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 2023

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Malta	Upper	0.101
1	Netherlands	Upper	0.101
3	Belgium	Upper	0.170
4	Ireland	Upper	0.183
5	Germany	Upper	0.194
6	Denmark	Upper	0.202
7	Switzerland	Upper	0.206
8	Luxembourg	Upper	0.218
9	United Kingdom	Upper	0.219
10	Czech Republic	Upper	0.222
11	Israel	Upper	0.223
12	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.230
13	Sweden	Upper	0.235
14	Andorra	Upper	0.239
15	Canada	Upper	0.240
16	Chile	Upper middle	0.241
16	Poland	Upper	0.241
18	Japan	Upper	0.245
19	Norway	Upper	0.250
20	Estonia	Upper	0.253
20	New Zealand	Upper	0.253
22	Belarus	Upper middle	0.259
23	Latvia	Upper	0.262
24	Finland	Upper	0.266
25	Lithuania	Upper	0.279
25	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.279
27	Iceland	Upper	0.283
28	France	Upper	0.293
29	Austria	Upper	0.295
30	Singapore	Upper	0.297
31	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.314
31	Nauru	Lower middle	0.314
31	Russian Federation	Upper	0.314
34	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.317
35	Italy	Upper	0.320
36	Spain	Upper	0.322
37	Greece	Upper middle	0.324
38	Cyprus	Upper	0.326
39	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.328
40	Hungary	Upper	0.334
41	Turkey	Upper middle	0.337
42	Portugal	Upper	0.338
43	United States	Upper	0.340
44	Slovenia	Upper	0.350
45	Qatar	Upper	0.357
46	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.358
47	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.360
48	Georgia	Upper middle	0.361
49	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.365
50	Armenia	Upper middle	0.368
50	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.368
52	Australia	Upper	0.376
52	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.376
54	Bahrain	Upper	0.380
55	Argentina	Upper middle	0.382
56	Brazil	Upper middle	0.393
56	Kuwait	Upper	0.393
56	Slovakia	Upper	0.393
59	Mexico	Upper middle	0.394
60	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.396
61	China	Upper middle	0.398
62	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.403
63	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.408
63	Peru	Lower middle	0.408
63	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.408
66	Libya	Upper middle	0.409
67	Jordan	Lower middle	0.411
68	Serbia	Upper middle	0.412
69	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.416
70	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.418
71	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.419
71	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.419
73	Albania	Upper middle	0.421
73	Colombia	Upper middle	0.421
75	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.427
76	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.431
77	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.432
77	South Africa	Lower middle	0.432
79	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.433
80	Moldova	Upper middle	0.434
81	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.435
81	Palau	Upper middle	0.435
83	Morocco	Lower middle	0.437
84	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.447
85	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.448
86	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.450
87	Iran	Lower middle	0.451
88	Cuba	NA	0.452
89	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.453
90	Iraq	Lower middle	0.454
91	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.457
91	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.457
93	Gabon	Upper middle	0.460
94	Thailand	Upper middle	0.461
95	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.462
96	Algeria	Lower middle	0.463
97	Panama	Upper middle	0.464
98	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.465
99	Maldives	Upper middle	0.468
99	Tuvalu	Low	0.468
101	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.473
102	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.476
103	Fiji	Lower middle	0.477
104	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.478
104	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.478
106	Suriname	Upper middle	0.479
107	Barbados	Lower middle	0.483
107	Egypt	Upper middle	0.483
109	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.487
110	Croatia	Upper	0.488
111	Romania	Upper	0.490
112	Botswana	Upper middle	0.492
113	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.497
114	Honduras	Lower middle	0.498
115	Lesotho	Low	0.499
115	Oman	Upper	0.499
117	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.502
118	Tajikistan	Low	0.505
119	Philippines	Lower middle	0.508
120	Belize	Lower middle	0.511
121	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.515
121	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.515
121	Namibia	Lower middle	0.515
124	Guyana	Upper middle	0.523
125	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.529
126	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.532
127	Syria	Low	0.534
128	Ghana	Lower middle	0.541
129	Dominica	Lower middle	0.544
130	Myanmar	Low	0.550
131	Kiribati	Low	0.555
131	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.555
133	Gambia	Low	0.558
133	Pakistan	Low	0.558
135	Zimbabwe	Low	0.559
136	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.560
136	Tonga	Lower middle	0.560
138	Angola	Lower middle	0.563
138	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.563
140	Cameroon	Low	0.565
141	Zambia	Low	0.566
142	Haiti	Low	0.568
143	Liberia	Low	0.574
143	Nepal	Low	0.574
145	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.576
145	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.576
147	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.577
148	Central African Rep.	Low	0.579
149	Afghanistan	Low	0.582
150	Cambodia	Low	0.583
151	Laos	Lower middle	0.586
152	Tanzania	Low	0.588
153	Congo	Lower middle	0.592
154	Samoa	Lower middle	0.593
155	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.596
155	Grenada	Lower middle	0.596
155	Rwanda	Low	0.596
158	Mozambique	Low	0.597
159	Kenya	Low	0.598
160	India	Lower middle	0.599
161	Ethiopia	Low	0.601
162	Togo	Low	0.603
163	Nigeria	Low	0.605
164	Malawi	Low	0.607
165	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.617
166	Comoros	Low	0.618
166	Micronesia	Low	0.618
166	Vanuatu	Low	0.618
169	Madagascar	Low	0.620
170	Uganda	Low	0.622
171	Sierra Leone	Low	0.623
172	Solomon Islands	Low	0.636
173	Mali	Low	0.638
174	Senegal	Low	0.641
175	Guinea	Low	0.642
176	Benin	Low	0.644
177	Burkina Faso	Low	0.645
178	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.648
179	Burundi	NA	0.651
180	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.660
181	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.667
182	Yemen	Low	0.675
183	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.682
184	Chad	Low	0.686
185	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.689
186	Sudan	Low	0.705
187	Somalia	Low	0.719
188	Niger	Low	0.747
189	Eritrea	Low	0.749
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.