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 2023

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Switzerland	Upper	0.251
2	Norway	Upper	0.256
3	Czech Republic	Upper	0.264
4	Finland	Upper	0.280
5	Canada	Upper	0.282
6	United Kingdom	Upper	0.288
7	Israel	Upper	0.289
8	Austria	Upper	0.295
9	Germany	Upper	0.301
10	France	Upper	0.304
10	New Zealand	Upper	0.304
12	Spain	Upper	0.305
13	Poland	Upper	0.306
14	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.311
14	Luxembourg	Upper	0.311
16	United States	Upper	0.312
17	Slovenia	Upper	0.314
18	Australia	Upper	0.316
18	Ireland	Upper	0.316
18	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.316
21	Sweden	Upper	0.317
22	Portugal	Upper	0.318
23	Malta	Upper	0.320
24	Iceland	Upper	0.322
25	Belarus	Upper middle	0.323
26	Russian Federation	Upper	0.324
27	Chile	Upper middle	0.332
28	Estonia	Upper	0.334
29	Belgium	Upper	0.335
30	Greece	Upper middle	0.337
31	Italy	Upper	0.342
32	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.347
32	Denmark	Upper	0.347
34	Qatar	Upper	0.351
35	Hungary	Upper	0.353
36	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.354
36	Netherlands	Upper	0.354
38	Tajikistan	Low	0.356
39	Armenia	Upper middle	0.357
39	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.357
41	Cyprus	Upper	0.359
41	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.359
43	Lithuania	Upper	0.360
43	Latvia	Upper	0.360
43	Slovakia	Upper	0.360
46	Kuwait	Upper	0.362
47	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.363
48	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.365
48	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.365
50	Jordan	Lower middle	0.366
51	Algeria	Lower middle	0.367
51	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.367
53	Morocco	Lower middle	0.368
54	Brazil	Upper middle	0.369
54	Japan	Upper	0.369
56	Barbados	Lower middle	0.371
56	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.371
58	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.372
58	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.372
58	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.372
61	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.373
62	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.375
62	Turkey	Upper middle	0.375
62	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.375
65	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.376
65	Iran	Lower middle	0.376
67	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.379
68	Albania	Upper middle	0.380
68	Croatia	Upper	0.380
70	China	Upper middle	0.382
71	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.383
71	Argentina	Upper middle	0.383
71	Grenada	Lower middle	0.383
74	Mexico	Upper middle	0.387
75	Singapore	Upper	0.389
76	Georgia	Upper middle	0.394
76	Moldova	Upper middle	0.394
78	South Africa	Lower middle	0.395
79	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.399
80	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.404
80	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.404
80	Suriname	Upper middle	0.404
83	Colombia	Upper middle	0.405
84	Panama	Upper middle	0.406
85	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.408
86	Peru	Lower middle	0.409
87	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.410
88	Egypt	Upper middle	0.411
89	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.412
89	Romania	Upper	0.412
91	Libya	Upper middle	0.416
92	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.420
92	Oman	Upper	0.420
94	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.422
94	Serbia	Upper middle	0.422
96	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.425
97	Guyana	Upper middle	0.430
97	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.430
99	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.431
100	Botswana	Upper middle	0.432
101	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.433
102	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.434
103	Thailand	Upper middle	0.435
104	Bahrain	Upper	0.436
104	Gabon	Upper middle	0.436
104	Iraq	Lower middle	0.436
107	Dominica	Lower middle	0.439
108	Cuba	NA	0.441
109	Philippines	Lower middle	0.444
109	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.444
111	Honduras	Lower middle	0.445
112	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.446
113	Ghana	Lower middle	0.448
113	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.448
115	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.451
116	Fiji	Lower middle	0.453
117	Namibia	Lower middle	0.454
118	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.458
119	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.460
120	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.461
121	Belize	Lower middle	0.467
122	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.468
122	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.468
124	Lesotho	Low	0.472
125	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.475
126	Cambodia	Low	0.481
126	Nigeria	Low	0.481
128	India	Lower middle	0.485
128	Zambia	Low	0.485
130	Cameroon	Low	0.486
130	Laos	Lower middle	0.486
130	Syria	Low	0.486
133	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.489
134	Nepal	Low	0.490
135	Mozambique	Low	0.493
136	Zimbabwe	Low	0.498
137	Kenya	Low	0.500
138	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.502
139	Togo	Low	0.503
140	Angola	Lower middle	0.506
141	Haiti	Low	0.509
141	Nauru	Lower middle	0.509
143	Palau	Upper middle	0.513
143	Samoa	Lower middle	0.513
145	Myanmar	Low	0.514
146	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.515
146	Pakistan	Low	0.515
148	Tanzania	Low	0.516
149	Burkina Faso	Low	0.521
150	Congo	Lower middle	0.522
150	Ethiopia	Low	0.522
152	Gambia	Low	0.524
153	Guinea	Low	0.529
154	Yemen	Low	0.534
155	Senegal	Low	0.535
156	Uganda	Low	0.536
157	Liberia	Low	0.538
157	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.538
159	Comoros	Low	0.541
160	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.542
161	Malawi	Low	0.549
162	Maldives	Upper middle	0.550
162	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.550
164	Burundi	NA	0.553
165	Kiribati	Low	0.557
166	Madagascar	Low	0.558
167	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.561
168	Vanuatu	Low	0.563
169	Rwanda	Low	0.567
170	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.568
171	Benin	Low	0.571
172	Mali	Low	0.576
172	Tuvalu	Low	0.576
174	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.578
175	Central African Rep.	Low	0.579
176	Afghanistan	Low	0.588
177	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.590
178	Eritrea	Low	0.592
179	Sierra Leone	Low	0.597
180	Tonga	Lower middle	0.607
181	Somalia	Low	0.611
182	Sudan	Low	0.612
183	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.613
184	Micronesia	Low	0.621
185	Solomon Islands	Low	0.629
186	Niger	Low	0.633
187	Chad	Low	0.640
	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Upper middle	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Andorra*	Upper	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.