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 Cabo 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, Islamic Republic of | 0.5878 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 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, Republic of | 0.5255 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 9 | India | 0.5234 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 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 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.5063 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 17 | Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of | 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, Kingdom of | 0.4961 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 21 | Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of | 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, Republic of | 0.4858 | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 26 | Congo, Republic of | 0.4849 | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 27 | Madagascar, Republic of | 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, Republic of | 0.4705 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 34 | Eritrea, The State of | 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, Kingdom of | 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 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 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, United Republic of | 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, Republic of | 0.4017 | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 52 | China (People’s Republic of) | 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, Republic of | 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 | 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 | Cabo Verde | 0.3725 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 74 | Croatia | 0.37 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 75 | Mozambique, Republic of | 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, Republic of | 0.3619 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 79 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.3612 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 80 | Gambia, The | 0.3606 | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 81 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.3582 | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 82 | United Kingdom | 0.3575 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 83 | São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of | 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 | Slovak Republic | 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, Republic of | 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, Republic of | 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, Islamic Republic of | 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, Republic of | 0.2935 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 126 | Ghana | 0.2922 | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 127 | Türkiye | 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 Darussalam | 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, Kingdom of | 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 | Russian Federation | 0.2651 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 142 | North Macedonia, Republic of | 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 | Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of | 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, Republic of | 0.222 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 158 | Venezuela, República Bolivariana de | 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 | Kyrgyz Republic | 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, Republic of | 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.