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 2022

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.014
2	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.143
3	Burundi	NA	0.170
4	Turkey	Upper middle	0.186
5	Zambia	Low	0.189
6	Spain	Upper	0.200
7	Canada	Upper	0.203
8	Qatar	Upper	0.214
9	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.220
10	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.222
11	United States	Upper	0.223
12	Morocco	Lower middle	0.224
12	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.224
14	China	Upper middle	0.229
15	Iran	Lower middle	0.233
16	Czech Republic	Upper	0.238
17	Brazil	Upper middle	0.240
18	Australia	Upper	0.246
19	Grenada	Lower middle	0.247
20	Kuwait	Upper	0.250
21	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.253
22	Sweden	Upper	0.262
23	Russian Federation	Upper	0.265
24	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.268
24	Norway	Upper	0.268
26	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.271
27	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.272
28	Mexico	Upper middle	0.281
29	Albania	Upper middle	0.284
29	Finland	Upper	0.284
29	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.284
29	Suriname	Upper middle	0.284
33	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.285
33	France	Upper	0.285
33	South Africa	Lower middle	0.285
36	Chile	Upper middle	0.287
37	Switzerland	Upper	0.288
38	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.289
38	Greece	Upper middle	0.289
40	Ghana	Lower middle	0.292
41	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.293
42	Estonia	Upper	0.294
43	Mozambique	Low	0.296
44	Italy	Upper	0.297
45	Austria	Upper	0.301
46	Thailand	Upper middle	0.302
47	Argentina	Upper middle	0.303
48	Slovenia	Upper	0.306
49	Malta	Upper	0.308
50	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.313
51	Guyana	Upper middle	0.314
52	Georgia	Upper middle	0.315
53	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.316
53	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.316
55	Japan	Upper	0.322
56	Angola	Lower middle	0.323
56	Portugal	Upper	0.323
58	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.324
59	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.325
59	New Zealand	Upper	0.325
61	Armenia	Upper middle	0.326
62	Guinea	Low	0.327
62	Panama	Upper middle	0.327
62	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.327
65	Algeria	Lower middle	0.329
65	Tanzania	Low	0.329
67	Lesotho	Low	0.330
68	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.331
69	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.332
69	Cameroon	Low	0.332
69	India	Lower middle	0.332
72	Honduras	Lower middle	0.334
73	Uganda	Low	0.335
74	Poland	Upper	0.339
75	Belarus	Upper middle	0.341
75	Central African Rep.	Low	0.341
75	Lithuania	Upper	0.341
78	Israel	Upper	0.342
79	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.344
80	Cyprus	Upper	0.345
81	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.346
82	Belgium	Upper	0.348
82	Gabon	Upper middle	0.348
82	Luxembourg	Upper	0.348
85	Oman	Upper	0.349
86	United Kingdom	Upper	0.350
86	Haiti	Low	0.350
86	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.350
89	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.351
90	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.354
90	Tajikistan	Low	0.354
92	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.355
93	Ireland	Upper	0.356
93	Latvia	Upper	0.356
95	Slovakia	Upper	0.357
96	Iceland	Upper	0.358
97	Gambia	Low	0.361
98	Belize	Lower middle	0.362
98	Colombia	Upper middle	0.362
100	Rwanda	Low	0.365
100	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.365
102	Fiji	Lower middle	0.369
102	Iraq	Lower middle	0.369
104	Germany	Upper	0.373
104	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.373
104	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.373
107	Botswana	Upper middle	0.374
108	Namibia	Lower middle	0.375
109	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.377
110	Croatia	Upper	0.378
111	Denmark	Upper	0.379
111	Myanmar	Low	0.379
111	Zimbabwe	Low	0.379
114	Nigeria	Low	0.380
115	Cuba	NA	0.397
115	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.397
115	Egypt	Upper middle	0.397
115	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.397
115	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.397
120	Libya	Upper middle	0.399
120	Samoa	Lower middle	0.399
120	Yemen	Low	0.399
123	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.400
124	Liberia	Low	0.401
125	Malawi	Low	0.403
126	Peru	Lower middle	0.404
127	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.406
128	Jordan	Lower middle	0.414
129	Nepal	Low	0.417
130	Serbia	Upper middle	0.418
131	Togo	Low	0.419
132	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.421
133	Burkina Faso	Low	0.428
134	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.430
135	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.432
136	Romania	Upper	0.440
137	Benin	Low	0.446
138	Ethiopia	Low	0.449
139	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.455
140	Sierra Leone	Low	0.460
141	Eritrea	Low	0.466
142	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.470
143	Laos	Lower middle	0.473
144	Mali	Low	0.474
145	Kenya	Low	0.477
146	Madagascar	Low	0.482
147	Congo	Lower middle	0.485
148	Philippines	Lower middle	0.486
149	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.488
150	Singapore	Upper	0.492
150	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.492
152	Afghanistan	Low	0.494
153	Bahrain	Upper	0.496
154	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.499
154	Moldova	Upper middle	0.499
156	Netherlands	Upper	0.502
157	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.506
157	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.506
159	Hungary	Upper	0.507
159	Senegal	Low	0.507
161	Somalia	Low	0.512
161	Chad	Low	0.512
163	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.514
164	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.541
165	Cambodia	Low	0.542
166	Syria	Low	0.572
167	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.592
168	Pakistan	Low	0.609
169	Sudan	Low	0.691
170	Niger	Low	0.822
	Saint Lucia*	Upper middle	-
	Micronesia*	Low	-
	Tonga*	Lower middle	-
	Barbados*	Lower middle	-
	Marshall Islands*	Lower middle	-
	Bahamas*	Upper middle	-
	Tuvalu*	Low	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Maldives*	Upper middle	-
	Dominica*	Lower middle	-
	Nauru*	Lower middle	-
	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Upper middle	-
	Seychelles*	Upper middle	-
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Upper middle	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Vanuatu*	Low	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Comoros*	Low	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Andorra*	Upper	-
	Solomon Islands*	Low	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.