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 2024

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Norway	Upper	0.263
2	Canada	Upper	0.282
2	United Kingdom	Upper	0.282
4	Switzerland	Upper	0.296
4	Germany	Upper	0.296
6	New Zealand	Upper	0.297
7	Australia	Upper	0.300
8	Czech Republic	Upper	0.305
9	Finland	Upper	0.306
10	Russian Federation	Upper	0.310
11	Poland	Upper	0.314
12	Iceland	Upper	0.315
13	Ireland	Upper	0.317
13	United States	Upper	0.317
15	France	Upper	0.321
16	Austria	Upper	0.323
16	Spain	Upper	0.323
16	Sweden	Upper	0.323
19	Luxembourg	Upper	0.341
20	Denmark	Upper	0.342
21	Israel	Upper	0.344
21	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.344
21	Slovenia	Upper	0.344
24	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.345
25	Chile	Upper middle	0.347
26	Andorra	Upper	0.351
26	Malta	Upper	0.351
28	Portugal	Upper	0.352
29	Japan	Upper	0.353
30	Belarus	Upper middle	0.355
30	Cyprus	Upper	0.355
30	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.355
33	Greece	Upper middle	0.356
33	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.356
35	Italy	Upper	0.357
36	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.361
36	Estonia	Upper	0.361
38	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.365
39	Belgium	Upper	0.366
39	Brazil	Upper middle	0.366
41	Slovakia	Upper	0.367
41	Tajikistan	Low	0.367
43	Netherlands	Upper	0.371
44	Lithuania	Upper	0.374
45	Singapore	Upper	0.379
46	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.380
46	Hungary	Upper	0.380
46	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.380
49	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.385
50	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.386
50	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.386
52	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.387
52	Latvia	Upper	0.387
54	Monaco	NA	0.390
55	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.393
56	Armenia	Upper middle	0.394
56	China	Upper middle	0.394
56	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.394
59	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.396
59	Turkey	Upper middle	0.396
61	Barbados	Lower middle	0.397
62	Romania	Upper	0.398
63	Croatia	Upper	0.399
64	Colombia	Upper middle	0.407
65	Argentina	Upper middle	0.408
66	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.410
67	Mexico	Upper middle	0.412
68	Georgia	Upper middle	0.413
69	Albania	Upper middle	0.416
69	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.416
71	Peru	Lower middle	0.418
71	Qatar	Upper	0.418
71	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.418
74	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.421
75	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.423
76	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.424
77	Grenada	Lower middle	0.425
78	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.428
78	Panama	Upper middle	0.428
78	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.428
81	Iran	Lower middle	0.429
81	Jordan	Lower middle	0.429
83	Algeria	Lower middle	0.430
83	Philippines	Lower middle	0.430
85	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.431
86	Kuwait	Upper	0.435
87	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.436
87	South Africa	Lower middle	0.436
89	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.441
90	Dominica	Lower middle	0.442
90	Suriname	Upper middle	0.442
92	Thailand	Upper middle	0.443
93	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.447
94	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.448
95	Gabon	Upper middle	0.450
95	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.450
95	Morocco	Lower middle	0.450
95	Moldova	Upper middle	0.450
95	Oman	Upper	0.450
100	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.451
101	Laos	Lower middle	0.452
101	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.452
103	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.453
104	Ghana	Lower middle	0.455
104	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.455
104	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.455
104	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.455
108	Cuba	NA	0.457
109	Guyana	Upper middle	0.467
110	Egypt	Upper middle	0.469
111	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.470
111	Serbia	Upper middle	0.470
113	Honduras	Lower middle	0.471
113	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.471
115	Cambodia	Low	0.472
116	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.473
117	Guinea	Low	0.474
118	India	Lower middle	0.475
119	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.476
120	Cameroon	Low	0.478
120	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.478
122	Kenya	Low	0.482
122	Palau	Upper middle	0.482
122	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.482
125	Belize	Lower middle	0.483
126	Botswana	Upper middle	0.484
127	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.485
128	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.488
128	Myanmar	Low	0.488
130	Fiji	Lower middle	0.489
131	Comoros	Low	0.490
131	Libya	Upper middle	0.490
131	Nigeria	Low	0.490
134	Zambia	Low	0.492
135	Iraq	Lower middle	0.497
136	Bahrain	Upper	0.499
136	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.499
136	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.499
139	Nauru	Lower middle	0.502
140	Nepal	Low	0.504
141	Tanzania	Low	0.505
142	Lesotho	Low	0.507
143	Ethiopia	Low	0.508
144	Togo	Low	0.509
145	Mozambique	Low	0.511
145	Namibia	Lower middle	0.511
145	Zimbabwe	Low	0.511
148	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.513
149	Syria	Low	0.521
150	Burkina Faso	Low	0.523
151	Pakistan	Low	0.525
152	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.527
153	Angola	Lower middle	0.528
153	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.528
153	Kiribati	Low	0.528
156	Senegal	Low	0.529
157	Haiti	Low	0.534
157	Maldives	Upper middle	0.534
159	Uganda	Low	0.536
160	Samoa	Lower middle	0.538
161	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.544
162	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.545
163	Vanuatu	Low	0.547
164	Congo	Lower middle	0.549
164	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.549
166	Madagascar	Low	0.550
167	Gambia	Low	0.551
168	Malawi	Low	0.567
169	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.571
170	Tuvalu	Low	0.573
171	Liberia	Low	0.582
172	Benin	Low	0.584
173	Mali	Low	0.585
174	Niger	Low	0.587
175	Central African Rep.	Low	0.588
176	Tonga	Lower middle	0.595
177	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.598
178	Sierra Leone	Low	0.602
179	Burundi	NA	0.610
179	Rwanda	Low	0.610
181	Afghanistan	Low	0.612
182	Micronesia	Low	0.621
183	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.622
183	Solomon Islands	Low	0.622
185	Eritrea	Low	0.629
185	Sudan	Low	0.629
185	Yemen	Low	0.629
188	Somalia	Low	0.638
188	Chad	Low	0.638
190	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.655
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.