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 2017

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Norway	Upper	76.1
2	New Zealand	Upper	73.5
3	Finland	Upper	72.0
4	Sweden	Upper	71.3
5	Australia	Upper	71.0
6	Switzerland	Upper	70.9
7	Denmark	Upper	70.6
8	Austria	Upper	70.5
9	Germany	Upper	69.3
9	Iceland	Upper	69.3
9	Singapore	Upper	69.3
12	United Kingdom	Upper	69.1
13	Canada	Upper	68.8
14	Luxembourg	Upper	68.7
15	United States	Upper	67.9
16	Republic of Korea	Upper	67.3
17	France	Upper	66.6
18	Netherlands	Upper	66.5
19	Slovenia	Upper	65.5
20	Japan	Upper	65.1
21	Ireland	Upper	64.7
22	Czech Republic	Upper	63.7
23	Poland	Upper	63.1
24	Spain	Upper	62.6
25	Estonia	Upper	62.4
26	Belgium	Upper	61.7
27	Portugal	Upper	61.6
28	Chile	Upper middle	61.3
29	Israel	Upper	61.1
29	Lithuania	Upper	61.1
31	Latvia	Upper middle	60.8
32	Italy	Upper	60.7
33	United Arab Emirates	Upper	58.9
33	Russian Federation	Upper middle	58.9
35	Greece	Upper middle	58.6
36	Hungary	Upper middle	58.4
37	Slovakia	Upper	58.1
38	Cyprus	Upper	58.0
39	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	57.6
40	Belarus	Upper middle	57.4
40	Georgia	Lower middle	57.4
42	Malaysia	Upper	57.3
43	Malta	Upper	56.9
44	Bulgaria	Upper middle	56.8
45	Dominica	Lower middle	56.7
46	Turkey	Upper middle	56.6
47	Grenada	Upper middle	56.5
48	Croatia	Upper middle	56.0
49	St Vincent & Grenadines	Lower middle	55.8
50	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	55.6
50	Mauritius	Upper middle	55.6
52	Macedonia	Upper middle	55.1
53	Oman	Upper	54.7
54	Barbados	Upper middle	54.6
55	Uruguay	Upper middle	54.4
56	Saudi Arabia	Upper	54.3
57	China	Upper middle	54.0
58	Armenia	Lower middle	53.8
58	Montenegro	Upper middle	53.8
60	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper	53.6
61	Costa Rica	Upper middle	53.5
62	Thailand	Upper middle	53.4
63	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	53.1
64	Qatar	Upper	53.0
65	Romania	Upper middle	52.8
66	Bahamas	Upper	52.7
66	Mongolia	Lower middle	52.7
68	Ukraine	Lower middle	52.1
69	Argentina	Upper middle	51.9
70	Serbia	Upper middle	51.4
71	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	51.0
72	Iran	Upper middle	50.8
72	Morocco	Lower middle	50.8
72	Panama	Upper middle	50.8
72	Peru	Upper middle	50.8
76	Colombia	Upper middle	50.7
76	Mexico	Upper middle	50.7
78	Albania	Lower middle	50.6
79	Moldova	Lower middle	50.5
80	Brazil	Upper middle	50.4
81	Kuwait	Upper	50.3
81	South Africa	Upper middle	50.3
83	Kyrgyzstan	Low	50.1
84	Tunisia	Lower middle	49.7
85	Jordan	Lower middle	49.6
86	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Lower middle	49.3
87	Fiji	Lower middle	48.8
88	Bahrain	Upper	48.7
88	Jamaica	Lower middle	48.7
90	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper	48.6
91	Seychelles	Upper	48.4
92	Botswana	Upper middle	47.8
93	Paraguay	Lower middle	47.6
94	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	47.4
94	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	47.4
96	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	47.2
97	Viet Nam	Lower middle	46.6
98	Bhutan	Lower middle	46.5
98	Samoa	Lower middle	46.5
100	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	46.3
101	Egypt	Lower middle	46.1
102	Indonesia	Lower middle	45.9
102	Namibia	Lower middle	45.9
104	Cuba	NA	45.5
105	Algeria	Upper middle	45.2
105	Lebanon	Upper middle	45.2
107	Ghana	Lower middle	45.1
108	El Salvador	Lower middle	45.0
108	Suriname	Upper middle	45.0
110	Ecuador	Lower middle	44.7
111	Guatemala	Lower middle	43.3
112	Philippines	Lower middle	43.1
113	Tajikistan	Low	42.7
114	Nicaragua	Lower middle	42.6
114	Rwanda	Low	42.6
116	Gabon	Upper middle	42.4
116	Guyana	Lower middle	42.4
116	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	42.4
119	Belize	Lower middle	42.3
120	India	Lower middle	42.2
121	Venezuela	Upper middle	42.1
122	Honduras	Lower middle	41.3
123	Tonga	Lower middle	41.2
124	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	41.1
125	Libya	Upper middle	40.8
126	Maldives	Upper middle	40.5
127	Bolivia	Lower middle	40.3
127	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	40.3
129	Swaziland	Lower middle	40.2
130	Lesotho	Low	40.1
131	Nepal	Low	39.9
131	Senegal	Low	39.9
133	Iraq	Upper middle	39.8
134	Laos	Lower middle	39.4
135	Cambodia	Low	39.3
135	Vanuatu	Low	39.3
137	Comoros	Low	39.2
138	Cameroon	Low	39.1
139	Pakistan	Lower middle	39.0
139	Syria	NA	39.0
141	Djibouti	Low	38.9
142	Zambia	Low	38.6
143	Gambia	Low	38.3
144	Solomon Islands	Low	38.1
145	Côte d'Ivoire	Low	37.9
145	Togo	Low	37.9
147	Sierra Leone	Low	37.8
148	Nigeria	Lower middle	37.6
149	Tanzania	Low	37.0
150	Kenya	Low	36.9
151	Guinea	Low	36.8
152	Micronesia	Low	36.5
153	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	36.3
154	Mauritania	Low	36.0
155	Uganda	Low	35.8
156	Benin	Low	35.7
156	Malawi	Low	35.7
158	Bangladesh	Low	35.5
159	Angola	Lower middle	35.4
159	Mozambique	Low	35.4
161	Burkina Faso	Low	35.2
161	Papua New Guinea	Lower middle	35.2
163	Ethiopia	Low	35.0
164	Myanmar	Lower middle	34.8
165	Congo	Lower middle	34.7
166	Mali	Low	33.6
167	Yemen	Low	33.5
168	Zimbabwe	Low	33.1
169	Madagascar	Low	32.9
170	Liberia	Low	32.4
171	Burundi	Low	32.3
172	Guinea-Bissau	Low	32.1
173	Afghanistan	Low	31.4
173	Haiti	Low	31.4
175	Niger	Low	31.0
176	Sudan	Lower middle	30.4
177	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	29.6
178	Central African Rep.	NA	27.5
179	Eritrea	Low	26.3
180	Chad	Low	25.7
181	Somalia	NA	20.3
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Marshall Islands*	Lower middle	-
	Tuvalu*	Low	-
	Nauru*	NA	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea*	NA	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Andorra*	NA	-
	Cape Verde*	NA	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.