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 2020

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Norway	Upper	75.4
2	Finland	Upper	72.0
3	Switzerland	Upper	71.9
4	Sweden	Upper	71.3
5	Denmark	Upper	71.1
6	Singapore	Upper	70.6
7	Austria	Upper	70.1
8	Germany	Upper	69.8
8	Iceland	Upper	69.8
10	New Zealand	Upper	69.7
11	United Kingdom	Upper	69.4
12	Luxembourg	Upper	68.6
13	Australia	Upper	68.5
14	Canada	Upper	67.5
15	Republic of Korea	Upper	67.2
16	France	Upper	66.9
17	Netherlands	Upper	66.6
18	United States	Upper	66.2
19	Japan	Upper	65.5
20	Slovenia	Upper	64.1
21	Ireland	Upper	64.0
22	Estonia	Upper	62.8
23	Belgium	Upper	62.7
24	Czech Republic	Upper	62.6
25	Portugal	Upper	62.2
26	Spain	Upper	61.8
27	Israel	Upper	61.3
28	Lithuania	Upper	61.0
28	Poland	Upper	61.0
30	Chile	Upper middle	60.9
31	United Arab Emirates	Upper	60.7
32	Greece	Upper middle	60.2
33	Italy	Upper	60.0
33	Russian Federation	Upper	60.0
35	Latvia	Upper	59.4
36	Malta	Upper	58.6
37	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	58.1
38	Qatar	Upper	58.0
39	Belarus	Upper middle	57.9
39	China	Upper middle	57.9
39	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	57.9
42	Georgia	Upper middle	57.8
43	Cyprus	Upper	57.6
44	Barbados	Upper middle	57.5
45	Slovakia	Upper	57.3
46	Mauritius	Upper middle	57.0
47	Saudi Arabia	Upper	56.8
48	Turkey	Upper middle	56.7
49	Malaysia	Upper middle	56.6
50	Hungary	Upper	56.4
51	Uruguay	Upper middle	55.7
52	Armenia	Upper middle	55.6
53	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	55.5
54	Bulgaria	Upper middle	54.9
55	Croatia	Upper	54.8
55	Macedonia	Upper middle	54.8
57	Montenegro	Upper middle	54.6
57	Oman	Upper	54.6
59	Saint Lucia	Lower middle	54.4
60	Kuwait	Upper	54.2
61	Costa Rica	Upper middle	53.8
62	Dominica	Lower middle	53.6
62	Grenada	Upper middle	53.6
64	Mongolia	Lower middle	53.5
65	Bahrain	Upper	52.7
66	Morocco	Lower middle	52.6
67	Tunisia	Lower middle	52.5
68	Thailand	Upper middle	52.4
69	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	52.2
69	Ukraine	Lower middle	52.2
71	Fiji	Lower middle	51.8
72	Cape Verde	Lower middle	51.5
73	Jordan	Lower middle	51.4
74	Romania	Upper	51.1
75	Serbia	Upper middle	50.6
76	Moldova	Lower middle	50.2
77	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	50.1
78	Iran	Upper middle	50.0
79	Albania	Upper middle	49.8
80	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	49.7
81	Panama	Upper middle	49.5
81	Seychelles	Upper middle	49.5
83	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	49.4
84	Jamaica	Lower middle	48.9
85	Argentina	Upper middle	48.8
86	Peru	Lower middle	48.6
87	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	48.4
87	Bahamas	Upper	48.4
89	Botswana	Upper middle	48.3
90	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	48.2
91	Brazil	Upper middle	48.1
91	Colombia	Upper middle	48.1
93	Paraguay	Upper middle	48.0
94	Bhutan	Lower middle	47.8
95	Mexico	Upper middle	47.5
96	South Africa	Upper middle	47.4
97	Viet Nam	Lower middle	47.1
97	Samoa	Lower middle	47.1
99	Algeria	Lower middle	47.0
100	Indonesia	Lower middle	46.8
101	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	46.5
102	Suriname	Upper middle	46.3
103	Tajikistan	Low	46.1
104	Sri Lanka	Upper middle	46.0
105	Cuba	NA	45.7
106	Maldives	Upper middle	45.6
107	Egypt	Lower middle	45.1
107	Namibia	Lower middle	45.1
107	El Salvador	Lower middle	45.1
110	Ecuador	Lower middle	44.4
111	Ghana	Lower middle	44.0
111	India	Lower middle	44.0
113	Philippines	Lower middle	43.9
114	Belize	Lower middle	43.8
115	Gabon	Upper middle	43.7
116	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	43.6
117	Lebanon	Lower middle	43.5
117	Timor-Leste	Low	43.5
119	Guatemala	Lower middle	43.4
120	Iraq	Lower middle	42.9
121	Guyana	Upper middle	42.6
122	Djibouti	Lower middle	42.4
123	Solomon Islands	Low	42.2
124	Rwanda	Low	42.0
125	Libya	Lower middle	41.8
126	Nepal	Low	41.7
126	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	41.7
128	Tonga	Lower middle	41.6
129	Bolivia	Lower middle	41.4
129	Lesotho	Low	41.4
129	Togo	Low	41.4
132	Nicaragua	Lower middle	41.3
132	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	41.3
134	Senegal	Low	40.9
135	Vanuatu	Low	40.5
136	Honduras	Lower middle	40.3
137	Laos	Lower middle	40.1
138	Venezuela	Upper middle	40.0
138	Zambia	Low	40.0
140	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	39.7
141	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	39.6
141	Swaziland	Lower middle	39.6
143	Mauritania	Lower middle	39.3
144	Gambia	Low	39.2
145	Tanzania	Low	39.1
146	Cameroon	Low	39.0
146	Guinea	Low	39.0
146	Pakistan	Lower middle	39.0
149	Kenya	Low	38.7
149	Cambodia	Low	38.7
151	Micronesia	Low	38.5
152	Benin	Low	38.2
153	Syria	NA	38.1
154	Angola	Lower middle	37.9
155	Sierra Leone	Low	37.7
156	Myanmar	Lower middle	37.6
156	Mozambique	Low	37.6
158	Comoros	Low	37.5
158	Nigeria	Lower middle	37.5
160	Papua New Guinea	Low	37.4
161	Burkina Faso	Low	37.2
161	Ethiopia	Low	37.2
163	Malawi	Low	37.0
164	Bangladesh	Lower middle	36.9
165	Burundi	NA	35.5
166	Uganda	Low	35.4
167	Madagascar	Low	35.3
168	Haiti	Low	35.0
169	Congo	Low	34.8
170	Mali	Low	34.7
171	Yemen	Low	34.5
172	Somalia	Low	34.2
173	Liberia	Low	33.8
174	Zimbabwe	Low	33.1
175	Afghanistan	Low	33.0
176	Niger	Low	32.9
177	Sudan	Low	32.3
178	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	31.1
178	Eritrea	Low	31.1
180	Guinea-Bissau	Low	30.6
181	Central African Rep.	Low	27.1
182	Chad	Low	26.7
	Monaco*	NA	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Marshall Islands*	Low	-
	Nauru*	Upper middle	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Tuvalu*	Low	-
	Andorra*	NA	-
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Lower middle	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.