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 2021

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Finland	Upper	0.187
2	Switzerland	Upper	0.197
3	Netherlands	Upper	0.198
4	New Zealand	Upper	0.204
5	Norway	Upper	0.206
6	Germany	Upper	0.222
7	Ireland	Upper	0.229
8	Spain	Upper	0.240
9	Israel	Upper	0.241
9	Italy	Upper	0.241
11	United States	Upper	0.242
12	Sweden	Upper	0.243
13	United Kingdom	Upper	0.244
14	France	Upper	0.249
14	Iceland	Upper	0.249
16	Luxembourg	Upper	0.252
17	Greece	Upper middle	0.259
18	Denmark	Upper	0.264
19	Austria	Upper	0.267
20	Portugal	Upper	0.273
21	Japan	Upper	0.276
22	Canada	Upper	0.277
23	Belgium	Upper	0.278
24	Singapore	Upper	0.284
25	Australia	Upper	0.297
26	Slovenia	Upper	0.299
27	Czech Republic	Upper	0.323
28	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.328
29	Qatar	Upper	0.335
30	Kuwait	Upper	0.347
31	Russian Federation	Upper	0.361
32	Hungary	Upper	0.364
32	Malta	Upper	0.364
34	Poland	Upper	0.367
35	Chile	Upper middle	0.369
36	Turkey	Upper middle	0.371
37	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.376
38	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.377
39	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.379
40	Belarus	Upper middle	0.387
41	Slovakia	Upper	0.391
42	Kyrgyzstan	Low	0.392
43	Barbados	Upper middle	0.399
44	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.408
45	Latvia	Upper	0.411
45	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.411
47	Croatia	Upper	0.413
48	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.414
48	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.414
50	Cyprus	Upper	0.415
51	Brazil	Upper middle	0.416
52	Romania	Upper	0.419
53	Jordan	Lower middle	0.421
54	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.424
55	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.431
56	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.432
57	Egypt	Lower middle	0.436
58	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.437
59	China	Upper middle	0.439
60	Estonia	Upper	0.444
61	Argentina	Upper middle	0.446
62	Bahrain	Upper	0.454
63	Armenia	Upper middle	0.462
64	Panama	Upper middle	0.463
65	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.466
66	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.470
66	Mexico	Upper middle	0.470
66	Tajikistan	Low	0.470
69	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.474
70	Lithuania	Upper	0.478
71	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.479
72	Suriname	Upper middle	0.485
73	Thailand	Upper middle	0.486
74	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.488
75	Iraq	Lower middle	0.491
76	Georgia	Upper middle	0.492
77	Iran	Upper middle	0.498
77	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.498
79	Morocco	Lower middle	0.499
79	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.499
81	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.504
82	Maldives	Upper middle	0.505
83	Albania	Upper middle	0.511
84	Moldova	Upper middle	0.512
85	Cuba	NA	0.514
86	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.516
86	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.516
86	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.516
89	Grenada	Upper middle	0.519
90	Algeria	Lower middle	0.523
91	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.526
92	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.527
93	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.534
94	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.543
95	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.544
96	Oman	Upper	0.545
97	Serbia	Upper middle	0.546
98	Colombia	Upper middle	0.547
99	Belize	Lower middle	0.548
100	Philippines	Lower middle	0.551
101	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.559
102	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.561
103	Zambia	Low	0.564
104	South Africa	Lower middle	0.567
105	Ghana	Lower middle	0.568
106	Tonga	Lower middle	0.572
107	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.574
108	Peru	Lower middle	0.577
109	Syria	NA	0.587
110	Honduras	Lower middle	0.597
110	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.597
112	Fiji	Lower middle	0.598
113	India	Lower middle	0.601
113	Samoa	Lower middle	0.601
115	Pakistan	Lower middle	0.608
116	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.612
117	Botswana	Upper middle	0.614
118	Guyana	Upper middle	0.615
119	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.619
120	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.621
121	Vanuatu	Low	0.627
122	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.628
123	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.632
124	Zimbabwe	Low	0.634
125	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.636
126	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.638
127	Djibouti	Low	0.642
128	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.645
129	Myanmar	Low	0.646
130	Senegal	Low	0.649
131	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.650
132	Comoros	Low	0.651
133	Kenya	Low	0.652
134	Gabon	Upper middle	0.656
135	Mozambique	Low	0.660
136	Libya	Upper middle	0.661
137	Namibia	Lower middle	0.662
138	Nepal	Low	0.665
139	Laos	Lower middle	0.670
140	Nigeria	Lower middle	0.673
141	Tanzania	Low	0.675
142	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.676
143	Solomon Islands	Low	0.680
144	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.687
145	Gambia	Low	0.689
146	Cameroon	Low	0.690
147	Uganda	Low	0.692
148	Rwanda	Low	0.695
149	Lesotho	Low	0.696
150	Malawi	Low	0.707
151	Afghanistan	Low	0.709
152	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.721
153	Cambodia	Low	0.729
154	Burkina Faso	Low	0.732
155	Sudan	Low	0.738
156	Angola	Lower middle	0.740
157	Congo	Low	0.743
158	Haiti	Low	0.744
159	Ethiopia	Low	0.745
160	Mali	Low	0.754
161	Benin	Low	0.764
162	Togo	Low	0.767
163	Madagascar	Low	0.769
164	Sierra Leone	Low	0.775
165	Burundi	NA	0.778
166	Liberia	Low	0.780
167	Guinea	Low	0.784
167	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.784
169	Niger	Low	0.800
170	Yemen	Low	0.802
171	Central African Rep.	Low	0.821
172	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.825
173	Eritrea	Low	0.829
174	Somalia	Low	0.837
175	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.844
176	Chad	Low	0.874
	Tuvalu*	Lower middle	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Equatorial Guinea*	Upper middle	-
	Marshall Islands*	Lower middle	-
	Dominica*	Lower middle	-
	Saint Lucia*	Lower middle	-
	Nauru*	Lower middle	-
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Upper middle	-
	Bahamas*	Upper	-
	Micronesia*	Low	-
	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Upper middle	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Andorra*	NA	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Adaptive Capacity

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