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 2020

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Netherlands	Upper	0.110
2	Malta	Upper	0.138
3	Belgium	Upper	0.142
4	Luxembourg	Upper	0.165
5	Ireland	Upper	0.169
6	Chile	Upper middle	0.182
7	Switzerland	Upper	0.189
8	Germany	Upper	0.190
9	New Zealand	Upper	0.200
10	United Kingdom	Upper	0.207
11	Andorra	NA	0.215
11	Iceland	Upper	0.215
11	Israel	Upper	0.215
14	Czech Republic	Upper	0.223
15	Denmark	Upper	0.224
16	Sweden	Upper	0.235
17	Canada	Upper	0.241
18	Norway	Upper	0.242
19	Poland	Upper	0.244
20	Estonia	Upper	0.247
21	Japan	Upper	0.248
21	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.248
23	Latvia	Upper	0.258
24	Finland	Upper	0.270
25	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.272
26	Belarus	Upper middle	0.273
26	Singapore	Upper	0.273
28	Austria	Upper	0.290
29	Greece	Upper middle	0.296
30	Lithuania	Upper	0.298
31	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.304
32	France	Upper	0.307
33	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.310
33	Italy	Upper	0.310
35	Spain	Upper	0.313
36	Cyprus	Upper	0.316
36	Portugal	Upper	0.316
38	Slovenia	Upper	0.331
39	Qatar	Upper	0.332
40	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.336
41	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.341
41	Turkey	Upper middle	0.341
43	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.342
44	Hungary	Upper	0.344
45	Georgia	Upper middle	0.350
45	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.350
45	United States	Upper	0.350
48	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.351
49	Russian Federation	Upper	0.355
50	Bahrain	Upper	0.361
51	Australia	Upper	0.365
51	Marshall Islands	Low	0.365
53	China	Upper middle	0.366
54	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.369
55	Kuwait	Upper	0.375
56	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.379
56	Mexico	Upper middle	0.379
58	Argentina	Upper middle	0.380
59	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.383
60	Tuvalu	Low	0.385
61	Brazil	Upper middle	0.386
62	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.387
63	Armenia	Upper middle	0.392
63	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.392
65	Jordan	Lower middle	0.393
66	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.397
67	Slovakia	Upper	0.398
68	Peru	Lower middle	0.401
69	Cuba	NA	0.406
70	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.408
71	Nauru	Upper middle	0.412
72	Suriname	Upper middle	0.413
73	Colombia	Upper middle	0.414
74	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.417
75	Albania	Upper middle	0.419
75	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.419
75	Serbia	Upper middle	0.419
78	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.423
78	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.423
80	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.424
80	Palau	Upper middle	0.424
80	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.424
83	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.429
84	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.430
85	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.439
86	Iran	Upper middle	0.441
86	Morocco	Lower middle	0.441
86	South Africa	Upper middle	0.441
89	Moldova	Lower middle	0.445
90	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.446
91	Panama	Upper middle	0.451
92	Iraq	Lower middle	0.457
93	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.458
94	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.459
95	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.460
96	Thailand	Upper middle	0.461
97	Algeria	Lower middle	0.464
97	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.464
99	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.470
100	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.471
101	Libya	Lower middle	0.472
102	Gabon	Upper middle	0.475
103	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.481
103	Oman	Upper	0.481
105	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.486
106	Maldives	Upper middle	0.488
107	Barbados	Upper middle	0.489
107	Kiribati	Low	0.489
109	Romania	Upper	0.494
110	Bahamas	Upper	0.495
110	Honduras	Lower middle	0.495
110	Croatia	Upper	0.495
113	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.497
114	Botswana	Upper middle	0.498
115	Belize	Lower middle	0.511
115	Egypt	Lower middle	0.511
117	Philippines	Lower middle	0.512
117	Tajikistan	Low	0.512
119	Fiji	Lower middle	0.514
120	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.515
121	Lesotho	Low	0.517
122	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.518
123	Guyana	Upper middle	0.519
124	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.529
125	Namibia	Lower middle	0.532
126	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.535
127	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.542
128	Dominica	Lower middle	0.545
129	Myanmar	Lower middle	0.546
130	Syria	NA	0.547
131	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.551
132	St Vincent & Grenadines	Lower middle	0.552
133	Grenada	Upper middle	0.554
134	Tonga	Lower middle	0.557
135	Cameroon	Low	0.566
135	Haiti	Low	0.566
137	Pakistan	Lower middle	0.568
138	Zambia	Low	0.570
139	Ghana	Lower middle	0.573
140	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.574
141	Solomon Islands	Low	0.577
141	Zimbabwe	Low	0.577
143	Saint Lucia	Lower middle	0.579
144	Angola	Lower middle	0.582
144	Samoa	Lower middle	0.582
146	Rwanda	Low	0.585
147	Central African Rep.	Low	0.590
148	Laos	Lower middle	0.591
148	Nigeria	Lower middle	0.591
150	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.593
150	Micronesia	Low	0.593
152	Tanzania	Low	0.595
153	Afghanistan	Low	0.596
153	Cambodia	Low	0.596
155	Kenya	Low	0.597
156	Vanuatu	Low	0.600
157	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.601
158	India	Lower middle	0.603
159	Togo	Low	0.606
160	Malawi	Low	0.614
161	Mozambique	Low	0.616
161	Nepal	Low	0.616
163	Congo	Low	0.621
164	Gambia	Low	0.622
164	Sierra Leone	Low	0.622
166	Sri Lanka	Upper middle	0.624
167	Ethiopia	Low	0.625
168	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.626
169	Madagascar	Low	0.627
170	Liberia	Low	0.628
171	Benin	Low	0.632
172	Uganda	Low	0.634
173	Mali	Low	0.640
174	Burkina Faso	Low	0.647
175	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.649
175	Senegal	Low	0.649
177	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.659
178	Burundi	NA	0.663
179	Guinea	Low	0.670
180	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.676
181	Sudan	Low	0.684
182	Yemen	Low	0.690
183	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.698
184	Somalia	Low	0.717
185	Timor-Leste	Low	0.720
186	Comoros	Low	0.721
187	Chad	Low	0.739
188	Niger	Low	0.774
189	Eritrea	Low	0.777
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.