Vulnerability rankings | ND-GAIN Index

Vulnerability

A country's ND-GAIN index score is composed of a Vulnerability score and a Readiness score. Vulnerability measures a country's exposure, sensitivity and ability to adapt to the negative impact of climate change. ND-GAIN measures the overall vulnerability by considering vulnerability in six life-supporting sectors – food, water, health, ecosystem service, human habitat and infrastructure.

World wide ranking by Vulnerability, lower scores (green) are better.

Adjust for GDP

Country Rankings

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

Scores for 2020

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Switzerland	Upper	0.255
2	Norway	Upper	0.257
3	Austria	Upper	0.284
4	Germany	Upper	0.293
5	United Kingdom	Upper	0.296
5	Sweden	Upper	0.296
7	Spain	Upper	0.300
8	Canada	Upper	0.301
8	Luxembourg	Upper	0.301
10	Czech Republic	Upper	0.303
11	Finland	Upper	0.310
11	France	Upper	0.310
11	New Zealand	Upper	0.310
14	Israel	Upper	0.316
15	Ireland	Upper	0.319
16	Australia	Upper	0.320
17	Iceland	Upper	0.321
18	Slovenia	Upper	0.322
19	Italy	Upper	0.323
20	Chile	Upper middle	0.325
21	Greece	Upper middle	0.327
21	Poland	Upper	0.327
23	United States	Upper	0.329
24	Portugal	Upper	0.335
25	Malta	Upper	0.338
26	Belarus	Upper middle	0.345
27	Belgium	Upper	0.346
28	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.350
28	Russian Federation	Upper	0.350
28	Turkey	Upper middle	0.350
31	Netherlands	Upper	0.351
32	Denmark	Upper	0.354
33	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.358
34	Saint Lucia	Lower middle	0.359
35	Estonia	Upper	0.363
36	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.365
36	Cyprus	Upper	0.365
38	Slovakia	Upper	0.366
39	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.369
40	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.370
41	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.371
42	Hungary	Upper	0.372
43	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.373
44	Qatar	Upper	0.375
45	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.376
46	Lithuania	Upper	0.377
46	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.377
46	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.377
49	Jordan	Lower middle	0.379
49	Japan	Upper	0.379
51	Morocco	Lower middle	0.380
52	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.381
53	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.383
53	Kuwait	Upper	0.383
53	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.383
56	Barbados	Upper middle	0.386
57	Iran	Upper middle	0.389
57	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.389
59	Algeria	Lower middle	0.390
59	Grenada	Upper middle	0.390
59	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.390
62	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.391
62	Panama	Upper middle	0.391
64	Croatia	Upper	0.392
65	Singapore	Upper	0.393
66	Brazil	Upper middle	0.395
66	Latvia	Upper	0.395
68	Armenia	Upper middle	0.396
68	China	Upper middle	0.396
70	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.397
71	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.402
72	Suriname	Upper middle	0.406
72	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.406
74	Argentina	Upper middle	0.407
74	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.407
74	Tajikistan	Low	0.407
77	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.409
78	Georgia	Upper middle	0.410
79	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.413
79	Romania	Upper	0.413
81	Albania	Upper middle	0.414
81	Oman	Upper	0.414
83	South Africa	Upper middle	0.415
84	Colombia	Upper middle	0.417
84	Mexico	Upper middle	0.417
86	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.420
87	Gabon	Upper middle	0.424
88	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.426
89	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.427
90	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.429
91	Moldova	Lower middle	0.431
92	Serbia	Upper middle	0.432
93	Libya	Lower middle	0.434
93	Peru	Lower middle	0.434
95	Cuba	NA	0.435
96	Fiji	Lower middle	0.436
97	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.437
98	Thailand	Upper middle	0.438
99	Iraq	Lower middle	0.439
100	Egypt	Lower middle	0.442
101	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.444
101	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.444
103	Dominica	Lower middle	0.446
103	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.446
105	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.447
105	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.447
107	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.451
108	Bahrain	Upper	0.452
109	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.455
110	Bahamas	Upper	0.457
111	Belize	Lower middle	0.458
112	Guyana	Upper middle	0.459
113	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.460
114	Honduras	Lower middle	0.462
115	Philippines	Lower middle	0.463
116	Botswana	Upper middle	0.466
116	Syria	NA	0.466
118	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.469
119	Ghana	Lower middle	0.471
120	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.472
121	Namibia	Lower middle	0.474
122	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.477
123	Sri Lanka	Upper middle	0.478
124	Cameroon	Low	0.480
125	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.481
126	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.483
127	Lesotho	Low	0.484
128	Samoa	Lower middle	0.487
129	Nigeria	Lower middle	0.500
129	Timor-Leste	Low	0.500
131	Angola	Lower middle	0.505
132	India	Lower middle	0.506
133	Cambodia	Low	0.507
134	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.513
135	Mozambique	Low	0.517
136	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.519
136	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.519
138	Tanzania	Low	0.520
139	Nepal	Low	0.521
139	Togo	Low	0.521
139	Zambia	Low	0.521
142	Congo	Low	0.523
143	Kenya	Low	0.525
143	Maldives	Upper middle	0.525
145	Laos	Lower middle	0.526
146	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.528
147	Myanmar	Lower middle	0.530
147	Pakistan	Lower middle	0.530
149	Comoros	Low	0.531
149	Haiti	Low	0.531
151	Guinea	Low	0.532
151	Senegal	Low	0.532
153	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.536
154	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.541
155	Gambia	Low	0.545
156	Burkina Faso	Low	0.547
157	Malawi	Low	0.548
157	Vanuatu	Low	0.548
159	Zimbabwe	Low	0.554
160	Burundi	NA	0.558
160	Yemen	Low	0.558
162	Madagascar	Low	0.561
163	Ethiopia	Low	0.563
163	Sierra Leone	Low	0.563
165	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.571
165	Solomon Islands	Low	0.571
167	Benin	Low	0.572
168	Afghanistan	Low	0.579
168	Tonga	Lower middle	0.579
170	Uganda	Low	0.580
171	Micronesia	Low	0.585
172	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.586
172	Rwanda	Low	0.586
174	Eritrea	Low	0.591
175	Central African Rep.	Low	0.593
176	Mali	Low	0.598
177	Liberia	Low	0.603
178	Sudan	Low	0.618
179	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.658
179	Chad	Low	0.658
181	Somalia	Low	0.673
182	Niger	Low	0.675
	Marshall Islands*	Low	-
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Lower middle	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Tuvalu*	Low	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Nauru*	Upper middle	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Andorra*	NA	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.