Ecosystem Services rankings

Ecosystem Services

The score of Ecosystem services captures the vulnerability of natural capital to climate change, the ecological resources that humans rely upon to support lives and livelihoods. Indicators include: projected change of biome distribution, projected change of marine biodiversity, natural capital dependency, ecological footprint, protected biome, and engagement in international environmental conventions.

Country Rankings

Rank countries by ND-GAIN Country Index, Vulnerability and Readiness.

Scores for 2020

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Switzerland	Upper	0.232
2	Denmark	Upper	0.235
3	Hungary	Upper	0.263
4	Germany	Upper	0.279
4	United Kingdom	Upper	0.279
6	Czech Republic	Upper	0.281
6	Spain	Upper	0.281
8	Austria	Upper	0.282
9	France	Upper	0.284
10	Netherlands	Upper	0.292
11	Slovakia	Upper	0.314
12	Belgium	Upper	0.315
13	Jordan	Lower middle	0.327
14	Luxembourg	Upper	0.328
15	Bahamas	Upper	0.333
15	Croatia	Upper	0.333
17	Singapore	Upper	0.334
18	Greece	Upper middle	0.336
19	Italy	Upper	0.337
20	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.339
21	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.342
22	Botswana	Upper middle	0.344
23	Malta	Upper	0.345
24	Sweden	Upper	0.346
25	Ireland	Upper	0.348
26	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.351
27	Belarus	Upper middle	0.359
28	Finland	Upper	0.362
28	Slovenia	Upper	0.362
30	Gabon	Upper middle	0.363
31	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.364
31	Poland	Upper	0.364
33	Saint Lucia	Lower middle	0.366
33	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.366
35	Grenada	Upper middle	0.367
36	Panama	Upper middle	0.371
37	Australia	Upper	0.373
38	Morocco	Lower middle	0.374
39	Norway	Upper	0.375
40	Cyprus	Upper	0.376
41	Armenia	Upper middle	0.377
42	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.379
43	Israel	Upper	0.385
44	Canada	Upper	0.390
45	Egypt	Lower middle	0.393
45	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.393
47	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.396
48	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.399
49	Sri Lanka	Upper middle	0.403
50	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.405
51	Senegal	Low	0.407
52	Chile	Upper middle	0.410
52	Portugal	Upper	0.410
54	New Zealand	Upper	0.415
54	Russian Federation	Upper	0.415
56	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.416
56	Algeria	Lower middle	0.416
56	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.416
59	Albania	Upper middle	0.417
60	Romania	Upper	0.424
61	United States	Upper	0.425
62	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.426
62	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.426
64	Dominica	Lower middle	0.429
64	Latvia	Upper	0.429
64	Philippines	Lower middle	0.429
67	Suriname	Upper middle	0.430
68	Burkina Faso	Low	0.431
68	Lesotho	Low	0.431
68	Nigeria	Lower middle	0.431
71	Cameroon	Low	0.433
72	Zambia	Low	0.434
73	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.435
74	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.436
75	Peru	Lower middle	0.437
76	Argentina	Upper middle	0.438
76	Brazil	Upper middle	0.438
76	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.438
79	Bahrain	Upper	0.441
79	Kuwait	Upper	0.441
81	Moldova	Lower middle	0.442
82	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.444
83	Turkey	Upper middle	0.446
84	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.452
84	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.452
84	Cambodia	Low	0.452
87	Lithuania	Upper	0.454
88	Serbia	Upper middle	0.456
89	Tajikistan	Low	0.458
90	Colombia	Upper middle	0.459
91	Mexico	Upper middle	0.463
92	Namibia	Lower middle	0.465
93	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.468
94	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.469
95	Japan	Upper	0.470
95	Kenya	Low	0.470
95	Niger	Low	0.470
98	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.472
99	Iran	Upper middle	0.474
100	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.475
101	Ghana	Lower middle	0.476
102	Guinea	Low	0.479
102	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.479
104	Thailand	Upper middle	0.480
105	Gambia	Low	0.481
105	Syria	NA	0.481
107	Comoros	Low	0.482
107	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.482
109	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.483
109	South Africa	Upper middle	0.483
111	Estonia	Upper	0.487
111	Ethiopia	Low	0.487
113	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.489
113	Georgia	Upper middle	0.489
115	Haiti	Low	0.490
116	Iceland	Upper	0.492
117	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.494
118	Central African Rep.	Low	0.500
118	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.500
120	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.503
121	Congo	Low	0.505
122	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.507
122	Togo	Low	0.507
122	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.507
125	Afghanistan	Low	0.509
125	Guyana	Upper middle	0.509
127	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.510
128	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.511
128	Uganda	Low	0.511
130	Malawi	Low	0.515
131	Barbados	Upper middle	0.516
131	China	Upper middle	0.516
131	Mali	Low	0.516
131	Zimbabwe	Low	0.516
135	Benin	Low	0.517
135	Mozambique	Low	0.517
137	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.519
138	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.525
139	Tanzania	Low	0.531
140	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.535
141	Solomon Islands	Low	0.536
141	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.536
143	Iraq	Lower middle	0.541
143	Maldives	Upper middle	0.541
145	Belize	Lower middle	0.542
146	Angola	Lower middle	0.543
147	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.547
148	Cuba	NA	0.548
149	India	Lower middle	0.549
150	Nepal	Low	0.552
151	Liberia	Low	0.554
152	Honduras	Lower middle	0.555
152	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.555
154	Laos	Lower middle	0.556
154	Libya	Lower middle	0.556
156	Myanmar	Lower middle	0.557
157	Pakistan	Lower middle	0.558
158	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.559
159	Timor-Leste	Low	0.560
159	Vanuatu	Low	0.560
159	Samoa	Lower middle	0.560
162	Burundi	NA	0.561
163	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.563
164	Eritrea	Low	0.567
165	Rwanda	Low	0.569
166	Yemen	Low	0.571
167	Fiji	Lower middle	0.580
168	Sierra Leone	Low	0.581
169	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.588
170	Chad	Low	0.589
171	Oman	Upper	0.590
172	Qatar	Upper	0.592
173	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.604
174	Madagascar	Low	0.609
175	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.614
176	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.634
177	Somalia	Low	0.649
178	Sudan	Low	0.662
179	Tonga	Lower middle	0.683
180	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.725
	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Upper middle	-
	Tuvalu*	Low	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Lower middle	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Micronesia*	Low	-
	Marshall Islands*	Low	-
	Nauru*	Upper middle	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Andorra*	NA	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.

ND-GAIN Index

Ecosystem Services

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