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

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.