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 2021

Vulnerability

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.