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

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.