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 2021

Readiness

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Monaco	NA	0.811
2	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.806
3	Singapore	Upper	0.749
4	Finland	Upper	0.736
5	Denmark	Upper	0.732
6	Austria	Upper	0.718
7	Germany	Upper	0.707
8	Sweden	Upper	0.682
9	San Marino	Upper	0.675
10	Norway	Upper	0.673
11	France	Upper	0.669
12	Japan	Upper	0.664
13	United States	Upper	0.651
14	Iceland	Upper	0.634
15	Netherlands	Upper	0.632
16	Switzerland	Upper	0.622
16	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.622
18	Slovenia	Upper	0.620
19	United Kingdom	Upper	0.615
20	Russian Federation	Upper	0.606
21	Luxembourg	Upper	0.600
22	China	Upper middle	0.595
23	Australia	Upper	0.593
24	Greece	Upper middle	0.587
25	Italy	Upper	0.581
26	Canada	Upper	0.576
27	Israel	Upper	0.560
28	Turkey	Upper middle	0.554
29	Belgium	Upper	0.553
30	Poland	Upper	0.533
31	Barbados	Upper middle	0.531
32	Belarus	Upper middle	0.519
33	Czech Republic	Upper	0.518
34	Iran	Upper middle	0.505
35	Liechtenstein	NA	0.504
36	New Zealand	Upper	0.502
37	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.497
38	Portugal	Upper	0.494
39	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.488
40	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.485
41	Latvia	Upper	0.480
42	Andorra	NA	0.479
43	Spain	Upper	0.467
44	Hungary	Upper	0.462
45	Romania	Upper	0.456
46	Ireland	Upper	0.449
47	Grenada	Upper middle	0.448
47	Serbia	Upper middle	0.448
49	Croatia	Upper	0.447
50	Estonia	Upper	0.442
51	Slovakia	Upper	0.440
52	Lithuania	Upper	0.439
52	Moldova	Upper middle	0.439
54	Cyprus	Upper	0.436
54	Fiji	Lower middle	0.436
56	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.433
57	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.430
58	Argentina	Upper middle	0.422
59	Armenia	Upper middle	0.417
60	Maldives	Upper middle	0.414
61	Malta	Upper	0.412
61	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.412
63	Chile	Upper middle	0.405
64	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.400
65	Albania	Upper middle	0.397
66	Georgia	Upper middle	0.386
67	Palau	Upper middle	0.385
68	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.383
69	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.382
70	Egypt	Lower middle	0.371
71	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.368
72	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.365
73	Kyrgyzstan	Low	0.362
74	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.360
75	Afghanistan	Low	0.356
75	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.356
75	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.356
78	Thailand	Upper middle	0.350
79	Algeria	Lower middle	0.345
79	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.345
81	Gabon	Upper middle	0.342
82	Bahrain	Upper	0.341
83	Jordan	Lower middle	0.336
83	Niger	Low	0.336
85	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.333
85	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.333
87	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.329
87	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.329
89	Morocco	Lower middle	0.328
89	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.328
91	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.326
92	India	Lower middle	0.325
92	Mali	Low	0.325
92	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.325
95	Brazil	Upper middle	0.321
96	Iraq	Lower middle	0.319
96	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.319
96	Peru	Lower middle	0.319
96	Senegal	Low	0.319
100	Cameroon	Low	0.318
100	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.318
102	Guinea	Low	0.317
102	Syria	NA	0.317
104	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.316
104	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.316
106	Mexico	Upper middle	0.313
107	Kuwait	Upper	0.311
108	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.303
109	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.302
109	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.302
111	Oman	Upper	0.301
112	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.298
112	Sierra Leone	Low	0.298
114	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.297
114	Tonga	Lower middle	0.297
116	Cambodia	Low	0.293
116	Qatar	Upper	0.293
116	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.293
119	Colombia	Upper middle	0.291
120	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.290
121	Benin	Low	0.289
122	Liberia	Low	0.288
122	Tajikistan	Low	0.288
124	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.285
124	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.285
126	Nepal	Low	0.284
127	Suriname	Upper middle	0.283
128	Philippines	Lower middle	0.280
129	Pakistan	Lower middle	0.279
130	Saint Lucia	Lower middle	0.278
131	Cuba	NA	0.277
132	Laos	Lower middle	0.274
132	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.274
134	Togo	Low	0.269
135	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.265
135	Panama	Upper middle	0.265
137	Congo	Low	0.260
138	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.256
139	Bahamas	Upper	0.250
140	Libya	Upper middle	0.248
140	Myanmar	Low	0.248
142	Burundi	NA	0.245
142	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.245
144	Yemen	Low	0.243
145	Guyana	Upper middle	0.240
145	Sudan	Low	0.240
147	Ethiopia	Low	0.239
147	Gambia	Low	0.239
149	Tanzania	Low	0.236
150	Ghana	Lower middle	0.235
151	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.232
152	Chad	Low	0.229
153	Vanuatu	Low	0.228
154	Djibouti	Low	0.226
155	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.223
156	Nigeria	Lower middle	0.221
156	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.221
158	Burkina Faso	Low	0.218
159	Belize	Lower middle	0.215
160	Namibia	Lower middle	0.214
161	Botswana	Upper middle	0.213
161	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.213
163	South Africa	Lower middle	0.210
164	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.208
165	Madagascar	Low	0.206
166	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.205
167	Angola	Lower middle	0.202
168	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.198
169	Kenya	Low	0.197
169	Samoa	Lower middle	0.197
171	Comoros	Low	0.193
172	Rwanda	Low	0.192
173	Honduras	Lower middle	0.191
174	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.190
175	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.189
176	Uganda	Low	0.187
177	Micronesia	Low	0.184
178	Malawi	Low	0.183
179	Mozambique	Low	0.180
180	Haiti	Low	0.178
181	Central African Rep.	Low	0.175
182	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.168
183	Lesotho	Low	0.164
184	Eritrea	Low	0.161
185	Zambia	Low	0.152
186	Zimbabwe	Low	0.137
	Tuvalu*	Lower middle	-
	Somalia*	Low	-
	Solomon Islands*	Low	-
	Nauru*	Lower middle	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Dominica*	Lower middle	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Social readiness

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