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 2016

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Norway	Upper	76.0
2	New Zealand	Upper	73.8
3	Finland	Upper	72.2
4	Sweden	Upper	71.6
5	Switzerland	Upper	71.3
6	Denmark	Upper	71.0
7	Austria	Upper	70.3
8	Iceland	Upper	70.1
9	Australia	Upper	70.0
10	Singapore	Upper	69.9
11	Germany	Upper	69.6
12	United Kingdom	Upper	69.4
13	Canada	Upper	68.9
14	Luxembourg	Upper	68.8
15	United States	Upper	68.0
16	Republic of Korea	Upper	67.2
17	France	Upper	66.7
18	Netherlands	Upper	66.6
19	Slovenia	Upper	65.9
20	Ireland	Upper	65.5
21	Japan	Upper	65.0
22	Czech Republic	Upper	63.7
22	Poland	Upper	63.7
24	Spain	Upper	62.9
25	Estonia	Upper	62.5
26	Portugal	Upper	62.0
27	Belgium	Upper	61.9
28	Chile	Upper middle	61.7
29	Israel	Upper	61.4
30	Lithuania	Upper	61.3
31	Latvia	Upper middle	60.7
32	Italy	Upper	60.6
33	Russian Federation	Upper middle	59.8
34	United Arab Emirates	Upper	59.1
35	Slovakia	Upper	59.0
36	Greece	Upper	58.3
36	Hungary	Upper	58.3
38	Cyprus	Upper	57.9
39	Belarus	Upper middle	57.5
40	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	57.4
41	Malta	Upper	57.0
42	Bulgaria	Upper middle	56.9
42	Georgia	Lower middle	56.9
42	Croatia	Upper middle	56.9
45	Dominica	Lower middle	56.8
45	Malaysia	Upper	56.8
47	Grenada	Upper middle	56.3
47	Turkey	Upper middle	56.3
49	St Vincent & Grenadines	Lower middle	55.8
50	Mauritius	Upper middle	55.7
51	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper	55.6
52	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	55.2
53	Macedonia	Upper middle	54.9
54	Barbados	Upper middle	54.7
55	Saudi Arabia	Upper	54.3
55	Uruguay	Upper middle	54.3
57	Montenegro	Upper middle	54.1
58	Qatar	Upper	53.7
59	China	Upper middle	53.5
60	Armenia	Lower middle	53.4
61	Costa Rica	Upper middle	53.3
62	Mongolia	Upper middle	53.1
63	Romania	Upper middle	53.0
64	Thailand	Upper middle	52.9
65	Bahamas	Upper middle	52.8
66	Saint Lucia	Lower middle	52.7
67	Ukraine	Lower middle	52.4
68	Oman	Upper	52.1
69	Argentina	Upper middle	51.4
70	Serbia	Upper middle	51.1
71	Iran	Upper middle	50.9
72	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	50.8
73	Albania	Lower middle	50.6
73	Morocco	Lower middle	50.6
75	Brazil	Upper middle	50.5
75	Mexico	Upper middle	50.5
77	Colombia	Upper middle	50.3
77	South Africa	Upper middle	50.3
79	Panama	Upper middle	50.2
80	Peru	Upper middle	50.1
81	Jordan	Lower middle	50.0
81	Kyrgyzstan	Low	50.0
83	Moldova	Lower middle	49.9
84	Kuwait	Upper	49.6
84	Tunisia	Lower middle	49.6
86	Bahrain	Upper	49.2
87	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	49.1
88	Jamaica	Lower middle	48.6
89	Fiji	Lower middle	48.5
90	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	48.3
91	Seychelles	Upper	48.2
92	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper	47.8
93	Botswana	Upper middle	47.6
94	Paraguay	Lower middle	47.5
95	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	47.2
96	Viet Nam	Lower middle	46.8
97	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	46.6
98	Egypt	Lower middle	46.1
98	Sri Lanka	Upper middle	46.1
98	Samoa	Lower middle	46.1
101	Ghana	Lower middle	45.8
102	Bhutan	Lower middle	45.6
103	Namibia	Lower middle	45.4
103	El Salvador	Lower middle	45.4
105	Indonesia	Lower middle	45.3
106	Cuba	NA	45.2
106	Lebanon	Upper middle	45.2
106	Suriname	Upper middle	45.2
109	Algeria	Upper middle	44.5
110	Ecuador	Lower middle	44.3
111	Guyana	Lower middle	43.8
112	Guatemala	Lower middle	43.2
113	Philippines	Lower middle	42.9
113	Tajikistan	Low	42.9
115	Nicaragua	Lower middle	42.6
116	Rwanda	Low	42.4
116	Venezuela	Upper middle	42.4
118	India	Lower middle	42.2
119	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	42.1
120	Gabon	Upper middle	42.0
121	Belize	Lower middle	41.7
122	Honduras	Lower middle	41.4
123	Tonga	Lower middle	41.1
124	Maldives	Upper middle	41.0
125	Libya	Lower middle	40.9
126	Bolivia	Lower middle	40.8
127	Lesotho	Low	40.0
127	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	40.0
129	Timor-Leste	Low	39.9
130	Iraq	Upper middle	39.5
130	Laos	Lower middle	39.5
130	Nepal	Low	39.5
130	Senegal	Low	39.5
134	Cambodia	Low	39.2
134	Syria	NA	39.2
136	Comoros	Low	39.1
137	Cameroon	Low	39.0
138	Pakistan	Lower middle	38.8
138	Zambia	Lower middle	38.8
140	Solomon Islands	Low	38.6
141	Djibouti	Low	38.4
142	Vanuatu	Low	38.3
143	Togo	Low	38.2
144	Swaziland	Lower middle	38.0
145	Nigeria	Lower middle	37.9
146	Gambia	Low	37.7
147	Côte d'Ivoire	Low	37.6
148	Guinea	Low	37.2
149	Sierra Leone	Low	37.1
150	Tanzania	Low	36.8
151	Kenya	Low	36.3
152	Micronesia	Low	36.0
153	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	35.9
154	Mauritania	Lower middle	35.8
155	Benin	Low	35.5
155	Malawi	Low	35.5
155	Uganda	Low	35.5
158	Papua New Guinea	Low	35.4
159	Congo	Lower middle	35.3
160	Bangladesh	Low	35.2
160	Mozambique	Low	35.2
162	Angola	Lower middle	35.1
163	Ethiopia	Low	34.8
164	Burkina Faso	Low	34.6
165	Myanmar	Lower middle	34.3
166	Mali	Low	33.6
166	Yemen	Low	33.6
168	Zimbabwe	Low	33.1
169	Madagascar	Low	33.0
170	Liberia	Low	32.3
171	Burundi	Low	32.2
171	Guinea-Bissau	Low	32.2
173	Haiti	Low	31.4
174	Afghanistan	Low	31.3
175	Niger	Low	30.5
176	Sudan	Lower middle	30.2
177	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	29.5
178	Central African Rep.	NA	27.5
179	Eritrea	Low	26.1
180	Chad	Low	25.7
181	Somalia	NA	20.2
	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*	NA	-
	Andorra*	NA	-
	Cape Verde*	NA	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.