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 2018

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Norway	Upper	76.7
2	New Zealand	Upper	74.6
3	Finland	Upper	73.7
4	Denmark	Upper	73.0
5	Sweden	Upper	72.6
6	Switzerland	Upper	72.2
7	Singapore	Upper	71.4
8	Austria	Upper	71.1
8	Iceland	Upper	71.1
10	Germany	Upper	71.0
11	United Kingdom	Upper	70.4
12	Luxembourg	Upper	70.3
13	Australia	Upper	69.6
14	Republic of Korea	Upper	69.1
15	Japan	Upper	68.2
16	Netherlands	Upper	68.1
17	France	Upper	68.0
18	Canada	Upper	67.9
19	United States	Upper	67.1
20	Ireland	Upper	65.2
21	Slovenia	Upper	64.6
22	Estonia	Upper	63.8
23	Czech Republic	Upper	63.2
24	Portugal	Upper	63.0
25	Belgium	Upper	62.5
26	Spain	Upper	62.4
26	Poland	Upper	62.4
28	United Arab Emirates	Upper	61.3
29	Chile	Upper middle	61.1
29	Israel	Upper	61.1
31	Lithuania	Upper middle	61.0
32	Italy	Upper	60.3
33	Latvia	Upper middle	60.0
34	Russian Federation	Upper middle	59.4
35	Greece	Upper	59.1
36	Malta	Upper	58.7
37	Slovakia	Upper	58.4
38	Belarus	Upper middle	58.3
38	Cyprus	Upper	58.3
40	Georgia	Lower middle	58.2
41	Grenada	Upper middle	57.7
42	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	57.6
42	Malaysia	Upper middle	57.6
44	Macedonia	Upper middle	57.4
45	Hungary	Upper	57.2
46	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	56.7
47	Mauritius	Upper middle	56.3
48	Qatar	Upper	56.1
49	Bulgaria	Upper middle	55.9
50	Barbados	Upper	55.8
51	Croatia	Upper	55.4
51	Saudi Arabia	Upper	55.4
53	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper	55.3
54	Uruguay	Upper middle	55.2
55	Montenegro	Upper middle	55.0
56	Dominica	Upper middle	54.6
57	Armenia	Lower middle	54.5
58	Oman	Upper	54.2
59	Costa Rica	Upper middle	54.1
60	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	54.0
61	China	Upper middle	53.7
62	Thailand	Upper middle	52.8
62	Turkey	Upper middle	52.8
64	Morocco	Lower middle	52.3
64	Tunisia	Upper middle	52.3
66	Romania	Upper middle	52.1
67	Mongolia	Lower middle	52.0
68	Jordan	Upper middle	51.8
68	Serbia	Upper middle	51.8
70	Bahrain	Upper	51.4
70	Ukraine	Lower middle	51.4
72	Panama	Upper middle	51.3
73	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	50.3
73	Kuwait	Upper	50.3
75	Albania	Lower middle	49.9
75	Fiji	Lower middle	49.9
75	Kyrgyzstan	Low	49.9
78	Iran	Upper middle	49.8
79	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	49.7
79	Cape Verde	Lower middle	49.7
81	Moldova	Lower middle	49.6
82	Mexico	Upper middle	48.9
83	Peru	Upper middle	48.8
84	Argentina	Upper middle	48.7
84	Bahamas	Upper	48.7
84	Seychelles	Upper middle	48.7
87	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	48.5
87	Jamaica	Upper middle	48.5
89	Colombia	Upper middle	48.4
90	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper	48.1
91	Bhutan	Lower middle	47.7
92	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	47.6
92	South Africa	Upper middle	47.6
94	Botswana	Upper middle	47.5
95	Paraguay	Lower middle	47.4
96	Brazil	Upper middle	47.2
97	Indonesia	Lower middle	47.1
98	Viet Nam	Lower middle	47.0
98	Samoa	Lower middle	47.0
100	Suriname	Upper middle	46.8
101	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	46.7
102	Algeria	Upper middle	46.5
103	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	46.1
104	Namibia	Upper middle	45.4
105	Cuba	Upper middle	45.3
106	El Salvador	Lower middle	45.2
107	Egypt	Lower middle	45.0
108	Ecuador	Upper middle	44.4
109	Ghana	Lower middle	44.3
110	Lebanon	Upper middle	44.0
111	Tajikistan	Low	43.8
111	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	43.8
113	Maldives	Upper middle	43.7
114	Philippines	Lower middle	43.6
115	Guatemala	Lower middle	43.4
116	Rwanda	Low	43.1
117	Djibouti	Lower middle	43.0
117	Gabon	Upper middle	43.0
119	Guyana	Lower middle	42.8
120	Belize	Lower middle	42.6
121	Tonga	Lower middle	42.3
122	India	Lower middle	41.9
123	Nicaragua	Lower middle	41.8
124	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	41.7
125	Solomon Islands	Lower middle	41.6
126	Iraq	Lower middle	41.5
127	Lesotho	Lower middle	41.4
128	Nepal	Low	40.9
128	Senegal	Lower middle	40.9
130	Bolivia	Lower middle	40.5
130	Honduras	Lower middle	40.5
130	Vanuatu	Lower middle	40.5
133	Mauritania	Low	40.2
134	Venezuela	Upper middle	40.0
135	Togo	Low	39.9
136	Zambia	Lower middle	39.6
137	Libya	Upper middle	39.4
137	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	39.4
137	Swaziland	Lower middle	39.4
140	Cambodia	Low	39.3
141	Gambia	Low	39.1
142	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	38.9
142	Laos	Lower middle	38.9
144	Guinea	Low	38.7
145	Cameroon	Lower middle	38.6
146	Syria	Lower middle	38.5
147	Equatorial Guinea	Upper	38.2
148	Tanzania	Low	38.0
149	Papua New Guinea	Lower middle	37.9
150	Benin	Low	37.8
151	Sierra Leone	Low	37.6
152	Kenya	Low	37.5
152	Pakistan	Lower middle	37.5
154	Angola	Upper middle	37.4
154	Mozambique	Low	37.4
156	Comoros	Low	37.1
157	Ethiopia	Low	36.8
157	Micronesia	Lower middle	36.8
159	Burkina Faso	Low	36.2
160	Myanmar	Low	36.1
160	Nigeria	Lower middle	36.1
162	Bangladesh	Low	36.0
163	Congo	Lower middle	35.5
164	Madagascar	Low	35.3
165	Malawi	Low	35.2
166	Uganda	Low	35.0
167	Haiti	Low	34.9
168	Yemen	Lower middle	34.8
169	Burundi	Low	34.4
169	Mali	Low	34.4
171	Liberia	Low	33.5
172	Zimbabwe	Low	33.3
173	Niger	Low	32.5
174	Sudan	Lower middle	32.3
175	Guinea-Bissau	Low	31.6
176	Afghanistan	Low	31.4
177	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	30.8
178	Eritrea	Low	29.5
179	Central African Rep.	Low	27.7
179	Somalia	Low	27.7
181	Chad	Low	27.2
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Marshall Islands*	Lower middle	-
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Upper middle	-
	Liechtenstein*	Upper	-
	Kiribati*	Lower middle	-
	Nauru*	Low	-
	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea*	Low	-
	Tuvalu*	Upper middle	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Andorra*	Upper	-
	Monaco*	Upper	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.