Food rankings | ND-GAIN Index

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 2024

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Malta	Upper	0.094
2	Netherlands	Upper	0.113
3	Germany	Upper	0.190
4	Ireland	Upper	0.195
5	Belgium	Upper	0.197
6	Switzerland	Upper	0.198
7	Denmark	Upper	0.203
8	Luxembourg	Upper	0.208
9	Israel	Upper	0.216
10	Iceland	Upper	0.222
11	United Kingdom	Upper	0.223
12	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.228
13	Czech Republic	Upper	0.229
14	Sweden	Upper	0.236
15	Andorra	Upper	0.238
16	Chile	Upper middle	0.239
17	Canada	Upper	0.240
18	Japan	Upper	0.245
19	Poland	Upper	0.246
20	Lithuania	Upper	0.248
21	Norway	Upper	0.252
22	Estonia	Upper	0.257
23	Belarus	Upper middle	0.262
24	New Zealand	Upper	0.265
25	Latvia	Upper	0.267
26	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.277
27	Austria	Upper	0.286
28	Finland	Upper	0.292
29	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.296
30	France	Upper	0.297
31	Singapore	Upper	0.302
32	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.308
33	Nauru	Lower middle	0.314
33	Turkey	Upper middle	0.314
35	Russian Federation	Upper	0.315
36	Cyprus	Upper	0.317
37	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.320
38	Spain	Upper	0.325
39	Greece	Upper middle	0.329
39	Slovakia	Upper	0.329
41	Italy	Upper	0.332
42	Hungary	Upper	0.342
43	Portugal	Upper	0.344
44	Australia	Upper	0.346
45	Georgia	Upper middle	0.347
46	United States	Upper	0.349
47	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.353
47	Slovenia	Upper	0.353
49	Qatar	Upper	0.357
50	Armenia	Upper middle	0.358
50	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.358
52	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.359
53	Bahrain	Upper	0.365
54	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.374
55	Argentina	Upper middle	0.377
56	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.386
57	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.392
58	Kuwait	Upper	0.393
58	Mexico	Upper middle	0.393
60	Brazil	Upper middle	0.394
60	China	Upper middle	0.394
60	Peru	Lower middle	0.394
63	Libya	Upper middle	0.397
64	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.402
65	Serbia	Upper middle	0.403
66	Jordan	Lower middle	0.409
67	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.411
68	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.413
69	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.415
69	Colombia	Upper middle	0.415
69	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.415
72	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.416
73	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.421
74	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.426
75	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.430
76	Moldova	Upper middle	0.432
77	Albania	Upper middle	0.433
77	Morocco	Lower middle	0.433
79	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.435
79	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.435
81	Barbados	Lower middle	0.439
81	South Africa	Lower middle	0.439
83	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.441
84	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.442
85	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.443
86	Palau	Upper middle	0.444
87	Thailand	Upper middle	0.446
88	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.448
88	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.448
90	Iran	Lower middle	0.451
91	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.455
92	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.457
92	Iraq	Lower middle	0.457
94	Cuba	NA	0.459
94	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.459
96	Algeria	Lower middle	0.463
96	Maldives	Upper middle	0.463
98	Gabon	Upper middle	0.466
99	Fiji	Lower middle	0.469
100	Lesotho	Low	0.471
100	Tuvalu	Low	0.471
102	Belize	Lower middle	0.473
102	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.473
104	Egypt	Upper middle	0.477
104	Panama	Upper middle	0.477
106	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.479
106	Suriname	Upper middle	0.479
108	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.486
109	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.488
110	Croatia	Upper	0.493
110	Nepal	Low	0.493
112	Romania	Upper	0.495
113	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.496
114	Philippines	Lower middle	0.499
115	Honduras	Lower middle	0.500
116	Botswana	Upper middle	0.502
116	Syria	Low	0.502
118	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.508
119	Tajikistan	Low	0.509
120	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.510
121	Guyana	Upper middle	0.511
122	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.513
123	Oman	Upper	0.515
124	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.517
125	Namibia	Lower middle	0.523
126	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.525
127	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.526
128	Dominica	Lower middle	0.542
128	Ghana	Lower middle	0.542
130	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.545
131	Myanmar	Low	0.546
131	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.546
133	Kiribati	Low	0.547
134	Pakistan	Low	0.550
135	Cambodia	Low	0.552
136	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.558
137	Angola	Lower middle	0.563
138	Tonga	Lower middle	0.564
139	Cameroon	Low	0.571
139	Zambia	Low	0.571
141	Liberia	Low	0.573
141	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.573
143	Laos	Lower middle	0.574
144	Rwanda	Low	0.575
144	Zimbabwe	Low	0.575
146	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.579
147	Haiti	Low	0.581
148	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.582
148	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.582
150	Afghanistan	Low	0.583
150	Central African Rep.	Low	0.583
152	Kenya	Low	0.585
153	Gambia	Low	0.588
154	Nigeria	Low	0.591
154	Tanzania	Low	0.591
154	Samoa	Lower middle	0.591
157	Congo	Lower middle	0.594
158	Ethiopia	Low	0.600
158	Togo	Low	0.600
160	India	Lower middle	0.602
161	Grenada	Lower middle	0.603
162	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.604
163	Mozambique	Low	0.606
164	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.608
165	Malawi	Low	0.611
166	Uganda	Low	0.614
167	Micronesia	Low	0.619
168	Sierra Leone	Low	0.621
169	Vanuatu	Low	0.624
170	Mali	Low	0.627
171	Solomon Islands	Low	0.628
172	Senegal	Low	0.632
173	Madagascar	Low	0.635
174	Guinea	Low	0.642
175	Benin	Low	0.644
176	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.646
177	Burkina Faso	Low	0.652
178	Burundi	NA	0.656
179	Comoros	Low	0.657
180	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.664
181	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.666
182	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.671
183	Yemen	Low	0.680
184	Chad	Low	0.682
185	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.690
186	Somalia	Low	0.702
187	Sudan	Low	0.708
188	Eritrea	Low	0.768
189	Niger	Low	0.794
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.