Readiness score, Social by country
The ND-GAIN index is a global free open-source index, that measures a country’s current vulnerability to climate disruptions and assesses a country’s readiness to leverage private and public sector investment for adaptive actions. The IMF-adapted ND-GAIN index is an adaptation of the original index, adjusted by IMF...
Countries reporting
186
Highest
0.7883
South Korea
Lowest
0.1412
Zimbabwe
Median
0.325
Years covered
10
2015–2024
Data points
1,860
What the numbers show
Readiness score, Social is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 0.7883 in South Korea; the lowest is 0.1412 in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.325, and the mean is 0.3681.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 157 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Barbados (up 85.5%), and the largest decrease in New Zealand (down 33.0%).
Readiness score, Social: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 0.7883 | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 2 | Singapore | 0.745 | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 3 | Finland | 0.7385 | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 4 | Austria | 0.7173 | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 5 | Germany | 0.704 | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 6 | Norway | 0.6968 | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 7 | Denmark | 0.6944 | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 8 | Barbados | 0.6852 | 2024 | up 85.5% | rising |
| 9 | France | 0.6747 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 10 | Sweden | 0.6745 | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 11 | Japan | 0.6584 | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 12 | San Marino | 0.6552 | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 13 | United States | 0.6261 | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 14 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.6171 | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 15 | Switzerland | 0.6155 | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 0.614 | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 17 | China | 0.6119 | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 18 | Netherlands | 0.6091 | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 19 | Monaco | 0.6058 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 20 | Australia | 0.598 | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 21 | Italy | 0.5966 | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 22 | Slovenia | 0.594 | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 23 | Greece | 0.5935 | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 24 | Iceland | 0.5873 | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 25 | Grenada | 0.5818 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 26 | Canada | 0.5715 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 27 | Turkey | 0.5613 | 2024 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 0.5586 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 29 | Belgium | 0.5396 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 30 | Israel | 0.5347 | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 31 | Poland | 0.5186 | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 32 | Russia | 0.5157 | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 33 | Liechtenstein | 0.5058 | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 34 | Czechia | 0.5014 | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 35 | Portugal | 0.5003 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 36 | Iran | 0.4854 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 37 | Belarus | 0.4835 | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 38 | North Korea | 0.4826 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 39 | New Zealand | 0.4788 | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 40 | Ukraine | 0.4763 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 41 | Latvia | 0.4695 | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 42 | Hungary | 0.4631 | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 43 | Romania | 0.4602 | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4566 | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 0.4558 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 46 | Andorra | 0.4525 | 2024 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 47 | Serbia | 0.4523 | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 48 | Spain | 0.4506 | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 49 | Croatia | 0.4495 | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 50 | Maldives | 0.4443 | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 51 | Ireland | 0.4388 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 52 | Fiji | 0.4324 | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 53 | Lithuania | 0.4314 | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 54 | Moldova | 0.4313 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 55 | Estonia | 0.4304 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 0.4283 | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 57 | Slovakia | 0.4266 | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 58 | Cyprus | 0.4247 | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 59 | Malta | 0.4161 | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 60 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.4148 | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 61 | Albania | 0.414 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 62 | Montenegro | 0.4099 | 2024 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 63 | Armenia | 0.4089 | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 64 | Argentina | 0.408 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 65 | Chile | 0.4077 | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 66 | Mongolia | 0.405 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 67 | East Timor | 0.4024 | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 68 | Georgia | 0.3955 | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 69 | Uruguay | 0.3847 | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3785 | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 71 | Uzbekistan | 0.3774 | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 72 | Tonga | 0.3743 | 2024 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 0.3735 | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3693 | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 75 | Egypt | 0.3675 | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 76 | Mauritius | 0.3632 | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 0.3628 | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 78 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3625 | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 79 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3608 | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 80 | Afghanistan | 0.3552 | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 81 | Algeria | 0.3502 | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 82 | Thailand | 0.349 | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 83 | Bahrain | 0.3462 | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 84 | Vietnam | 0.3437 | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 85 | Iraq | 0.3397 | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 86 | Niger | 0.3371 | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 87 | Jordan | 0.3359 | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 88 | India | 0.3329 | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 89 | Tunisia | 0.3318 | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 90 | Morocco | 0.3314 | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 91 | Indonesia | 0.3292 | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 92 | Gabon | 0.3273 | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 93 | Mali | 0.3252 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 94 | Brazil | 0.3248 | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 95 | Senegal | 0.3239 | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 96 | Malaysia | 0.3231 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 97 | Lebanon | 0.3199 | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 98 | Syria | 0.3162 | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 99 | Venezuela | 0.316 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 100 | Cameroon | 0.316 | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 101 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.3153 | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 102 | Peru | 0.3148 | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 103 | Mexico | 0.3139 | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 104 | Palau | 0.311 | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 105 | Tajikistan | 0.3105 | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 106 | Guinea | 0.3105 | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 107 | Costa Rica | 0.3089 | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | 0.3087 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 109 | Philippines | 0.3079 | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 110 | Bangladesh | 0.3021 | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 111 | Ecuador | 0.3011 | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 112 | Sierra Leone | 0.3009 | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 113 | Cambodia | 0.3004 | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 114 | Libya | 0.3003 | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 115 | Sri Lanka | 0.3002 | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 116 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.3 | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 117 | Kuwait | 0.2991 | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 118 | Colombia | 0.2951 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 119 | Panama | 0.2941 | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 120 | Guyana | 0.2935 | 2024 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 121 | Qatar | 0.2924 | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 122 | Brunei | 0.2908 | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 123 | Nepal | 0.2874 | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 124 | Oman | 0.2867 | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 125 | Benin | 0.286 | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 126 | Jamaica | 0.2849 | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 127 | Pakistan | 0.2813 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 128 | Seychelles | 0.2812 | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 129 | Congo | 0.2797 | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 130 | Mauritania | 0.279 | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 131 | Suriname | 0.2785 | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 132 | El Salvador | 0.2771 | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 133 | Liberia | 0.277 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 134 | Laos | 0.2767 | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 135 | Bhutan | 0.2727 | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 136 | Marshall Islands | 0.2722 | 2024 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 137 | Myanmar | 0.2695 | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 138 | Togo | 0.2682 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 139 | Saint Lucia | 0.2624 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 140 | Cape Verde | 0.2623 | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 141 | Paraguay | 0.2621 | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 142 | Cuba | 0.2566 | 2024 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 143 | Eswatini | 0.2534 | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 144 | Bahamas | 0.2524 | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 145 | Gambia | 0.2502 | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 146 | Burundi | 0.2483 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 147 | Bolivia | 0.244 | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 148 | Ghana | 0.2395 | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 149 | Turkmenistan | 0.2392 | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 150 | South Africa | 0.2384 | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 151 | Nicaragua | 0.2377 | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 152 | Sudan | 0.2377 | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 153 | Ethiopia | 0.2353 | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 154 | Yemen | 0.2311 | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 155 | Tanzania | 0.2311 | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 156 | Chad | 0.2279 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.227 | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 158 | Djibouti | 0.2264 | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 159 | Guatemala | 0.2224 | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 160 | Namibia | 0.2195 | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 161 | Belize | 0.2189 | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 162 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2173 | 2024 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 163 | Burkina Faso | 0.2156 | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 164 | Nigeria | 0.2097 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 165 | Angola | 0.2086 | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 166 | Madagascar | 0.2084 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 167 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.2065 | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 168 | Botswana | 0.2063 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 0.2036 | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 170 | Comoros | 0.2006 | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 171 | Rwanda | 0.1979 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 172 | Kenya | 0.1977 | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 173 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1943 | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 174 | Uganda | 0.1898 | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 175 | Honduras | 0.1895 | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 176 | Mozambique | 0.181 | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 177 | Micronesia (country) | 0.1803 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 178 | Haiti | 0.1795 | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 179 | Malawi | 0.178 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 180 | Central African Republic | 0.1722 | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 181 | Samoa | 0.1707 | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 182 | Papua New Guinea | 0.164 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 183 | Lesotho | 0.1623 | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 184 | Zambia | 0.1596 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 185 | Eritrea | 0.1587 | 2024 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 186 | Zimbabwe | 0.1412 | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
About this data
The ND-GAIN index is a global free open-source index, that measures a country’s current vulnerability to climate disruptions and assesses a country’s readiness to leverage private and public sector investment for adaptive actions. The IMF-adapted ND-GAIN index is an adaptation of the original index, adjusted by IMF staff to replace the Doing Business (DB) Index, used as source data in the original ND-GAIN, because the DB database has been discontinued by the World Bank in 2020 and it is no longer allowed in IMF work. The IMF-adapted ND-GAIN is an interim solution offered by IMF staff until the ND-GAIN compilers will review the methodology and replace the DB index.