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 2020

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Switzerland	Upper	0.199
2	Netherlands	Upper	0.200
3	New Zealand	Upper	0.206
4	Norway	Upper	0.208
5	Germany	Upper	0.227
5	United Kingdom	Upper	0.227
7	Italy	Upper	0.228
8	Israel	Upper	0.234
9	Spain	Upper	0.239
10	France	Upper	0.240
11	Sweden	Upper	0.242
11	United States	Upper	0.242
13	Iceland	Upper	0.246
14	Luxembourg	Upper	0.250
15	Greece	Upper middle	0.257
16	Finland	Upper	0.265
17	Denmark	Upper	0.266
18	Austria	Upper	0.269
19	Canada	Upper	0.274
19	Japan	Upper	0.274
21	Portugal	Upper	0.275
22	Ireland	Upper	0.282
23	Singapore	Upper	0.292
24	Slovenia	Upper	0.300
25	Belgium	Upper	0.307
26	Australia	Upper	0.309
27	Qatar	Upper	0.327
28	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.330
29	Chile	Upper middle	0.335
30	Malta	Upper	0.347
31	Czech Republic	Upper	0.350
32	Kuwait	Upper	0.356
33	Turkey	Upper middle	0.372
34	Poland	Upper	0.374
35	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.377
36	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.378
37	Hungary	Upper	0.379
38	Belarus	Upper middle	0.385
39	Russian Federation	Upper	0.389
40	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.390
41	Slovakia	Upper	0.391
42	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.396
43	Barbados	Upper middle	0.406
44	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.409
45	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.414
45	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.414
47	Brazil	Upper middle	0.416
48	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.417
49	Latvia	Upper	0.425
50	China	Upper middle	0.427
51	Cyprus	Upper	0.428
52	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.434
53	Croatia	Upper	0.435
54	Jordan	Lower middle	0.436
55	Egypt	Lower middle	0.437
55	Romania	Upper	0.437
57	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.440
58	Argentina	Upper middle	0.445
59	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.450
60	Bahrain	Upper	0.454
60	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.454
62	Estonia	Upper	0.455
63	Panama	Upper middle	0.462
64	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.466
65	Lithuania	Upper	0.472
65	Tajikistan	Low	0.472
67	Armenia	Upper middle	0.475
67	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.475
69	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.477
70	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.478
70	Mexico	Upper middle	0.478
72	Thailand	Upper middle	0.482
73	Suriname	Upper middle	0.486
74	Grenada	Upper middle	0.487
75	Iraq	Lower middle	0.490
76	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.493
77	Iran	Upper middle	0.496
78	Morocco	Lower middle	0.499
79	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.504
80	Georgia	Upper middle	0.507
81	Maldives	Upper middle	0.508
82	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.512
83	Albania	Upper middle	0.513
84	Cuba	NA	0.514
85	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.515
86	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.516
86	Moldova	Lower middle	0.516
88	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.518
89	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.521
90	Algeria	Lower middle	0.523
91	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.525
92	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.527
93	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.542
94	Colombia	Upper middle	0.544
94	Serbia	Upper middle	0.544
96	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.545
97	Philippines	Lower middle	0.553
98	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.557
99	Oman	Upper	0.558
100	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.561
101	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.564
102	Zambia	Low	0.565
103	Belize	Lower middle	0.567
104	Ghana	Lower middle	0.571
105	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.575
106	Tonga	Lower middle	0.577
107	Peru	Lower middle	0.579
108	Syria	NA	0.587
108	South Africa	Upper middle	0.587
110	Honduras	Lower middle	0.596
111	India	Lower middle	0.598
112	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.600
113	Samoa	Lower middle	0.602
114	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.603
115	Fiji	Lower middle	0.611
115	Pakistan	Lower middle	0.611
117	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.619
118	Guyana	Upper middle	0.627
119	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.628
119	Sri Lanka	Upper middle	0.628
119	Vanuatu	Low	0.628
122	Botswana	Upper middle	0.634
122	Zimbabwe	Low	0.634
124	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.636
125	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.639
126	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.641
127	Myanmar	Lower middle	0.645
128	Gabon	Upper middle	0.649
128	Senegal	Low	0.649
130	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.650
131	Kenya	Low	0.651
132	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.653
133	Comoros	Low	0.656
134	Mozambique	Low	0.659
135	Libya	Lower middle	0.660
136	Namibia	Lower middle	0.664
137	Nepal	Low	0.665
138	Tanzania	Low	0.672
139	Nigeria	Lower middle	0.673
140	Laos	Lower middle	0.675
141	Solomon Islands	Low	0.680
142	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.685
142	Timor-Leste	Low	0.685
144	Gambia	Low	0.688
145	Cameroon	Low	0.690
145	Uganda	Low	0.690
147	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.694
148	Lesotho	Low	0.695
148	Rwanda	Low	0.695
150	Malawi	Low	0.703
151	Afghanistan	Low	0.709
152	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.727
153	Cambodia	Low	0.729
154	Burkina Faso	Low	0.733
155	Sudan	Low	0.737
156	Angola	Lower middle	0.740
157	Congo	Low	0.743
158	Haiti	Low	0.744
159	Ethiopia	Low	0.746
160	Mali	Low	0.753
161	Benin	Low	0.763
162	Madagascar	Low	0.765
163	Togo	Low	0.766
164	Sierra Leone	Low	0.771
165	Burundi	NA	0.773
166	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.783
167	Liberia	Low	0.785
168	Guinea	Low	0.786
169	Niger	Low	0.793
170	Yemen	Low	0.804
171	Central African Rep.	Low	0.821
172	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.826
173	Eritrea	Low	0.829
174	Somalia	Low	0.837
175	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.845
176	Chad	Low	0.891
	Tuvalu*	Low	-
	Micronesia*	Low	-
	Marshall Islands*	Low	-
	Dominica*	Lower middle	-
	Saint Lucia*	Lower middle	-
	Nauru*	Upper middle	-
	Bahamas*	Upper	-
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Lower middle	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Upper middle	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Equatorial Guinea*	Upper middle	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Andorra*	NA	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Adaptive Capacity

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