ND-GAIN Country Index rankings

ND-GAIN Country Index

The ND-GAIN Country Index summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges in combination with its readiness to improve resilience. It aims to help governments, businesses and communities better prioritize investments for a more efficient response to the immediate global challenges ahead.

World wide ranking by ND-GAIN Index, higher scores are better.

Adjust for GDP

Country Rankings

Rank countries by ND-GAIN Country Index, Vulnerability and Readiness.

Scores for 2019

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Norway	Upper	76.2
2	Finland	Upper	73.3
3	Switzerland	Upper	72.4
4	Sweden	Upper	72.2
5	Denmark	Upper	71.6
5	New Zealand	Upper	71.6
7	Austria	Upper	71.5
8	Singapore	Upper	71.2
9	Germany	Upper	70.6
9	Iceland	Upper	70.6
11	United Kingdom	Upper	70.2
12	Australia	Upper	69.9
13	France	Upper	68.9
13	Luxembourg	Upper	68.9
15	Canada	Upper	68.2
16	Republic of Korea	Upper	68.1
17	Japan	Upper	67.9
18	Netherlands	Upper	67.7
19	United States	Upper	67.1
20	Slovenia	Upper	65.8
21	Ireland	Upper	64.2
22	Estonia	Upper	64.0
23	Belgium	Upper	63.7
24	Czech Republic	Upper	63.3
25	Portugal	Upper	63.2
26	Spain	Upper	62.7
27	Lithuania	Upper	61.7
28	Poland	Upper	61.5
29	Chile	Upper middle	61.4
30	United Arab Emirates	Upper	61.2
31	Russian Federation	Upper middle	60.9
32	Israel	Upper	60.8
33	Italy	Upper	60.5
34	Greece	Upper	60.3
35	Latvia	Upper	60.0
36	Belarus	Upper middle	59.7
37	Malta	Upper	59.1
38	Georgia	Upper middle	59.0
39	Cyprus	Upper	58.8
40	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	58.7
41	Slovakia	Upper	58.1
42	Barbados	Upper middle	58.0
43	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	57.9
44	Grenada	Upper middle	57.4
44	Hungary	Upper	57.4
44	Qatar	Upper	57.4
47	China	Upper middle	57.2
47	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	57.2
49	Malaysia	Upper middle	57.1
50	Croatia	Upper middle	56.7
50	Mauritius	Upper middle	56.7
52	Armenia	Upper middle	56.5
52	Bulgaria	Upper middle	56.5
52	Turkey	Upper middle	56.5
55	Montenegro	Upper middle	56.2
56	Saudi Arabia	Upper	55.9
57	Macedonia	Upper middle	55.4
58	Oman	Upper middle	55.2
58	Uruguay	Upper middle	55.2
60	Costa Rica	Upper middle	54.9
60	Dominica	Lower middle	54.9
62	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	54.8
63	Mongolia	Lower middle	53.7
64	Ukraine	Lower middle	53.0
65	Kuwait	Upper	52.9
66	Thailand	Upper middle	52.8
67	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	52.6
68	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	52.5
68	Tunisia	Lower middle	52.5
70	Morocco	Lower middle	52.2
71	Bahrain	Upper	51.7
71	Romania	Upper	51.7
71	Seychelles	Upper middle	51.7
74	Serbia	Upper middle	51.6
75	Jordan	Lower middle	51.4
76	Fiji	Upper middle	50.9
77	Cape Verde	Lower middle	50.8
78	Moldova	Lower middle	50.7
79	Iran	Lower middle	50.4
80	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	50.2
80	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	50.2
82	Albania	Upper middle	50.1
82	Panama	Upper	50.1
84	Bahamas	Upper	49.4
85	Argentina	Upper middle	49.3
86	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	49.2
87	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	49.0
87	Botswana	Upper middle	49.0
89	Jamaica	Lower middle	48.6
89	Peru	Lower middle	48.6
91	Mexico	Upper middle	48.5
92	Brazil	Upper middle	48.4
92	Colombia	Upper middle	48.4
94	Paraguay	Lower middle	48.2
95	South Africa	Lower middle	48.0
96	Samoa	Lower middle	47.8
97	Bhutan	Lower middle	47.6
98	Suriname	Upper middle	47.4
99	Algeria	Lower middle	47.1
99	Viet Nam	Lower middle	47.1
101	Maldives	Upper middle	47.0
102	Tajikistan	Low	46.9
103	Indonesia	Lower middle	46.7
104	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	46.4
104	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	46.4
106	Cuba	NA	46.1
107	Namibia	Lower middle	45.4
108	El Salvador	Lower middle	45.2
109	Egypt	Lower middle	45.0
110	Ecuador	Lower middle	44.9
110	Ghana	Lower middle	44.9
112	Lebanon	Upper middle	44.3
112	Timor-Leste	Low	44.3
114	Belize	Lower middle	43.9
115	Iraq	Lower middle	43.6
115	Philippines	Lower middle	43.6
117	Guatemala	Lower middle	43.5
118	Gabon	Upper middle	43.2
119	Guyana	Upper middle	43.1
119	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	43.1
121	India	Lower middle	43.0
121	Libya	Upper middle	43.0
123	Djibouti	Lower middle	42.6
124	Lesotho	Low	42.5
124	Rwanda	Low	42.5
124	Solomon Islands	Low	42.5
127	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	42.4
128	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	42.2
129	Nepal	Low	42.0
130	Tonga	Lower middle	41.8
131	Nicaragua	Lower middle	41.3
132	Senegal	Low	41.1
132	Vanuatu	Low	41.1
134	Togo	Low	41.0
135	Bolivia	Lower middle	40.8
136	Venezuela	Upper middle	40.6
137	Laos	Lower middle	40.5
137	Zambia	Low	40.5
139	Honduras	Lower middle	40.4
140	Mauritania	Lower middle	40.0
141	Swaziland	Lower middle	39.8
142	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	39.7
142	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	39.7
144	Guinea	Low	39.3
145	Cameroon	Low	39.2
145	Gambia	Low	39.2
147	Kenya	Low	39.1
147	Tanzania	Low	39.1
149	Micronesia	Low	38.7
150	Syria	NA	38.5
151	Cambodia	Low	38.3
151	Pakistan	Low	38.3
153	Comoros	Low	38.2
154	Mozambique	Low	38.1
155	Ethiopia	Low	37.9
156	Papua New Guinea	Low	37.7
156	Sierra Leone	Low	37.7
158	Benin	Low	37.6
158	Burkina Faso	Low	37.6
160	Angola	Lower middle	37.4
161	Nigeria	Lower middle	37.1
162	Myanmar	Lower middle	36.7
162	Malawi	Low	36.7
164	Bangladesh	Lower middle	36.5
165	Madagascar	Low	36.0
166	Congo	Low	35.6
166	Uganda	Low	35.6
168	Burundi	NA	35.5
169	Haiti	Low	35.4
170	Mali	Low	35.0
171	Zimbabwe	Low	34.9
172	Yemen	Low	34.7
173	Somalia	NA	33.9
174	Liberia	Low	33.8
175	Afghanistan	Low	33.5
176	Niger	Low	33.1
177	Sudan	Low	32.7
178	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	32.3
179	Guinea-Bissau	Low	31.9
180	Eritrea	Low	31.2
181	Central African Rep.	Low	28.9
182	Chad	Low	28.4
	Monaco*	NA	-
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Lower middle	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Marshall Islands*	Low	-
	Nauru*	Lower middle	-
	Tuvalu*	Low	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Andorra*	NA	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.