Data for 1995

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1995

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1995
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

1995, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1995 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.675105; United Kingdom is lowest, at 0.268473. The middle country reads 0.481491.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 1995

HighestSomalia

0.675105

LowestUnited Kingdom

0.268473

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

190countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
190distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0licence

01ND-GAIN’s rank

The table

Every country and every column of Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1995, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1995: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.268473
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.272756
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.309026
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.311455
=5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.315286
=5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.314684
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.316685
8	United States`USA`Northern America	0.322361
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.325622
=10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.327837
=10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.328299
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.332269
13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.336695
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.337922
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.340552
=16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.341539
=16	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.341798
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.342812
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.350970
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.352034
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.358282
22	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.366997
23	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.368505
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.371823
25	Chile`CHL`South America	0.377853
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.379007
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.379748
28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.385475
=29	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.390973
=29	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.391366
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.392712
=32	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.394248
=32	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.393540
=32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.393744
35	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.398019
36	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.399649
37	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.401475
38	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.405024
39	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.409789
=40	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.411266
=40	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.410545
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.412102
=43	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.414172
=43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.414031
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.415385
=46	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.416895
=46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.417442
=46	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.417499
=49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.419387
=49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.418756
51	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.420498
52	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.421408
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.422916
54	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.424067
55	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.424649
56	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.426844
57	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.428354
=58	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.428957
=58	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.428705
60	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.430740
=61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.434788
=61	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.434991
63	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.439417
=64	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.441215
=64	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.441071
66	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.443716
=67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.444799
=67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.444915
69	Colombia`COL`South America	0.445667
70	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.447029
71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.449061
72	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.451455
73	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.452099
74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.452950
75	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.453784
76	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.455849
77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.458302
78	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.460926
79	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.461631
=80	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.463779
=80	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.463648
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.464880
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.465747
=84	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.468336
=84	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.468065
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.468638
87	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.469970
=88	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.471356
=88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.471157
=88	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.470730
=91	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.473664
=91	Peru`PER`South America	0.473918
=91	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.473906
94	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.478343
95	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.479953
96	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.483028
=97	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.486094
=97	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.486163
99	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.487535
100	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.491029
=101	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.492211
=101	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.492139
=101	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.491784
104	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.493380
105	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.494113
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.495242
107	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.496346
108	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.496731
109	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.497590
=110	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.500598
=110	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.500895
=112	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.501607
=112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.502035
=114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.503291
=114	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.503226
116	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.504738
117	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.508143
=118	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.510861
=118	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.510829
=118	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.510852
121	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.513961
=122	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.516244
=122	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.516473
124	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.518065
125	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.519262
=126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.519727
=126	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.519715
128	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.521021
129	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.523433
130	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.524347
131	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.524659
132	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.531058
=133	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.532367
=133	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.532315
135	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.533236
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.534614
137	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.537789
138	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.541444
139	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.542728
140	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.544678
141	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.546379
142	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.548028
143	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.549057
=144	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.550598
=144	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.551158
146	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.553219
=147	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.554954
=147	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.555053
149	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.557000
150	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.557786
151	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.558750
152	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.560038
=153	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.560552
=153	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.560983
155	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.566422
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.567629
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.569337
158	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.570050
159	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.573262
160	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.573844
=161	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.575597
=161	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.576004
163	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.577886
164	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.581278
165	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.582331
=166	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.587092
=166	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.587488
=168	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.592452
=168	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.592421
170	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.595815
171	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.598833
172	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.599978
173	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.602886
174	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.607368
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.610028
176	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.611590
177	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.613987
178	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.614734
179	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.616874
180	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.623182
181	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.628766
182	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.630092
183	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.630694
=184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.646400
=184	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.646397
186	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.648095
187	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.654073
188	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.654990
189	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.669567
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.675105

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.675105
#189Guinea-Bissau0.669567
#188Rwanda0.654990
#187Micronesia0.654073
#186Afghanistan0.648095

Lowest

#1United Kingdom0.268473
#2Norway0.272756
#3Czechia0.309026
#4New Zealand0.311455
#5Switzerland0.314684

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.481491. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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One year of the 2026 release
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Every one of the 190 countries has every column.

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Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (1995). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/1995

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