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 2023

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.014
2	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.143
3	Suriname	Upper middle	0.159
4	Burundi	NA	0.170
5	Norway	Upper	0.171
6	Finland	Upper	0.182
7	Zambia	Low	0.189
8	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.191
9	Sweden	Upper	0.193
10	Iceland	Upper	0.196
11	Canada	Upper	0.203
12	Qatar	Upper	0.214
13	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.220
14	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.222
14	New Zealand	Upper	0.222
16	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.224
16	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.224
18	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.227
19	Albania	Upper middle	0.232
19	Czech Republic	Upper	0.232
21	Morocco	Lower middle	0.241
22	Panama	Upper middle	0.245
23	Grenada	Lower middle	0.247
24	Kuwait	Upper	0.250
25	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.252
26	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.253
27	Spain	Upper	0.264
28	Greece	Upper middle	0.265
28	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.265
28	Russian Federation	Upper	0.265
31	Brazil	Upper middle	0.267
31	Guyana	Upper middle	0.267
33	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.268
34	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.275
35	Switzerland	Upper	0.279
36	Lesotho	Low	0.283
37	Georgia	Upper middle	0.285
38	Chile	Upper middle	0.286
39	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.288
40	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.289
41	Estonia	Upper	0.290
42	Australia	Upper	0.291
42	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.291
44	Ghana	Lower middle	0.292
44	Turkey	Upper middle	0.292
46	Tajikistan	Low	0.294
47	Austria	Upper	0.295
48	United States	Upper	0.298
49	France	Upper	0.299
50	Portugal	Upper	0.300
51	Malta	Upper	0.303
52	Iran	Lower middle	0.304
52	Slovenia	Upper	0.304
54	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.309
55	Italy	Upper	0.311
56	Armenia	Upper middle	0.312
57	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.313
57	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.313
59	Honduras	Lower middle	0.323
60	Guinea	Low	0.325
61	Cyprus	Upper	0.327
61	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.327
63	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.331
64	Angola	Lower middle	0.334
64	Belarus	Upper middle	0.334
66	Lithuania	Upper	0.335
67	Latvia	Upper	0.336
68	Algeria	Lower middle	0.339
68	South Africa	Lower middle	0.339
70	Central African Rep.	Low	0.341
71	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.342
71	Israel	Upper	0.342
73	Cameroon	Low	0.343
73	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.343
75	Gabon	Upper middle	0.344
75	Poland	Upper	0.344
77	Luxembourg	Upper	0.345
78	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.346
79	Belize	Lower middle	0.347
80	Belgium	Upper	0.348
80	Oman	Upper	0.348
80	Slovakia	Upper	0.348
83	Haiti	Low	0.349
84	Ireland	Upper	0.351
85	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.353
86	Botswana	Upper middle	0.354
87	Argentina	Upper middle	0.357
87	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.357
89	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.358
89	United Kingdom	Upper	0.358
91	Gambia	Low	0.361
91	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.361
93	Fiji	Lower middle	0.362
94	Namibia	Lower middle	0.365
94	Rwanda	Low	0.365
96	Mozambique	Low	0.366
97	Croatia	Upper	0.370
98	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.372
99	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.373
99	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.373
101	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.375
102	Colombia	Upper middle	0.376
103	Japan	Upper	0.377
104	Denmark	Upper	0.378
105	Germany	Upper	0.381
106	Cuba	NA	0.385
107	Iraq	Lower middle	0.391
108	Zimbabwe	Low	0.392
109	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.393
110	Samoa	Lower middle	0.396
111	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.397
111	Libya	Upper middle	0.397
113	Mexico	Upper middle	0.398
113	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.398
115	Liberia	Low	0.399
115	Myanmar	Low	0.399
115	Yemen	Low	0.399
118	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.400
118	China	Upper middle	0.400
120	Serbia	Upper middle	0.402
121	Malawi	Low	0.403
122	Peru	Lower middle	0.409
123	Jordan	Lower middle	0.413
124	Togo	Low	0.415
125	Nepal	Low	0.417
126	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.418
127	Tanzania	Low	0.428
128	Burkina Faso	Low	0.430
128	Uganda	Low	0.430
130	Laos	Lower middle	0.436
131	Romania	Upper	0.444
131	Thailand	Upper middle	0.444
133	Benin	Low	0.446
134	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.447
135	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.454
136	Sierra Leone	Low	0.459
137	Eritrea	Low	0.465
138	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.470
139	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.471
139	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.471
141	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.476
141	Nigeria	Low	0.476
143	Mali	Low	0.479
144	Madagascar	Low	0.482
145	Congo	Lower middle	0.485
146	Moldova	Upper middle	0.486
147	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.488
148	Singapore	Upper	0.492
149	Netherlands	Upper	0.494
150	Afghanistan	Low	0.496
150	Bahrain	Upper	0.496
152	Philippines	Lower middle	0.499
153	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.500
154	Ethiopia	Low	0.504
155	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.506
155	Hungary	Upper	0.506
157	Senegal	Low	0.507
158	Somalia	Low	0.512
158	Chad	Low	0.512
160	Kenya	Low	0.515
161	Egypt	Upper middle	0.521
162	India	Lower middle	0.523
163	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.526
164	Cambodia	Low	0.542
165	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.553
166	Syria	Low	0.577
167	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.588
168	Pakistan	Low	0.662
169	Sudan	Low	0.723
170	Niger	Low	0.822
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Tonga*	Lower middle	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Bahamas*	Upper middle	-
	Comoros*	Low	-
	Tuvalu*	Low	-
	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Upper middle	-
	Seychelles*	Upper middle	-
	Dominica*	Lower middle	-
	Nauru*	Lower middle	-
	Saint Lucia*	Upper middle	-
	Micronesia*	Low	-
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Upper middle	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Solomon Islands*	Low	-
	Vanuatu*	Low	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Marshall Islands*	Lower middle	-
	Maldives*	Upper middle	-
	Andorra*	Upper	-
	Barbados*	Lower middle	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.