Data for 1996

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1996

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1996
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

1996, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1996 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.67618; United Kingdom is lowest, at 0.26799. The middle country reads 0.48200. Against 1995, 190 values changed (70 up, 120 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 1996

HighestSomalia

0.67618

LowestUnited Kingdom

0.26799

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

190countries
1measure
1996the 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), 1996, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1996: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.26799
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.27326
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.30919
4	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.31043
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.31487
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.31558
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.31664
8	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31962
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32665
=10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.32781
=10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.32793
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.33213
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.33635
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.33710
15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.33827
=16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.34001
=16	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.34013
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.34378
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.35054
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.35177
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35838
22	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.36610
23	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.36680
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.37258
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.37785
26	Chile`CHL`South America	0.37897
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.38064
28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.38565
=29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.39214
=29	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.39216
=29	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.39151
=29	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.39201
33	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.39324
34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.39463
=35	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.39976
=35	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.40020
37	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.40253
38	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.40410
39	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.40564
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.40758
=41	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.40929
=41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.40858
43	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.41162
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.41303
45	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.41404
=46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.41589
=46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.41646
48	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.41660
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.41875
50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.42024
51	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.42062
52	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.42211
=53	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.42264
=53	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.42306
55	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.42464
=56	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.42586
=56	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.42566
=58	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.42768
=58	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.42775
=60	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.42948
=60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.42889
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.43294
63	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.43684
=64	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.43910
=64	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.43869
66	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.44086
=67	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.44293
=67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.44346
69	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.44463
70	Colombia`COL`South America	0.44667
71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.44880
=72	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.45138
=72	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.45148
=74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.45418
=74	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.45374
76	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.45524
77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.45924
78	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.46170
=79	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.46273
=79	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.46331
=81	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.46407
=81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.46390
=83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.46539
=83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.46459
85	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.46775
86	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.46875
87	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.47039
88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.47121
89	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.47216
90	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.47305
=91	Peru`PER`South America	0.47417
=91	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.47367
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.47470
94	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.47657
=95	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.48180
=95	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.48220
=97	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.48514
=97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.48524
99	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.48601
100	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.48798
101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.49079
=102	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.49192
=102	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.49206
=102	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.49178
=102	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.49247
106	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.49416
=107	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.49476
=107	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.49457
=107	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.49468
110	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.49719
=111	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.50214
=111	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.50160
=113	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.50316
=113	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.50251
115	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.50365
=116	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.50786
=116	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.50755
118	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.51024
119	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.51073
=120	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.51376
=120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.51427
=120	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.51381
=123	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.51541
=123	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.51518
125	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.51659
=126	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.51957
=126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.52031
128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.52075
129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.52178
=130	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.52424
=130	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.52433
132	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.53040
133	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.53099
=134	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.53169
=134	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.53243
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.53458
137	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.53716
138	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.54135
=139	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.54641
=139	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.54555
=139	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.54628
=142	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.54728
=142	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.54657
144	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.54831
145	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.54908
=146	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.55245
=146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.55208
148	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.55444
149	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.55534
150	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.55617
151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.55744
152	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.55952
153	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.56136
154	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.56199
155	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.56601
156	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.56674
157	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.56893
158	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.57010
=159	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.57288
=159	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.57327
161	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.57377
162	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.57546
163	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.57889
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.58381
165	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.58527
=166	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.58588
=166	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.58636
168	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.59085
169	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.59446
170	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.59537
171	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.59660
172	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.60036
173	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.60107
174	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.60799
175	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.60979
176	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.61202
=177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.61476
=177	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.61492
179	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.61697
180	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.62324
=181	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.62871
=181	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.62854
183	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.62965
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.64637
185	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.64667
186	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.64826
187	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.65319
188	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.65516
189	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.67123
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.67618

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.67618
#189Guinea-Bissau0.67123
#188Rwanda0.65516
#187Micronesia0.65319
#186Afghanistan0.64826

Lowest

#1United Kingdom0.26799
#2Norway0.27326
#3New Zealand0.30919
#4Czechia0.31043
#5Switzerland0.31487

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.48200. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
70 · 120rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Nepal0.57789 → 0.58527+0.00738
Moldova0.50161 → 0.50755+0.00594
Nauru0.49759 → 0.50316+0.00557
Niger0.61159 → 0.61697+0.00538
Serbia0.46806 → 0.47305+0.00499

Fell most

Seychelles0.50323 → 0.49247−0.01075
Armenia0.43942 → 0.42948−0.00994
Botswana0.55495 → 0.54728−0.00767
Malta0.41403 → 0.40758−0.00645
Jamaica0.46997 → 0.46459−0.00538

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ND-GAIN’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1996.
The rank is ND-GAIN’s
Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 190 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (1996). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/1996

0630 held

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