper	0.687
8	San Marino	Upper	0.679
9	France	Upper	0.678
10	Sweden	Upper	0.676
11	Japan	Upper	0.657
12	Barbados	Lower middle	0.654
13	Monaco	NA	0.649
14	China	Upper middle	0.627
14	United States	Upper	0.627
16	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.623
17	United Kingdom	Upper	0.615
18	Switzerland	Upper	0.613
19	Netherlands	Upper	0.605
20	Australia	Upper	0.601
20	Italy	Upper	0.601
22	Greece	Upper middle	0.593
22	Slovenia	Upper	0.593
24	Grenada	Lower middle	0.587
25	Iceland	Upper	0.573
26	Canada	Upper	0.571
27	Luxembourg	Upper	0.566
28	Belgium	Upper	0.539
29	Israel	Upper	0.533
30	Turkey	Upper middle	0.531
31	Russian Federation	Upper	0.530
32	Poland	Upper	0.528
33	Portugal	Upper	0.509
34	Liechtenstein	NA	0.507
35	Czech Republic	Upper	0.498
36	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.496
37	Palau	Upper middle	0.494
38	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.493
39	Belarus	Upper middle	0.491
40	Iran	Lower middle	0.487
41	New Zealand	Upper	0.479
42	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.478
43	Hungary	Upper	0.469
44	Cyprus	Upper	0.466
45	Andorra	Upper	0.460
46	Fiji	Lower middle	0.459
46	Latvia	Upper	0.459
48	Romania	Upper	0.458
49	Serbia	Upper middle	0.452
50	Spain	Upper	0.451
50	Croatia	Upper	0.451
50	Moldova	Upper middle	0.451
53	Albania	Upper middle	0.449
53	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.449
55	Maldives	Upper middle	0.443
56	Ireland	Upper	0.441
57	Slovakia	Upper	0.432
58	Lithuania	Upper	0.430
59	Chile	Upper middle	0.425
60	Malta	Upper	0.421
61	Estonia	Upper	0.419
62	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.414
62	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.414
64	Argentina	Upper middle	0.410
64	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.410
64	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.410
67	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.404
68	Armenia	Upper middle	0.399
68	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.399
70	Georgia	Upper middle	0.395
71	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.392
72	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.382
73	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.374
74	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.372
74	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.372
76	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.369
77	Egypt	Upper middle	0.366
78	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.363
79	Tonga	Lower middle	0.361
80	Afghanistan	Low	0.355
81	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.352
82	Algeria	Lower middle	0.351
83	Thailand	Upper middle	0.347
84	Iraq	Lower middle	0.343
85	India	Lower middle	0.342
85	Jordan	Lower middle	0.342
85	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.342
88	Brazil	Upper middle	0.340
89	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.335
90	Morocco	Lower middle	0.333
91	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.331
91	Niger	Low	0.331
93	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.328
94	Mali	Low	0.327
95	Guinea	Low	0.324
96	Senegal	Low	0.322
97	Cameroon	Low	0.320
97	Mexico	Upper middle	0.320
97	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.320
100	Bahrain	Upper	0.319
101	Peru	Lower middle	0.318
102	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.317
102	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.317
102	Guyana	Upper middle	0.317
105	Gabon	Upper middle	0.313
106	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.312
106	Cambodia	Low	0.312
108	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.311
108	Syria	Low	0.311
108	Tajikistan	Low	0.311
111	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.308
112	Qatar	Upper	0.307
113	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.306
114	Sierra Leone	Low	0.305
115	Philippines	Lower middle	0.301
116	Pakistan	Low	0.300
117	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.299
118	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.298
119	Colombia	Upper middle	0.296
120	Nepal	Low	0.292
121	Liberia	Low	0.290
122	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.289
122	Libya	Upper middle	0.289
124	Benin	Low	0.287
124	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.287
124	Congo	Lower middle	0.287
124	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.287
128	Panama	Upper middle	0.284
129	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.283
130	Kuwait	Upper	0.280
131	Oman	Upper	0.279
131	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.279
133	Laos	Lower middle	0.278
134	Suriname	Upper middle	0.277
135	Gambia	Low	0.275
136	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.272
137	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.270
137	Togo	Low	0.270
139	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.264
140	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.260
141	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.258
142	Kiribati	Low	0.254
142	Tuvalu	Low	0.254
144	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.253
144	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.253
144	Myanmar	Low	0.253
147	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.249
148	Burundi	NA	0.247
149	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.246
150	Cuba	NA	0.245
151	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.241
151	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.241
153	Ghana	Lower middle	0.240
154	Ethiopia	Low	0.237
154	South Africa	Lower middle	0.237
156	Yemen	Low	0.236
157	Sudan	Low	0.231
158	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.229
159	Tanzania	Low	0.228
160	Belize	Lower middle	0.227
160	Chad	Low	0.227
162	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.225
163	Burkina Faso	Low	0.223
164	Comoros	Low	0.216
165	Namibia	Lower middle	0.215
166	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.212
167	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.209
168	Nigeria	Low	0.208
169	Madagascar	Low	0.207
170	Angola	Lower middle	0.206
171	Kenya	Low	0.198
172	Rwanda	Low	0.197
173	Botswana	Upper middle	0.195
174	Honduras	Lower middle	0.192
175	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.190
175	Micronesia	Low	0.190
177	Haiti	Low	0.187
178	Mozambique	Low	0.186
178	Uganda	Low	0.186
180	Central African Rep.	Low	0.184
181	Malawi	Low	0.181
182	Vanuatu	Low	0.174
183	Lesotho	Low	0.165
184	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.162
185	Eritrea	Low	0.158
186	Zambia	Low	0.150
187	Samoa	Lower middle	0.145
188	Zimbabwe	Low	0.140
	Dominica*	Lower middle	-
	Somalia*	Low	-
	Nauru*	Lower middle	-
	Solomon Islands*	Low	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Social readiness

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