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

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.