Adaptive Capacity rankings

Adaptive Capacity

The availability of social resources for sector-specific adaptation. In some cases, these capacities reflect sustainable adaptation solutions. In other cases, they reflect capacities to put newer, more sustainable adaptations into place.

Country Rankings

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

Scores for 2024

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Netherlands	Upper	0.192
2	Germany	Upper	0.201
3	Monaco	NA	0.212
4	Norway	Upper	0.213
5	New Zealand	Upper	0.228
6	Israel	Upper	0.233
6	Japan	Upper	0.233
8	United Kingdom	Upper	0.240
9	Spain	Upper	0.244
10	Greece	Upper middle	0.252
11	France	Upper	0.254
12	Portugal	Upper	0.256
13	Luxembourg	Upper	0.259
14	Finland	Upper	0.260
15	Malta	Upper	0.262
16	Switzerland	Upper	0.264
17	Denmark	Upper	0.274
18	United States	Upper	0.282
19	Austria	Upper	0.284
20	Canada	Upper	0.289
20	Italy	Upper	0.289
22	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.294
23	Australia	Upper	0.297
24	Iceland	Upper	0.298
25	Ireland	Upper	0.308
26	Qatar	Upper	0.310
27	Poland	Upper	0.315
28	Slovenia	Upper	0.318
29	Belgium	Upper	0.323
30	Czech Republic	Upper	0.328
31	Sweden	Upper	0.333
32	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.345
33	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.355
34	Russian Federation	Upper	0.362
34	Slovakia	Upper	0.362
36	Singapore	Upper	0.367
37	Kuwait	Upper	0.371
38	Andorra	Upper	0.372
38	Hungary	Upper	0.372
40	Romania	Upper	0.382
41	Brazil	Upper middle	0.386
42	Cyprus	Upper	0.387
43	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.388
44	Chile	Upper middle	0.392
45	Croatia	Upper	0.395
46	Belarus	Upper middle	0.396
47	Egypt	Upper middle	0.403
48	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.404
49	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.408
50	Barbados	Lower middle	0.413
51	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.415
52	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.418
53	Estonia	Upper	0.421
53	Latvia	Upper	0.421
55	Lithuania	Upper	0.425
55	Tajikistan	Low	0.425
57	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.431
58	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.439
59	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.441
60	Jordan	Lower middle	0.443
61	Armenia	Upper middle	0.450
61	Turkey	Upper middle	0.450
63	Albania	Upper middle	0.456
64	Georgia	Upper middle	0.460
64	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.460
66	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.461
67	Thailand	Upper middle	0.463
68	China	Upper middle	0.465
69	Argentina	Upper middle	0.469
70	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.482
71	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.485
72	Panama	Upper middle	0.494
73	Bahrain	Upper	0.496
73	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.496
75	Iraq	Lower middle	0.497
76	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.499
76	Oman	Upper	0.499
78	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.502
79	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.506
80	Belize	Lower middle	0.509
81	Mexico	Upper middle	0.510
82	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.511
83	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.513
84	Algeria	Lower middle	0.516
85	Maldives	Upper middle	0.517
85	Philippines	Lower middle	0.517
87	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.520
88	Colombia	Upper middle	0.527
88	Comoros	Low	0.527
90	South Africa	Lower middle	0.529
91	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.533
92	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.535
93	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.536
94	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.538
95	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.540
96	Ghana	Lower middle	0.541
96	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.541
96	Zambia	Low	0.541
99	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.542
99	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.542
101	Moldova	Upper middle	0.544
101	Peru	Lower middle	0.544
103	Iran	Lower middle	0.545
103	Suriname	Upper middle	0.545
105	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.546
106	Grenada	Lower middle	0.548
107	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.549
108	Morocco	Lower middle	0.551
109	Zimbabwe	Low	0.555
110	India	Lower middle	0.557
111	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.561
112	Pakistan	Low	0.562
113	Kiribati	Low	0.565
114	Cuba	NA	0.572
115	Namibia	Lower middle	0.573
116	Nauru	Lower middle	0.574
117	Honduras	Lower middle	0.580
118	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.582
119	Guyana	Upper middle	0.588
120	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.590
121	Serbia	Upper middle	0.592
122	Laos	Lower middle	0.593
122	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.593
124	Fiji	Lower middle	0.595
125	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.596
126	Tonga	Lower middle	0.597
127	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.598
128	Myanmar	Low	0.599
129	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.603
130	Guinea	Low	0.608
131	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.611
132	Kenya	Low	0.612
133	Cambodia	Low	0.615
134	Botswana	Upper middle	0.618
135	Tanzania	Low	0.620
136	Gabon	Upper middle	0.627
137	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.628
138	Samoa	Lower middle	0.629
139	Tuvalu	Low	0.632
140	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.640
140	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.640
142	Lesotho	Low	0.644
143	Nepal	Low	0.647
144	Senegal	Low	0.652
145	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.656
146	Mozambique	Low	0.661
147	Uganda	Low	0.667
148	Syria	Low	0.671
149	Afghanistan	Low	0.684
150	Ethiopia	Low	0.686
150	Togo	Low	0.686
152	Vanuatu	Low	0.688
153	Libya	Upper middle	0.694
154	Rwanda	Low	0.695
155	Congo	Lower middle	0.696
156	Gambia	Low	0.698
157	Malawi	Low	0.701
158	Cameroon	Low	0.703
159	Nigeria	Low	0.719
160	Benin	Low	0.721
161	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.723
161	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.723
163	Burkina Faso	Low	0.730
163	Haiti	Low	0.730
165	Angola	Lower middle	0.734
166	Sudan	Low	0.738
167	Solomon Islands	Low	0.742
168	Yemen	Low	0.748
169	Burundi	NA	0.754
170	Central African Rep.	Low	0.764
171	Mali	Low	0.768
172	Niger	Low	0.773
173	Liberia	Low	0.781
174	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.786
175	Sierra Leone	Low	0.789
176	Madagascar	Low	0.793
177	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.795
178	Somalia	Low	0.799
179	Chad	Low	0.812
180	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.821
181	Eritrea	Low	0.837
	Bahamas*	Upper middle	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Upper middle	-
	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Upper middle	-
	Dominica*	Lower middle	-
	Equatorial Guinea*	Upper middle	-
	Marshall Islands*	Lower middle	-
	Micronesia*	Low	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Timor-Leste*	Lower middle	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Adaptive Capacity

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