Water rankings | ND-GAIN Index

Water

The Water score captures a country’s vulnerability of fresh water supplies to climate change. Indicators include: projected change of annual runoff, projected change of annual groundwater recharge, fresh water withdrawal rate, water dependency ratio, dam capacity, and access to reliable drinking water.

Country Rankings

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

Scores for 2021

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Djibouti	Low	0.014
2	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.143
3	Suriname	Upper middle	0.160
4	Burundi	NA	0.170
5	Norway	Upper	0.171
6	Finland	Upper	0.184
7	Sweden	Upper	0.189
7	Zambia	Low	0.189
9	Kyrgyzstan	Low	0.195
10	Iceland	Upper	0.196
11	Canada	Upper	0.203
12	New Zealand	Upper	0.215
12	Qatar	Upper	0.215
14	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.220
15	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.222
16	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.224
16	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.224
18	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.225
19	Czech Republic	Upper	0.233
19	Morocco	Lower middle	0.233
21	Albania	Upper middle	0.235
22	Panama	Upper middle	0.245
23	Kuwait	Upper	0.250
24	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.251
25	Grenada	Upper middle	0.253
26	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.257
27	Spain	Upper	0.264
27	Greece	Upper middle	0.264
29	Guyana	Upper middle	0.265
30	Russian Federation	Upper	0.266
31	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.268
32	Brazil	Upper middle	0.273
33	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.275
34	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.279
35	Lesotho	Low	0.280
36	Switzerland	Upper	0.284
37	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.285
38	Chile	Upper middle	0.286
39	Australia	Upper	0.288
39	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.288
39	Tajikistan	Low	0.288
42	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.290
43	Estonia	Upper	0.291
44	Georgia	Upper middle	0.292
44	Turkey	Upper middle	0.292
46	Austria	Upper	0.296
47	United States	Upper	0.297
48	Ghana	Lower middle	0.298
49	Portugal	Upper	0.299
50	France	Upper	0.301
51	Armenia	Upper middle	0.302
52	Iran	Upper middle	0.304
53	Fiji	Lower middle	0.305
53	Slovenia	Upper	0.305
55	Italy	Upper	0.306
56	Malta	Upper	0.308
57	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.310
58	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.313
58	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.313
60	Honduras	Lower middle	0.316
61	Malawi	Low	0.317
62	Guinea	Low	0.325
63	Poland	Upper	0.326
64	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.327
65	Tanzania	Low	0.328
66	Belarus	Upper middle	0.331
66	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.331
68	Angola	Lower middle	0.333
69	Cyprus	Upper	0.334
70	Lithuania	Upper	0.335
71	Algeria	Lower middle	0.336
71	South Africa	Lower middle	0.336
73	Latvia	Upper	0.338
74	Central African Rep.	Low	0.342
74	Cameroon	Low	0.342
74	Israel	Upper	0.342
77	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.343
77	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.343
79	Gabon	Upper middle	0.344
80	Luxembourg	Upper	0.345
81	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.346
82	Belgium	Upper	0.347
82	Belize	Lower middle	0.347
84	Slovakia	Upper	0.348
85	Haiti	Low	0.349
85	Ireland	Upper	0.349
85	Oman	Upper	0.349
88	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.352
89	Botswana	Upper middle	0.353
90	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.354
91	Argentina	Upper middle	0.358
91	United Kingdom	Upper	0.358
93	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.359
94	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.360
95	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.362
96	Mozambique	Low	0.363
96	Namibia	Lower middle	0.363
98	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.365
99	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.367
100	Gambia	Low	0.368
101	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.375
101	Zimbabwe	Low	0.375
103	Croatia	Upper	0.376
104	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.377
105	Colombia	Upper middle	0.378
105	Japan	Upper	0.378
107	Germany	Upper	0.379
108	Iraq	Lower middle	0.380
109	Denmark	Upper	0.384
110	Cuba	NA	0.386
111	Libya	Upper middle	0.397
112	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.398
112	Myanmar	Low	0.398
114	Liberia	Low	0.399
114	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.399
114	Yemen	Low	0.399
117	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.400
117	Mexico	Upper middle	0.400
119	China	Upper middle	0.401
119	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.401
121	Peru	Lower middle	0.411
122	Serbia	Upper middle	0.412
123	Jordan	Lower middle	0.413
124	Togo	Low	0.415
125	Nepal	Low	0.416
126	Burkina Faso	Low	0.429
127	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.430
128	Uganda	Low	0.434
129	Laos	Lower middle	0.436
130	Samoa	Lower middle	0.438
131	Romania	Upper	0.440
132	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.442
133	Thailand	Upper middle	0.444
134	Benin	Low	0.446
134	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.446
136	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.454
136	Rwanda	Low	0.454
138	Senegal	Low	0.459
139	Sierra Leone	Low	0.460
140	Eritrea	Low	0.465
140	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.465
142	Mali	Low	0.475
143	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.480
144	Congo	Low	0.486
144	Madagascar	Low	0.486
146	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.488
147	Nigeria	Lower middle	0.489
148	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.492
148	Moldova	Upper middle	0.492
148	Singapore	Upper	0.492
151	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.495
152	Bahrain	Upper	0.496
153	Netherlands	Upper	0.498
154	Philippines	Lower middle	0.500
155	Afghanistan	Low	0.501
156	Ethiopia	Low	0.506
157	Somalia	Low	0.512
158	Egypt	Lower middle	0.515
158	Chad	Low	0.515
160	Kenya	Low	0.516
161	Hungary	Upper	0.519
162	India	Lower middle	0.523
163	Cambodia	Low	0.545
164	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.555
165	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.561
166	Syria	NA	0.565
167	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.588
168	Pakistan	Lower middle	0.687
169	Sudan	Low	0.720
170	Niger	Low	0.822
	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Upper middle	-
	Nauru*	Lower middle	-
	Tonga*	Lower middle	-
	Seychelles*	Upper middle	-
	Bahamas*	Upper	-
	Comoros*	Low	-
	Tuvalu*	Lower middle	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Micronesia*	Low	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Barbados*	Upper middle	-
	Solomon Islands*	Low	-
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Upper middle	-
	Marshall Islands*	Lower middle	-
	Maldives*	Upper middle	-
	Vanuatu*	Low	-
	Dominica*	Lower middle	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Saint Lucia*	Lower middle	-
	Andorra*	NA	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.