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 2020

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.013
2	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.143
3	Suriname	Upper middle	0.160
4	Burundi	NA	0.170
5	Norway	Upper	0.171
6	Sweden	Upper	0.188
7	Finland	Upper	0.189
7	Zambia	Low	0.189
9	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.190
10	Iceland	Upper	0.196
11	Canada	Upper	0.203
12	New Zealand	Upper	0.214
13	Qatar	Upper	0.215
14	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.217
15	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.220
16	Timor-Leste	Low	0.223
17	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.225
18	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.229
19	Morocco	Lower middle	0.232
20	Czech Republic	Upper	0.235
21	Albania	Upper middle	0.237
22	Panama	Upper middle	0.242
23	Kuwait	Upper	0.250
24	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.252
25	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.257
26	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.264
27	Guyana	Upper middle	0.265
28	Spain	Upper	0.266
28	Russian Federation	Upper	0.266
30	Greece	Upper middle	0.267
31	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.268
32	Brazil	Upper middle	0.272
33	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.275
34	Lesotho	Low	0.280
35	Tajikistan	Low	0.282
36	Switzerland	Upper	0.283
37	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.285
38	Chile	Upper middle	0.286
39	Australia	Upper	0.288
39	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.288
41	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.289
41	Turkey	Upper middle	0.289
43	Georgia	Upper middle	0.293
44	Austria	Upper	0.295
45	United States	Upper	0.296
46	Ghana	Lower middle	0.298
47	France	Upper	0.300
48	Estonia	Upper	0.301
49	Armenia	Upper middle	0.302
49	Iran	Upper middle	0.302
51	Slovenia	Upper	0.304
52	Fiji	Lower middle	0.305
53	Italy	Upper	0.306
54	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.309
55	Malta	Upper	0.311
55	Portugal	Upper	0.311
57	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.313
57	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.313
59	Honduras	Lower middle	0.315
60	Malawi	Low	0.316
61	Cyprus	Upper	0.322
62	Guinea	Low	0.324
62	Tanzania	Low	0.324
64	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.327
65	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.330
65	Poland	Upper	0.330
67	South Africa	Upper middle	0.331
68	Angola	Lower middle	0.332
68	Belarus	Upper middle	0.332
70	Algeria	Lower middle	0.334
71	Lithuania	Upper	0.335
72	Latvia	Upper	0.338
73	Cameroon	Low	0.341
74	Central African Rep.	Low	0.342
74	Israel	Upper	0.342
76	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.343
76	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.343
78	Belgium	Upper	0.344
78	Gabon	Upper middle	0.344
78	Luxembourg	Upper	0.344
81	Ireland	Upper	0.346
81	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.346
81	Oman	Upper	0.346
84	Belize	Lower middle	0.347
85	Slovakia	Upper	0.348
86	Haiti	Low	0.349
87	Botswana	Upper middle	0.350
88	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.352
89	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.353
90	Argentina	Upper middle	0.356
91	United Kingdom	Upper	0.357
91	Mozambique	Low	0.357
93	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.358
94	Iraq	Lower middle	0.361
94	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.361
96	Namibia	Lower middle	0.363
97	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.364
98	Gambia	Low	0.368
99	Zimbabwe	Low	0.369
100	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.373
101	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.375
101	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.375
103	Colombia	Upper middle	0.377
103	Croatia	Upper	0.377
105	Denmark	Upper	0.378
106	Germany	Upper	0.379
106	Japan	Upper	0.379
108	Cuba	NA	0.386
109	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.393
110	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.397
110	Libya	Lower middle	0.397
112	Mexico	Upper middle	0.398
112	Myanmar	Lower middle	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
118	China	Upper middle	0.402
119	Peru	Lower middle	0.409
120	Serbia	Upper middle	0.412
121	Jordan	Lower middle	0.413
122	Togo	Low	0.415
123	Nepal	Low	0.416
124	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.419
125	Burkina Faso	Low	0.428
126	Uganda	Low	0.429
127	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.430
128	Laos	Lower middle	0.434
129	Samoa	Lower middle	0.438
130	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.441
130	Romania	Upper	0.441
132	Thailand	Upper middle	0.443
133	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.445
134	Benin	Low	0.446
135	Rwanda	Low	0.447
136	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.454
136	Senegal	Low	0.454
138	Sierra Leone	Low	0.460
139	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.464
140	Eritrea	Low	0.465
141	Mali	Low	0.473
142	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.479
143	Congo	Low	0.486
143	Madagascar	Low	0.486
145	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.488
145	Nigeria	Lower middle	0.488
145	Singapore	Upper	0.488
148	Moldova	Lower middle	0.491
149	Sri Lanka	Upper middle	0.492
150	Netherlands	Upper	0.493
151	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.495
152	Bahrain	Upper	0.496
153	Afghanistan	Low	0.500
154	Philippines	Lower middle	0.501
155	Ethiopia	Low	0.505
156	Somalia	Low	0.511
157	Egypt	Lower middle	0.512
158	Hungary	Upper	0.514
158	Kenya	Low	0.514
160	Chad	Low	0.515
161	India	Lower middle	0.522
162	Cambodia	Low	0.545
163	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.554
164	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.560
165	Syria	NA	0.564
166	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.587
167	Pakistan	Lower middle	0.687
168	Sudan	Low	0.719
169	Niger	Low	0.780
	Tonga*	Lower middle	-
	Nauru*	Upper middle	-
	Grenada*	Upper middle	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Bahamas*	Upper	-
	Solomon Islands*	Low	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Tuvalu*	Low	-
	Seychelles*	Upper middle	-
	Comoros*	Low	-
	Dominica*	Lower middle	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Micronesia*	Low	-
	Barbados*	Upper middle	-
	St Vincent & Grenadines*	Lower middle	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Marshall Islands*	Low	-
	Vanuatu*	Low	-
	Maldives*	Upper middle	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	Upper middle	-
	Andorra*	NA	-
	Saint Lucia*	Lower middle	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.