Health rankings | ND-GAIN Index

Health

The Health score captures a country’s vulnerability of public health to climate change, in terms of the spread of communicable diseases and provision of health services. Indicators include: projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases (diarrhea and malnutrition), projected change of malaria hazard, dependency on external resource for health service, slum population, medical staffs, and access to improved sanitation facilities.

Country Rankings

Rank countries by ND-GAIN Country Index, Vulnerability and Readiness.

Scores for 2023

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Switzerland	Upper	0.157
2	Belgium	Upper	0.161
3	Finland	Upper	0.171
4	Monaco	NA	0.183
5	Australia	Upper	0.189
5	Norway	Upper	0.189
7	Austria	Upper	0.194
8	Japan	Upper	0.197
9	Netherlands	Upper	0.202
10	Denmark	Upper	0.203
10	United States	Upper	0.203
12	Iceland	Upper	0.206
13	Luxembourg	Upper	0.214
14	United Kingdom	Upper	0.219
15	Portugal	Upper	0.222
16	Czech Republic	Upper	0.226
17	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.232
18	Slovenia	Upper	0.235
19	Germany	Upper	0.236
20	Poland	Upper	0.238
21	Canada	Upper	0.240
21	Greece	Upper middle	0.240
23	Israel	Upper	0.241
24	Sweden	Upper	0.246
25	Estonia	Upper	0.248
26	Belarus	Upper middle	0.253
27	New Zealand	Upper	0.256
28	Hungary	Upper	0.260
28	Ireland	Upper	0.260
30	Lithuania	Upper	0.264
31	Latvia	Upper	0.271
32	Singapore	Upper	0.275
33	France	Upper	0.277
33	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.277
35	Malta	Upper	0.280
36	Spain	Upper	0.287
37	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.288
38	Chile	Upper middle	0.291
39	Romania	Upper	0.295
40	Italy	Upper	0.303
41	Cuba	NA	0.307
42	Croatia	Upper	0.310
43	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.311
44	Qatar	Upper	0.312
45	Moldova	Upper middle	0.314
46	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.318
47	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.326
47	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.326
49	Kuwait	Upper	0.330
50	San Marino	Upper	0.334
51	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.339
52	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.340
52	Cyprus	Upper	0.340
54	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.342
54	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.342
56	Albania	Upper middle	0.343
57	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.346
58	Turkey	Upper middle	0.351
59	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.353
60	Andorra	Upper	0.358
60	Russian Federation	Upper	0.358
62	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.360
63	Mexico	Upper middle	0.361
64	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.362
65	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.363
66	Georgia	Upper middle	0.367
67	Bahrain	Upper	0.370
68	China	Upper middle	0.378
68	Jordan	Lower middle	0.378
70	Philippines	Lower middle	0.387
71	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.391
72	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.392
73	Panama	Upper middle	0.393
73	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.393
75	Brazil	Upper middle	0.396
75	Slovakia	Upper	0.396
77	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.398
78	Tajikistan	Low	0.405
79	Argentina	Upper middle	0.406
80	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.408
81	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.409
82	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.410
83	Armenia	Upper middle	0.411
84	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.413
84	Oman	Upper	0.413
86	Algeria	Lower middle	0.414
87	Guyana	Upper middle	0.422
88	South Africa	Lower middle	0.427
89	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.428
90	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.430
91	Belize	Lower middle	0.432
92	Dominica	Lower middle	0.433
92	Fiji	Lower middle	0.433
94	Serbia	Upper middle	0.439
95	Egypt	Upper middle	0.440
96	Thailand	Upper middle	0.443
97	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.444
97	Iran	Lower middle	0.444
99	Barbados	Lower middle	0.447
99	Peru	Lower middle	0.447
101	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.448
102	Grenada	Lower middle	0.449
103	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.461
104	Colombia	Upper middle	0.464
104	Nauru	Lower middle	0.464
104	Suriname	Upper middle	0.464
107	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.470
108	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.471
109	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.472
109	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.472
111	Honduras	Lower middle	0.474
112	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.477
113	Morocco	Lower middle	0.478
114	Libya	Upper middle	0.483
115	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.489
116	Samoa	Lower middle	0.490
117	Gabon	Upper middle	0.498
118	Botswana	Upper middle	0.505
119	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.509
120	Cambodia	Low	0.510
121	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.513
122	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.514
123	Namibia	Lower middle	0.524
124	Iraq	Lower middle	0.538
125	Nigeria	Low	0.540
126	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.547
126	Palau	Upper middle	0.547
128	Ghana	Lower middle	0.553
129	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.560
130	Laos	Lower middle	0.568
131	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.571
132	Maldives	Upper middle	0.576
133	Guinea	Low	0.580
133	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.580
133	Mozambique	Low	0.580
136	Congo	Lower middle	0.582
136	Kiribati	Low	0.582
136	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.582
139	Cameroon	Low	0.595
140	Togo	Low	0.600
141	Gambia	Low	0.612
142	Angola	Lower middle	0.615
143	Syria	Low	0.616
144	Lesotho	Low	0.618
145	India	Lower middle	0.621
146	Tuvalu	Low	0.624
147	Nepal	Low	0.630
148	Mali	Low	0.646
149	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.650
150	Burkina Faso	Low	0.652
151	Tonga	Lower middle	0.654
152	Micronesia	Low	0.662
153	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.663
154	Sierra Leone	Low	0.664
155	Solomon Islands	Low	0.667
155	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.667
157	Pakistan	Low	0.674
158	Vanuatu	Low	0.679
159	Senegal	Low	0.682
160	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.684
160	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.684
162	Liberia	Low	0.685
163	Kenya	Low	0.692
164	Haiti	Low	0.694
165	Eritrea	Low	0.696
166	Zimbabwe	Low	0.700
167	Myanmar	Low	0.709
168	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.713
169	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.720
170	Comoros	Low	0.724
171	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.728
172	Malawi	Low	0.732
173	Burundi	NA	0.742
174	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.744
174	Rwanda	Low	0.744
176	Tanzania	Low	0.752
177	Zambia	Low	0.755
178	Benin	Low	0.760
179	Niger	Low	0.761
180	Sudan	Low	0.774
181	Uganda	Low	0.777
182	Chad	Low	0.779
183	Yemen	Low	0.782
184	Madagascar	Low	0.785
185	Central African Rep.	Low	0.793
186	Ethiopia	Low	0.794
187	Afghanistan	Low	0.818
188	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.821
189	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.832
190	Somalia	Low	0.869
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea*	NA	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.