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 2023

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Norway	Upper	0.189
2	Netherlands	Upper	0.200
3	Finland	Upper	0.208
4	Switzerland	Upper	0.220
5	New Zealand	Upper	0.232
6	Israel	Upper	0.241
7	United Kingdom	Upper	0.247
8	Spain	Upper	0.251
9	United States	Upper	0.252
10	Germany	Upper	0.255
10	Japan	Upper	0.255
12	France	Upper	0.256
12	Portugal	Upper	0.256
14	Canada	Upper	0.258
15	Greece	Upper middle	0.271
16	Ireland	Upper	0.278
17	Italy	Upper	0.281
18	Luxembourg	Upper	0.286
18	Malta	Upper	0.286
20	Austria	Upper	0.287
21	Iceland	Upper	0.292
22	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.293
23	Qatar	Upper	0.302
24	Singapore	Upper	0.307
25	Australia	Upper	0.309
26	Denmark	Upper	0.310
27	Czech Republic	Upper	0.312
28	Sweden	Upper	0.318
29	Belgium	Upper	0.321
30	Russian Federation	Upper	0.330
31	Slovenia	Upper	0.331
32	Poland	Upper	0.337
33	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.359
34	Barbados	Lower middle	0.365
35	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.368
36	Belarus	Upper middle	0.369
36	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.369
38	Hungary	Upper	0.372
39	Kuwait	Upper	0.374
40	Chile	Upper middle	0.381
41	Egypt	Upper middle	0.401
42	Slovakia	Upper	0.405
43	Jordan	Lower middle	0.407
44	Latvia	Upper	0.408
45	Estonia	Upper	0.410
46	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.415
46	Croatia	Upper	0.415
46	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.415
49	Cyprus	Upper	0.419
50	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.420
51	Lithuania	Upper	0.423
52	China	Upper middle	0.424
53	Brazil	Upper middle	0.425
54	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.426
55	Tajikistan	Low	0.428
56	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.434
57	Argentina	Upper middle	0.436
58	Turkey	Upper middle	0.439
59	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.440
60	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.441
61	Bahrain	Upper	0.442
62	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.447
63	Armenia	Upper middle	0.453
64	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.455
64	Iraq	Lower middle	0.455
66	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.456
67	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.460
68	Morocco	Lower middle	0.462
69	Albania	Upper middle	0.464
69	Romania	Upper	0.464
71	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.474
72	Mexico	Upper middle	0.475
73	Thailand	Upper middle	0.476
74	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.488
75	Georgia	Upper middle	0.489
76	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.491
76	Panama	Upper middle	0.491
78	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.494
79	Algeria	Lower middle	0.497
79	Moldova	Upper middle	0.497
81	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.500
82	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.503
83	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.505
84	Philippines	Lower middle	0.506
85	Suriname	Upper middle	0.517
86	Iran	Lower middle	0.518
87	Grenada	Lower middle	0.520
88	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.521
89	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.522
90	Colombia	Upper middle	0.523
91	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.530
92	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.536
93	South Africa	Lower middle	0.539
94	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.542
95	Cuba	NA	0.546
96	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.548
97	Peru	Lower middle	0.549
98	Fiji	Lower middle	0.550
98	Maldives	Upper middle	0.550
100	Ghana	Lower middle	0.553
101	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.557
101	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.557
103	Pakistan	Low	0.558
104	Serbia	Upper middle	0.559
105	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.560
106	India	Lower middle	0.562
107	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.568
108	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.569
109	Oman	Upper	0.571
110	Honduras	Lower middle	0.572
110	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.572
112	Tonga	Lower middle	0.573
113	Zimbabwe	Low	0.574
114	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.575
115	Kiribati	Low	0.579
116	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.580
117	Belize	Lower middle	0.581
118	Guyana	Upper middle	0.583
119	Zambia	Low	0.588
120	Tuvalu	Low	0.589
121	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.597
122	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.606
123	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.610
124	Namibia	Lower middle	0.615
125	Syria	Low	0.618
126	Kenya	Low	0.623
127	Vanuatu	Low	0.635
128	Samoa	Lower middle	0.638
129	Comoros	Low	0.639
130	Libya	Upper middle	0.641
130	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.641
132	Gabon	Upper middle	0.642
133	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.651
134	Botswana	Upper middle	0.659
135	Mozambique	Low	0.665
136	Myanmar	Low	0.666
137	Nepal	Low	0.670
138	Afghanistan	Low	0.674
139	Lesotho	Low	0.679
140	Uganda	Low	0.680
141	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.682
141	Cambodia	Low	0.682
143	Tanzania	Low	0.683
144	Liberia	Low	0.687
145	Gambia	Low	0.692
145	Rwanda	Low	0.692
147	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.696
148	Senegal	Low	0.699
149	Laos	Lower middle	0.701
150	Solomon Islands	Low	0.710
151	Ethiopia	Low	0.713
152	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.718
153	Nigeria	Low	0.720
154	Sudan	Low	0.721
155	Cameroon	Low	0.723
156	Haiti	Low	0.731
157	Burundi	NA	0.734
158	Angola	Lower middle	0.735
158	Congo	Lower middle	0.735
160	Guinea	Low	0.738
161	Malawi	Low	0.740
162	Togo	Low	0.751
163	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.761
164	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.767
165	Burkina Faso	Low	0.769
166	Benin	Low	0.776
167	Yemen	Low	0.780
168	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.782
168	Somalia	Low	0.782
170	Mali	Low	0.790
171	Central African Rep.	Low	0.799
172	Madagascar	Low	0.800
173	Sierra Leone	Low	0.805
174	Niger	Low	0.812
175	Eritrea	Low	0.821
176	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.843
177	Chad	Low	0.856
	Saint Lucia*	Upper middle	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Bahamas*	Upper middle	-
	Equatorial Guinea*	Upper middle	-
	Micronesia*	Low	-
	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Upper middle	-
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Upper middle	-
	Nauru*	Lower middle	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Marshall Islands*	Lower middle	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Dominica*	Lower middle	-
	Andorra*	Upper	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Timor-Leste*	Lower middle	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Adaptive Capacity

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