Food

The Food score captures a country’s vulnerability to climate change, in terms of food production, food demand, nutrition and rural population. Indicators include: projected change of cereal yields, projected population growth, food import dependency, rural population, agriculture capacity, and child malnutrition.

Country Rankings

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

Scores for 2021

Rank Country Income group Score
1
Netherlands
Upper
0.105
2
Belgium
Upper
0.138
3
Ireland
Upper
0.139
4
Luxembourg
Upper
0.164
5
Chile
Upper middle
0.178
6
Germany
Upper
0.182
7
Switzerland
Upper
0.188
7
Malta
Upper
0.188
9
New Zealand
Upper
0.196
10
Israel
Upper
0.208
11
United Kingdom
Upper
0.212
12
Iceland
Upper
0.213
13
Denmark
Upper
0.216
14
Andorra
NA
0.218
15
Czech Republic
Upper
0.222
16
Sweden
Upper
0.230
17
Canada
Upper
0.239
17
Norway
Upper
0.239
19
Poland
Upper
0.240
20
Finland
Upper
0.241
21
Estonia
Upper
0.242
22
Japan
Upper
0.245
22
Latvia
Upper
0.245
24
Republic of Korea
Upper
0.248
25
Belarus
Upper middle
0.269
26
Singapore
Upper
0.272
27
Uzbekistan
Lower middle
0.277
28
Austria
Upper
0.283
29
Lithuania
Upper
0.289
30
Greece
Upper middle
0.296
31
Costa Rica
Upper middle
0.304
31
Georgia
Upper middle
0.304
33
France
Upper
0.305
34
Mongolia
Lower middle
0.307
35
Italy
Upper
0.309
36
Portugal
Upper
0.313
37
Spain
Upper
0.317
38
Slovenia
Upper
0.326
39
Cyprus
Upper
0.328
40
Turkmenistan
Upper middle
0.333
41
Lebanon
Lower middle
0.336
42
Turkey
Upper middle
0.337
43
Hungary
Upper
0.342
43
Qatar
Upper
0.342
45
United Arab Emirates
Upper
0.346
46
Montenegro
Upper middle
0.347
47
United States
Upper
0.349
48
Russian Federation
Upper
0.350
49
Australia
Upper
0.360
50
Marshall Islands
Lower middle
0.364
50
Uruguay
Upper middle
0.364
52
Bahrain
Upper
0.365
53
Kuwait
Upper
0.368
54
Jordan
Lower middle
0.370
55
Argentina
Upper middle
0.376
56
Kyrgyzstan
Low
0.378
57
Mexico
Upper middle
0.379
57
Tuvalu
Lower middle
0.379
59
Brazil
Upper middle
0.382
60
Sao Tome & Principe
Low
0.385
61
Armenia
Upper middle
0.388
62
China
Upper middle
0.389
63
Tunisia
Lower middle
0.391
64
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea
NA
0.392
65
Seychelles
Upper middle
0.394
66
Peru
Lower middle
0.396
66
Slovakia
Upper
0.396
68
Macedonia
Upper middle
0.404
69
Cuba
NA
0.406
70
Brunei Darussalam
Upper
0.411
71
Bulgaria
Upper middle
0.412
71
Nauru
Lower middle
0.412
73
Trinidad & Tobago
Upper middle
0.414
74
Albania
Upper middle
0.415
74
Colombia
Upper middle
0.415
76
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Upper middle
0.417
77
Serbia
Upper middle
0.419
78
Dominican Republic
Upper middle
0.420
79
Ukraine
Lower middle
0.421
80
Palau
Upper middle
0.422
81
Guatemala
Lower middle
0.423
81
Kazakhstan
Upper middle
0.423
81
El Salvador
Lower middle
0.423
84
Ecuador
Lower middle
0.424
85
Suriname
Upper middle
0.426
86
Venezuela
Upper middle
0.430
87
Morocco
Lower middle
0.436
88
South Africa
Lower middle
0.437
89
Moldova
Upper middle
0.441
90
Djibouti
Low
0.442
91
Iran
Upper middle
0.443
92
Malaysia
Upper middle
0.446
93
Bolivia
Lower middle
0.451
94
Paraguay
Upper middle
0.455
95
Iraq
Lower middle
0.457
96
Oman
Upper
0.459
97
Libya
Upper middle
0.460
98
Saudi Arabia
Upper
0.462
99
Algeria
Lower middle
0.463
99
Thailand
Upper middle
0.463
101
Jamaica
Lower middle
0.467
102
Belize
Lower middle
0.471
102
Panama
Upper middle
0.471
104
Azerbaijan
Upper middle
0.473
105
Nicaragua
Lower middle
0.478
106
Gabon
Upper middle
0.479
107
Maldives
Upper middle
0.483
108
Kiribati
Low
0.488
109
Barbados
Upper middle
0.490
109
Fiji
Lower middle
0.490
111
Croatia
Upper
0.491
111
Romania
Upper
0.491
113
Viet Nam
Lower middle
0.492
114
Botswana
Upper middle
0.493
115
Tajikistan
Low
0.496
116
Bahamas
Upper
0.500
116
Honduras
Lower middle
0.500
116
Lesotho
Low
0.500
119
Egypt
Lower middle
0.508
120
Philippines
Lower middle
0.511
121
Bhutan
Lower middle
0.514
122
Guyana
Upper middle
0.515
123
Swaziland
Lower middle
0.530
124
Namibia
Lower middle
0.531
125
Cape Verde
Lower middle
0.541
125
Dominica
Lower middle
0.541
127
Syria
NA
0.544
128
Indonesia
Lower middle
0.547
129
Mauritius
Upper middle
0.549
130
St Vincent & Grenadines
Upper middle
0.551
131
Grenada
Upper middle
0.552
132
Pakistan
Lower middle
0.557
132
Tonga
Lower middle
0.557
134
Myanmar
Low
0.560
135
Zimbabwe
Low
0.563
136
Haiti
Low
0.564
137
Cameroon
Low
0.566
138
Zambia
Low
0.569
139
Ghana
Lower middle
0.571
139
Saint Lucia
Lower middle
0.571
141
Bangladesh
Lower middle
0.573
142
Laos
Lower middle
0.574
143
Solomon Islands
Low
0.576
144
Angola
Lower middle
0.578
144
Central African Rep.
Low
0.578
146
Equatorial Guinea
Upper middle
0.581
147
Nigeria
Lower middle
0.588
148
Cambodia
Low
0.590
149
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Low
0.591
149
Sri Lanka
Lower middle
0.591
151
Micronesia
Low
0.592
151
Rwanda
Low
0.592
153
Kenya
Low
0.593
154
Tanzania
Low
0.595
155
Afghanistan
Low
0.596
156
Samoa
Lower middle
0.597
157
Togo
Low
0.598
158
Vanuatu
Low
0.599
159
Côte d'Ivoire
Lower middle
0.601
159
India
Lower middle
0.601
161
Mauritania
Lower middle
0.602
162
Gambia
Low
0.609
163
Malawi
Low
0.611
164
Mozambique
Low
0.614
165
Congo
Low
0.621
166
Liberia
Low
0.627
166
Nepal
Low
0.627
168
Sierra Leone
Low
0.628
169
Uganda
Low
0.633
170
Mali
Low
0.638
171
Madagascar
Low
0.639
172
Senegal
Low
0.640
173
Benin
Low
0.643
173
Burkina Faso
Low
0.643
175
Ethiopia
Low
0.647
176
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Upper middle
0.649
177
Antigua and Barbuda
Upper middle
0.661
178
Burundi
NA
0.668
179
Guinea
Low
0.670
180
Comoros
Low
0.676
180
Papua New Guinea
Low
0.676
182
Yemen
Low
0.688
183
Guinea-Bissau
Low
0.697
184
Timor-Leste
Lower middle
0.705
185
Chad
Low
0.711
186
Somalia
Low
0.716
187
Sudan
Low
0.717
188
Eritrea
Low
0.763
189
Niger
Low
0.797
 
Monaco*
NA
-
 
Liechtenstein*
NA
-
 
San Marino*
Upper
-
* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.