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

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.