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 2024

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Iceland	Upper	0.138
2	Canada	Upper	0.147
3	Russian Federation	Upper	0.168
4	New Zealand	Upper	0.176
5	Norway	Upper	0.177
6	Sweden	Upper	0.196
7	Australia	Upper	0.217
8	Finland	Upper	0.221
9	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.245
10	United States	Upper	0.267
11	Brazil	Upper middle	0.294
12	Singapore	Upper	0.306
13	Zambia	Low	0.312
14	United Kingdom	Upper	0.324
14	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.324
16	Japan	Upper	0.325
16	Suriname	Upper middle	0.325
18	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.326
19	Denmark	Upper	0.334
20	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.337
21	Ireland	Upper	0.343
22	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.344
23	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.346
24	Chile	Upper middle	0.354
25	Panama	Upper middle	0.356
26	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.357
27	Tajikistan	Low	0.371
28	Spain	Upper	0.384
28	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.384
30	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.389
31	Philippines	Lower middle	0.391
32	Colombia	Upper middle	0.393
32	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.393
32	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.393
35	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.395
36	Burkina Faso	Low	0.399
36	Estonia	Upper	0.399
36	Ghana	Lower middle	0.399
39	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.401
40	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.402
41	Cyprus	Upper	0.404
42	France	Upper	0.409
42	Greece	Upper middle	0.409
44	China	Upper middle	0.414
45	Cameroon	Low	0.416
46	Grenada	Lower middle	0.418
47	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.423
48	Cuba	NA	0.425
48	Honduras	Lower middle	0.425
50	Italy	Upper	0.427
51	Tanzania	Low	0.430
52	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.431
53	Zimbabwe	Low	0.435
54	Kenya	Low	0.436
55	Burundi	NA	0.440
55	Central African Rep.	Low	0.440
55	Myanmar	Low	0.440
55	Poland	Upper	0.440
59	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.441
60	Angola	Lower middle	0.443
60	Georgia	Upper middle	0.443
62	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.449
63	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.450
63	Turkey	Upper middle	0.450
65	Czech Republic	Upper	0.451
65	Liberia	Low	0.451
67	Gabon	Upper middle	0.452
68	Germany	Upper	0.453
68	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.453
70	Guyana	Upper middle	0.455
71	Albania	Upper middle	0.457
71	Peru	Lower middle	0.457
73	Madagascar	Low	0.458
74	Ethiopia	Low	0.459
74	Lithuania	Upper	0.459
76	Argentina	Upper middle	0.460
76	Switzerland	Upper	0.460
76	Fiji	Lower middle	0.460
79	Guinea	Low	0.463
80	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.466
81	Austria	Upper	0.470
81	Latvia	Upper	0.470
83	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.472
84	Mexico	Upper middle	0.478
84	Mozambique	Low	0.478
86	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.480
87	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.482
88	India	Lower middle	0.485
89	Belarus	Upper middle	0.487
90	Mali	Low	0.491
90	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.491
92	Uganda	Low	0.493
93	Nigeria	Low	0.502
94	Portugal	Upper	0.505
95	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.506
96	Sierra Leone	Low	0.508
97	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.509
98	Gambia	Low	0.512
99	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.513
100	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.514
101	Haiti	Low	0.515
101	Laos	Lower middle	0.515
101	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.515
104	Slovenia	Upper	0.516
105	Lesotho	Low	0.518
106	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.524
107	Thailand	Upper middle	0.526
108	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.529
109	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.531
110	Belgium	Upper	0.535
111	Samoa	Lower middle	0.539
112	Armenia	Upper middle	0.540
113	Croatia	Upper	0.541
114	Belize	Lower middle	0.544
115	Senegal	Low	0.552
116	Romania	Upper	0.555
117	Slovakia	Upper	0.557
117	Chad	Low	0.557
119	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.558
120	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.562
121	Nepal	Low	0.565
122	Morocco	Lower middle	0.566
123	Luxembourg	Upper	0.567
124	Iran	Lower middle	0.569
125	Rwanda	Low	0.572
126	South Africa	Lower middle	0.573
127	Malta	Upper	0.580
128	Togo	Low	0.584
129	Malawi	Low	0.587
130	Niger	Low	0.590
131	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.594
132	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.598
133	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.602
134	Congo	Lower middle	0.609
135	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.612
136	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.613
137	Qatar	Upper	0.616
138	Cambodia	Low	0.617
139	Afghanistan	Low	0.621
140	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.628
141	Netherlands	Upper	0.632
142	Benin	Low	0.640
143	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.651
144	Eritrea	Low	0.652
145	Iraq	Lower middle	0.660
146	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.669
147	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.670
148	Moldova	Upper middle	0.671
149	Serbia	Upper middle	0.672
150	Algeria	Lower middle	0.681
150	Oman	Upper	0.681
152	Israel	Upper	0.692
153	Hungary	Upper	0.695
154	Botswana	Upper middle	0.704
155	Somalia	Low	0.713
156	Jordan	Lower middle	0.718
157	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.727
158	Namibia	Lower middle	0.745
159	Kuwait	Upper	0.750
160	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.753
161	Pakistan	Low	0.764
162	Libya	Upper middle	0.797
163	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.798
164	Yemen	Low	0.799
165	Egypt	Upper middle	0.804
166	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.805
167	Sudan	Low	0.818
168	Syria	Low	0.826
169	Bahrain	Upper	0.829
170	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.988
	Maldives*	Upper middle	-
	Dominica*	Lower middle	-
	Tonga*	Lower middle	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Upper middle	-
	Comoros*	Low	-
	Tuvalu*	Low	-
	Solomon Islands*	Low	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Barbados*	Lower middle	-
	Bahamas*	Upper middle	-
	Saint Lucia*	Upper middle	-
	Seychelles*	Upper middle	-
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Upper middle	-
	Marshall Islands*	Lower middle	-
	Micronesia*	Low	-
	Vanuatu*	Low	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Andorra*	Upper	-
	Nauru*	Lower middle	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.