Vulnerability score, Water by country
The ND-GAIN index is a global free open-source index, that measures a country’s current vulnerability to climate disruptions and assesses a country’s readiness to leverage private and public sector investment for adaptive actions. The IMF-adapted ND-GAIN index is an adaptation of the original index, adjusted by IMF...
Countries reporting
170
Highest
0.8216
Niger
Lowest
0.0135
Djibouti
Median
0.3536
Years covered
10
2015–2024
Data points
1,700
What the numbers show
Vulnerability score, Water is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 0.8216 in Niger; the lowest is 0.0135 in Djibouti.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3536, and the mean is 0.3633.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 61.
Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Cape Verde (up 12.9%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 13.1%).
Vulnerability score, Water: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 0.8216 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 2 | Sudan | 0.7228 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 3 | Pakistan | 0.6618 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 4 | Mauritania | 0.5878 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 5 | Syria | 0.5769 | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 0.5534 | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 7 | Cambodia | 0.5417 | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 0.5255 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 9 | India | 0.5234 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Egypt | 0.5211 | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 11 | Kenya | 0.5154 | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 12 | Somalia | 0.5123 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Chad | 0.5121 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 14 | Senegal | 0.5069 | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 15 | Hungary | 0.5065 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.5063 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 0.5039 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 0.5003 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Philippines | 0.4992 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 20 | Bahrain | 0.4961 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 0.4957 | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 22 | Netherlands | 0.4944 | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 23 | Singapore | 0.4919 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.4879 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 25 | Moldova | 0.4858 | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 26 | Congo | 0.4849 | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 27 | Madagascar | 0.4822 | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 28 | Mali | 0.4785 | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 29 | Indonesia | 0.4765 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 30 | Nigeria | 0.4759 | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 31 | Vietnam | 0.4714 | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 32 | Turkmenistan | 0.4711 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 33 | Azerbaijan | 0.4705 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 34 | Eritrea | 0.4652 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 0.459 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 36 | Bolivia | 0.4542 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 37 | Eswatini | 0.4474 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 38 | Benin | 0.4465 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 39 | Thailand | 0.4443 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 40 | Romania | 0.4441 | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 41 | Laos | 0.4358 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 42 | Uganda | 0.4305 | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 0.4295 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 44 | Tanzania | 0.4281 | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 45 | El Salvador | 0.4181 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 46 | Nepal | 0.4173 | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 47 | Togo | 0.4149 | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 48 | Jordan | 0.4132 | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 49 | Peru | 0.409 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 50 | Malawi | 0.4029 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 51 | Serbia | 0.4017 | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 52 | China | 0.4 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3997 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 54 | Liberia | 0.3994 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 55 | Yemen | 0.3994 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 56 | Myanmar | 0.3993 | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 0.3984 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 58 | Mexico | 0.3983 | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 59 | South Korea | 0.3974 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 60 | Libya | 0.3973 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 61 | Samoa | 0.3963 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 0.3931 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 0.3918 | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 64 | Iraq | 0.3909 | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 65 | Cuba | 0.3853 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 66 | Germany | 0.381 | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 67 | Denmark | 0.3784 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 68 | Japan | 0.3774 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 69 | Colombia | 0.3764 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 70 | Ukraine | 0.3746 | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 71 | Guatemala | 0.3731 | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 72 | Tunisia | 0.3729 | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 73 | Cape Verde | 0.3725 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 74 | Croatia | 0.37 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 75 | Mozambique | 0.3664 | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 76 | Rwanda | 0.3646 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 77 | Namibia | 0.3646 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 78 | Fiji | 0.3619 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 79 | North Korea | 0.3612 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 80 | Gambia | 0.3606 | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.3582 | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 82 | United Kingdom | 0.3575 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 83 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3575 | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 84 | Argentina | 0.357 | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 85 | Botswana | 0.3545 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 86 | Lebanon | 0.3526 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 87 | Ireland | 0.3511 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 88 | Haiti | 0.3493 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 89 | Belgium | 0.3481 | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 90 | Oman | 0.348 | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 91 | Slovakia | 0.3479 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 92 | Belize | 0.3472 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 93 | Mauritius | 0.3456 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 94 | Luxembourg | 0.3445 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 95 | Gabon | 0.3442 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 96 | Poland | 0.344 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.3435 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 98 | Cameroon | 0.3429 | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 99 | Ecuador | 0.3421 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 100 | Israel | 0.3419 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 101 | Central African Republic | 0.3405 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 102 | South Africa | 0.3395 | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 103 | Algeria | 0.3388 | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 104 | Latvia | 0.3359 | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 105 | Lithuania | 0.3346 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 106 | Belarus | 0.3337 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 107 | Angola | 0.3336 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 108 | Jamaica | 0.3305 | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 109 | Cyprus | 0.3274 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 110 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3267 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | Guinea | 0.3251 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 112 | Honduras | 0.323 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 0.3131 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 114 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.3129 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 115 | Armenia | 0.3116 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 116 | Italy | 0.3108 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 117 | Paraguay | 0.3087 | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 118 | Slovenia | 0.3045 | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 119 | Iran | 0.3044 | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 120 | Malta | 0.3031 | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 121 | Portugal | 0.2997 | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 122 | France | 0.2987 | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 123 | United States | 0.2985 | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 124 | Austria | 0.2946 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 125 | Tajikistan | 0.2935 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 126 | Ghana | 0.2922 | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 127 | Turkey | 0.2917 | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 128 | Australia | 0.2912 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 129 | Malaysia | 0.2911 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 130 | Estonia | 0.2903 | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 131 | Bhutan | 0.2891 | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 132 | Brunei | 0.2879 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 133 | Chile | 0.2862 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 134 | Georgia | 0.2846 | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 135 | Lesotho | 0.283 | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 136 | Switzerland | 0.2793 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 137 | Uruguay | 0.2748 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Mongolia | 0.2681 | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 139 | Brazil | 0.267 | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 140 | Guyana | 0.2668 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 141 | Russia | 0.2651 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 142 | North Macedonia | 0.2649 | 2024 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 143 | Greece | 0.2649 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 144 | Spain | 0.2643 | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2525 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 146 | Montenegro | 0.2524 | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 147 | Kuwait | 0.25 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Grenada | 0.2466 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 149 | Panama | 0.2452 | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 150 | Morocco | 0.241 | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 151 | Czechia | 0.2324 | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 152 | Albania | 0.2322 | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 153 | Bulgaria | 0.2267 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 154 | East Timor | 0.2239 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Nicaragua | 0.2237 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 156 | New Zealand | 0.2221 | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 157 | Kazakhstan | 0.222 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 158 | Venezuela | 0.2203 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Qatar | 0.2137 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 160 | Canada | 0.203 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 161 | Iceland | 0.1958 | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 162 | Sweden | 0.1926 | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 163 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1906 | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 164 | Zambia | 0.1888 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Finland | 0.1824 | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 166 | Norway | 0.1709 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 167 | Burundi | 0.1703 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Suriname | 0.1595 | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 169 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1432 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Djibouti | 0.0135 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
About this data
The ND-GAIN index is a global free open-source index, that measures a country’s current vulnerability to climate disruptions and assesses a country’s readiness to leverage private and public sector investment for adaptive actions. The IMF-adapted ND-GAIN index is an adaptation of the original index, adjusted by IMF staff to replace the Doing Business (DB) Index, used as source data in the original ND-GAIN, because the DB database has been discontinued by the World Bank in 2020 and it is no longer allowed in IMF work. The IMF-adapted ND-GAIN is an interim solution offered by IMF staff until the ND-GAIN compilers will review the methodology and replace the DB index.