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 2021

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Switzerland	Upper	0.146
1	Finland	Upper	0.146
3	Monaco	NA	0.172
4	United States	Upper	0.174
5	Iceland	Upper	0.183
6	Netherlands	Upper	0.191
7	Norway	Upper	0.199
8	Luxembourg	Upper	0.203
9	Denmark	Upper	0.206
10	Austria	Upper	0.208
11	Germany	Upper	0.209
12	Belgium	Upper	0.211
13	United Kingdom	Upper	0.214
14	Australia	Upper	0.216
15	Japan	Upper	0.221
16	Canada	Upper	0.227
17	Czech Republic	Upper	0.228
17	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.228
19	Portugal	Upper	0.230
20	Sweden	Upper	0.231
21	Greece	Upper middle	0.236
22	Estonia	Upper	0.238
23	Israel	Upper	0.242
24	Belarus	Upper middle	0.243
25	Hungary	Upper	0.245
26	Poland	Upper	0.248
27	Slovenia	Upper	0.249
28	Ireland	Upper	0.254
29	New Zealand	Upper	0.257
30	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.265
30	Malta	Upper	0.265
32	Lithuania	Upper	0.268
33	Latvia	Upper	0.269
33	Singapore	Upper	0.269
35	Spain	Upper	0.270
36	France	Upper	0.273
36	Italy	Upper	0.273
38	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.282
39	Kuwait	Upper	0.304
40	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.307
41	Qatar	Upper	0.310
42	Cuba	NA	0.311
42	Kyrgyzstan	Low	0.311
44	Armenia	Upper middle	0.312
45	Romania	Upper	0.314
45	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.314
47	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.315
48	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.316
49	Chile	Upper middle	0.320
50	Moldova	Upper middle	0.323
51	Croatia	Upper	0.334
52	Cyprus	Upper	0.335
52	Russian Federation	Upper	0.335
54	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.338
55	Albania	Upper middle	0.345
56	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.346
57	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.347
58	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.350
59	Turkey	Upper middle	0.352
59	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.352
61	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.355
62	Andorra	NA	0.356
62	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.356
64	Fiji	Lower middle	0.357
65	Jordan	Lower middle	0.362
66	Palau	Upper middle	0.367
67	Bahrain	Upper	0.368
67	Mexico	Upper middle	0.368
69	San Marino	Upper	0.369
70	China	Upper middle	0.374
71	Guyana	Upper middle	0.379
72	Georgia	Upper middle	0.380
73	Brazil	Upper middle	0.381
74	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.385
75	Slovakia	Upper	0.389
76	Tajikistan	Low	0.392
77	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.393
77	Panama	Upper middle	0.393
79	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.395
80	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.396
81	Argentina	Upper middle	0.399
82	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.400
83	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.404
84	Belize	Lower middle	0.406
85	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.407
86	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.410
86	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.410
86	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.410
89	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.415
89	Philippines	Lower middle	0.415
91	Oman	Upper	0.416
92	South Africa	Lower middle	0.423
93	Grenada	Upper middle	0.427
94	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.428
95	Bahamas	Upper	0.435
95	Iran	Upper middle	0.435
97	Egypt	Lower middle	0.436
98	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.440
99	Thailand	Upper middle	0.442
100	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.444
101	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.446
102	Barbados	Upper middle	0.448
103	Peru	Lower middle	0.452
103	Syria	NA	0.452
105	Serbia	Upper middle	0.455
106	Suriname	Upper middle	0.459
107	Colombia	Upper middle	0.464
107	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.464
109	Cambodia	Low	0.469
110	Libya	Upper middle	0.473
110	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.473
112	Algeria	Lower middle	0.475
112	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.475
114	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.479
115	Botswana	Upper middle	0.483
116	Honduras	Lower middle	0.489
117	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.491
118	Laos	Lower middle	0.492
119	Dominica	Lower middle	0.494
120	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.497
121	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.506
122	Namibia	Lower middle	0.508
123	Morocco	Lower middle	0.509
124	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.521
125	Ghana	Lower middle	0.525
126	Togo	Low	0.538
127	Samoa	Lower middle	0.539
128	Gambia	Low	0.541
129	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.548
130	Gabon	Upper middle	0.549
131	Iraq	Lower middle	0.550
132	Nauru	Lower middle	0.554
133	Congo	Low	0.561
134	Nigeria	Lower middle	0.564
135	Maldives	Upper middle	0.566
136	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.569
137	Solomon Islands	Low	0.573
138	Saint Lucia	Lower middle	0.580
138	Mozambique	Low	0.580
140	Cameroon	Low	0.587
141	Burkina Faso	Low	0.592
142	Kiribati	Low	0.595
143	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.596
144	Guinea	Low	0.602
145	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.606
145	Tuvalu	Lower middle	0.606
147	Lesotho	Low	0.614
148	Angola	Lower middle	0.619
148	Comoros	Low	0.619
150	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.626
150	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.626
152	India	Lower middle	0.630
152	Pakistan	Lower middle	0.630
154	Nepal	Low	0.638
155	Vanuatu	Low	0.644
156	Tonga	Lower middle	0.646
157	Senegal	Low	0.648
158	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.654
159	Micronesia	Low	0.660
160	Benin	Low	0.661
161	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.662
162	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.670
163	Myanmar	Low	0.671
164	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.678
165	Sierra Leone	Low	0.681
166	Haiti	Low	0.694
166	Kenya	Low	0.694
168	Yemen	Low	0.696
169	Sudan	Low	0.705
170	Zimbabwe	Low	0.710
171	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.716
172	Burundi	NA	0.742
172	Niger	Low	0.742
174	Rwanda	Low	0.743
175	Liberia	Low	0.745
176	Tanzania	Low	0.752
177	Madagascar	Low	0.753
178	Eritrea	Low	0.759
178	Mali	Low	0.759
180	Zambia	Low	0.762
181	Malawi	Low	0.769
181	Uganda	Low	0.769
183	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.779
184	Central African Rep.	Low	0.793
185	Chad	Low	0.807
186	Djibouti	Low	0.811
187	Afghanistan	Low	0.815
188	Ethiopia	Low	0.823
189	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.833
190	Somalia	Low	0.841
	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea*	NA	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.