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Country Rankings

Rank countries by GAIN Index, Vulnerability and Readiness.

Table values show latest scores for 2011

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Denmark	Upper	82.6
2	Switzerland	Upper	82.2
3	Australia	Upper	81.0
4	Norway	Upper	80.7
5	United Kingdom	Upper	79.8
6	New Zealand	Upper	79.6
7	Ireland	Upper	79.5
8	Finland	Upper	79.4
9	Netherlands	Upper	79.3
10	Sweden	Upper	79.0
11	Germany	Upper	78.5
12	Luxembourg	Upper	78.4
13	Canada	Upper	77.9
13	Poland	Upper	77.9
15	United States	Upper	77.6
16	Austria	Upper	77.5
17	Czech Republic	Upper	77.4
18	Slovenia	Upper	76.8
19	France	Upper	76.5
19	Iceland	Upper	76.5
21	Belgium	Upper	75.9
22	Spain	Upper	74.8
23	Chile	Upper middle	74.5
23	Singapore	Upper	74.5
25	Lithuania	Upper middle	74.4
26	Cyprus	Upper	74.3
27	Slovakia	Upper	74.2
28	Uruguay	Upper middle	73.9
29	Estonia	Upper	73.8
29	Hungary	Upper	73.8
31	Japan	Upper	72.4
32	Italy	Upper	72.0
33	Malta	Upper	71.9
34	Portugal	Upper	71.8
35	Latvia	Upper middle	71.5
36	Croatia	Upper	71.1
37	Bulgaria	Upper middle	70.9
38	Romania	Upper middle	70.4
39	Barbados	Upper	70.3
40	Israel	Upper	70.1
41	Greece	Upper	69.9
42	Mauritius	Upper middle	68.9
43	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	68.1
44	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	67.8
45	Republic of Korea	Upper	67.7
46	Malaysia	Upper middle	66.9
47	Qatar	Upper	66.8
48	United Arab Emirates	Upper	66.6
49	Argentina	Upper middle	66.5
50	Armenia	Lower middle	66.4
51	Bahamas	Upper	66.1
51	Costa Rica	Upper middle	66.1
53	Macedonia	Upper middle	65.9
54	Oman	Upper	65.8
55	Panama	Upper middle	65.7
56	Jordan	Upper middle	65.4
57	Colombia	Upper middle	65.3
58	Bahrain	Upper	65.1
58	Brazil	Upper middle	65.1
60	Turkey	Upper middle	65.0
61	Cape Verde	Lower middle	64.8
61	Georgia	Lower middle	64.8
61	Thailand	Upper middle	64.8
64	Belarus	Upper middle	64.6
65	Mexico	Upper middle	64.2
66	Belize	Lower middle	64.1
67	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	63.8
67	Kuwait	Upper	63.8
69	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper	63.7
70	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	63.4
70	South Africa	Upper middle	63.4
72	Russian Federation	Upper middle	63.2
72	Ukraine	Lower middle	63.2
74	Serbia	Upper middle	62.9
75	Paraguay	Lower middle	62.6
76	Peru	Upper middle	62.4
77	Jamaica	Upper middle	62.1
78	Albania	Lower middle	61.8
79	Egypt	Lower middle	61.7
79	El Salvador	Lower middle	61.7
81	Seychelles	Upper middle	61.6
82	Mongolia	Lower middle	61.3
82	Tunisia	Upper middle	61.3
84	Saudi Arabia	Upper	61.2
85	Botswana	Upper middle	61.1
86	Dominica	Upper middle	61.0
87	Suriname	Upper middle	60.4
88	Indonesia	Lower middle	60.3
88	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	60.3
90	Moldova	Lower middle	60.1
91	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	60.0
92	Ecuador	Upper middle	59.5
93	Lebanon	Upper middle	59.3
94	Guatemala	Lower middle	59.1
95	Kyrgyzstan	Low	58.8
96	Venezuela	Upper middle	58.7
97	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	58.5
97	Namibia	Upper middle	58.5
99	Philippines	Lower middle	57.8
100	Gabon	Upper middle	57.7
100	Vanuatu	Lower middle	57.7
102	Nicaragua	Lower middle	57.4
103	Samoa	Lower middle	57.3
104	Bolivia	Lower middle	57.2
105	China	Upper middle	57.0
106	Algeria	Upper middle	56.9
106	Morocco	Lower middle	56.9
108	Honduras	Lower middle	56.6
109	Tonga	Lower middle	56.3
109	Viet Nam	Lower middle	56.3
111	Iran	Upper middle	56.0
112	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	55.1
113	Fiji	Lower middle	55.0
113	Maldives	Upper middle	55.0
115	Ghana	Lower middle	54.7
116	Bhutan	Lower middle	54.5
117	Guyana	Lower middle	53.4
117	Syria	Lower middle	53.4
119	Swaziland	Lower middle	53.2
120	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	53.1
121	Libya	Upper middle	53.0
122	Tajikistan	Low	52.4
123	Micronesia	Lower middle	52.2
123	India	Lower middle	52.2
125	Cuba	Upper middle	51.3
125	Senegal	Lower middle	51.3
127	Gambia	Low	51.1
128	Zambia	Lower middle	50.9
129	Benin	Low	50.8
130	Djibouti	Lower middle	50.2
130	Mozambique	Low	50.2
132	Burkina Faso	Low	50.0
133	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	49.7
134	Mauritania	Low	49.1
134	Rwanda	Low	49.1
134	Uganda	Low	49.1
137	Malawi	Low	49.0
138	Cameroon	Lower middle	48.6
138	Tanzania	Low	48.6
140	Cambodia	Low	48.5
140	Pakistan	Lower middle	48.5
142	Comoros	Low	48.4
142	Laos	Lower middle	48.4
144	Lesotho	Lower middle	48.3
145	Equatorial Guinea	Upper	48.0
145	Madagascar	Low	48.0
147	Bangladesh	Low	47.9
147	Kenya	Low	47.9
149	Papua New Guinea	Lower middle	47.7
150	Congo	Lower middle	47.6
150	Mali	Low	47.6
152	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	47.5
153	Solomon Islands	Lower middle	47.4
154	Haiti	Low	46.9
154	Nigeria	Lower middle	46.9
156	Nepal	Low	45.6
157	Niger	Low	45.1
157	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	45.1
159	Guinea-Bissau	Low	44.6
160	Angola	Upper middle	44.3
161	Liberia	Low	44.2
161	Yemen	Lower middle	44.2
163	Sierra Leone	Low	43.2
164	Guinea	Low	42.9
165	Ethiopia	Low	42.7
166	Togo	Low	42.3
167	Myanmar	Low	41.6
168	Central African Rep.	Low	41.1
169	Eritrea	Low	41.0
170	Zimbabwe	Low	39.7
171	Sudan	Lower middle	39.5
171	Chad	Low	39.5
173	Burundi	Low	39.1
174	Iraq	Lower middle	39.0
175	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	38.0
176	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	Low	33.6
	Tuvalu	Upper middle	-
	Nauru	Low	-
	Montenegro	Upper middle	-
	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	-
	Monaco	Upper	-
	Somalia	Low	-
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper	-
	Kiribati	Lower middle	-
	Afghanistan	Low	-
	Grenada	Upper middle	-
	San Marino	Upper	-
	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	-
	Palau	Upper middle	-
	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	-
	Andorra	Upper	-
	Liechtenstein	Upper	-

GAIN Index

Methodology The GAIN Index, a project of the Global Adaption Institute (GAIN), summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges in combination with its readiness to improve resilience. It aims to help businesses and the public sector better prioritize investments for a more efficient response to the immediate global challenges ahead.

Methodology

World wide ranking by GAIN Index, higher scores are better.

Adjust for GDP