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 2022

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Netherlands	Upper	0.190
2	Spain	Upper	0.205
3	United States	Upper	0.209
4	Switzerland	Upper	0.219
5	Japan	Upper	0.224
6	Norway	Upper	0.232
7	Israel	Upper	0.234
8	France	Upper	0.237
9	United Kingdom	Upper	0.240
10	Finland	Upper	0.245
11	Germany	Upper	0.248
12	Canada	Upper	0.255
13	Portugal	Upper	0.257
14	Luxembourg	Upper	0.272
15	Ireland	Upper	0.275
15	Italy	Upper	0.275
17	Greece	Upper middle	0.278
18	Australia	Upper	0.280
18	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.280
20	New Zealand	Upper	0.283
21	Austria	Upper	0.285
22	Malta	Upper	0.299
23	Qatar	Upper	0.302
24	Singapore	Upper	0.306
25	Denmark	Upper	0.307
26	Belgium	Upper	0.308
27	Czech Republic	Upper	0.309
28	Russian Federation	Upper	0.327
29	Slovenia	Upper	0.328
30	Poland	Upper	0.331
31	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.332
32	Sweden	Upper	0.341
33	China	Upper middle	0.345
34	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.364
35	Egypt	Upper middle	0.366
36	Hungary	Upper	0.367
37	Barbados	Lower middle	0.370
37	Kuwait	Upper	0.370
39	Belarus	Upper middle	0.372
40	Chile	Upper middle	0.381
41	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.383
42	Iceland	Upper	0.384
43	Turkey	Upper middle	0.389
44	Estonia	Upper	0.396
45	Slovakia	Upper	0.399
46	Jordan	Lower middle	0.400
47	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.404
48	Argentina	Upper middle	0.406
49	Brazil	Upper middle	0.408
49	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.408
51	Thailand	Upper middle	0.410
52	Cyprus	Upper	0.413
53	Croatia	Upper	0.416
53	Mexico	Upper middle	0.416
55	Latvia	Upper	0.419
56	Lithuania	Upper	0.422
57	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.429
58	Bahrain	Upper	0.434
59	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.436
60	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.438
61	Iraq	Lower middle	0.445
62	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.453
62	Morocco	Lower middle	0.453
64	Armenia	Upper middle	0.455
65	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.458
66	Tajikistan	Low	0.459
67	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.461
68	Romania	Upper	0.465
68	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.465
70	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.473
71	India	Lower middle	0.474
71	Iran	Lower middle	0.474
73	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.480
74	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.484
75	Algeria	Lower middle	0.486
76	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.487
77	Albania	Upper middle	0.488
77	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.488
79	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.489
80	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.497
81	Moldova	Upper middle	0.498
82	Georgia	Upper middle	0.501
82	Philippines	Lower middle	0.501
84	South Africa	Lower middle	0.503
85	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.505
86	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.510
87	Colombia	Upper middle	0.514
88	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.518
89	Grenada	Lower middle	0.519
90	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.522
91	Pakistan	Low	0.529
92	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.533
93	Panama	Upper middle	0.534
94	Maldives	Upper middle	0.540
95	Peru	Lower middle	0.546
96	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.547
97	Cuba	NA	0.548
98	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.549
99	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.550
100	Serbia	Upper middle	0.555
101	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.556
101	Ghana	Lower middle	0.556
103	Fiji	Lower middle	0.558
104	Belize	Lower middle	0.561
105	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.564
106	Oman	Upper	0.571
106	Tonga	Lower middle	0.571
108	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.575
109	Honduras	Lower middle	0.579
109	Kiribati	Low	0.579
111	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.580
112	Zimbabwe	Low	0.583
113	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.585
114	Tuvalu	Low	0.588
115	Suriname	Upper middle	0.591
115	Zambia	Low	0.591
117	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.597
117	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.597
119	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.600
120	Guyana	Upper middle	0.603
120	Kenya	Low	0.603
120	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.603
123	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.604
124	Syria	Low	0.614
125	Vanuatu	Low	0.623
126	Namibia	Lower middle	0.629
127	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.631
128	Mozambique	Low	0.632
129	Tanzania	Low	0.636
130	Uganda	Low	0.638
131	Samoa	Lower middle	0.639
132	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.647
133	Nigeria	Low	0.648
134	Gabon	Upper middle	0.649
135	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.651
136	Myanmar	Low	0.657
137	Botswana	Upper middle	0.661
138	Comoros	Low	0.666
139	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.670
139	Libya	Upper middle	0.670
141	Nepal	Low	0.671
142	Afghanistan	Low	0.672
143	Cambodia	Low	0.684
143	Liberia	Low	0.684
145	Ethiopia	Low	0.685
146	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.689
147	Gambia	Low	0.692
148	Senegal	Low	0.697
149	Rwanda	Low	0.706
150	Sudan	Low	0.707
151	Lesotho	Low	0.709
152	Laos	Lower middle	0.710
153	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.713
154	Solomon Islands	Low	0.715
155	Cameroon	Low	0.720
156	Haiti	Low	0.728
157	Angola	Lower middle	0.735
158	Burundi	NA	0.736
158	Congo	Lower middle	0.736
160	Malawi	Low	0.741
161	Guinea	Low	0.742
162	Togo	Low	0.755
163	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.762
164	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.772
165	Burkina Faso	Low	0.774
165	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.774
167	Benin	Low	0.777
168	Somalia	Low	0.783
169	Yemen	Low	0.785
170	Mali	Low	0.789
171	Central African Rep.	Low	0.801
172	Madagascar	Low	0.803
173	Niger	Low	0.812
174	Sierra Leone	Low	0.814
175	Eritrea	Low	0.819
176	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.840
177	Chad	Low	0.857
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Upper middle	-
	Saint Lucia*	Upper middle	-
	Bahamas*	Upper middle	-
	Timor-Leste*	Lower middle	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Upper middle	-
	Nauru*	Lower middle	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Equatorial Guinea*	Upper middle	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Micronesia*	Low	-
	Andorra*	Upper	-
	Dominica*	Lower middle	-
	Marshall Islands*	Lower middle	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Adaptive Capacity

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