Data for 1997

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1997

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1997
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

1997, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1997 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.67727; United Kingdom is lowest, at 0.26773. The middle country reads 0.47959. Against 1996, 190 values changed (51 up, 139 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 1997

HighestSomalia

0.67727

LowestUnited Kingdom

0.26773

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

190countries
1measure
1997the 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), 1997, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1997: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.26773
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.27309
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.30923
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.30961
=5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.31527
=5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.31535
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.31680
8	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32067
=9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.32641
=9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32621
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.32718
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.33342
13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.33531
=14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.33570
=14	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.33560
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.33785
17	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.34032
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.34282
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.34951
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.35161
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35775
22	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.36661
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.36975
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.37069
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.37538
26	Chile`CHL`South America	0.37828
27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.38329
28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.38422
29	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.38834
30	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38965
31	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.39126
=32	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.39215
=32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.39154
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.39438
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.39451
36	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.39713
37	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.40157
38	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.40394
=39	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.40514
=39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.40547
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.40833
42	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.40959
=43	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.41146
=43	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.41132
=43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.41095
46	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.41245
47	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.41376
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.41469
49	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.41566
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.41755
=51	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.41953
=51	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.42010
=51	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.42048
=51	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.41998
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.42125
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.42539
57	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.42607
=58	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.42720
=58	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.42697
60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.42829
=61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.43207
=61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.43181
63	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.43386
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.43497
65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.43718
66	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.43753
=67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.44241
=67	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.44158
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.44379
70	Colombia`COL`South America	0.44606
71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.44799
=72	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.45148
=72	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.45098
=74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.45322
=74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.45314
76	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.45367
77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.45897
78	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.46041
=79	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.46244
=79	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.46234
=79	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.46247
=82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.46293
=82	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.46264
84	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.46373
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.46508
86	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.46590
=87	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.46785
=87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.46802
89	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.46908
90	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.47066
91	Peru`PER`South America	0.47242
92	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.47339
93	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.47385
94	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.47494
95	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.47924
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.47994
=97	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.48142
=97	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.48087
99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.48408
=100	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.48590
=100	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.48636
102	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.49068
=103	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.49174
=103	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.49239
=103	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.49246
=103	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.49163
107	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.49297
=108	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.49379
=108	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.49361
110	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.49576
111	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.50020
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.50131
=113	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.50175
=113	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.50171
115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.50416
116	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.50486
117	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.50622
118	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.50881
119	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.51065
120	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.51234
=121	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.51278
=121	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.51270
=123	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.51372
=123	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.51380
125	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.51649
=126	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.51936
=126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.51925
=128	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.52200
=128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.52226
=130	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.52299
=130	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.52275
132	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.52567
133	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.52865
=134	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.53192
=134	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.53185
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.53470
137	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.53663
138	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.54120
139	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.54159
140	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.54377
141	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.54474
142	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.54577
143	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.54719
144	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.54777
145	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.54850
=146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.55211
=146	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.55214
148	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.55281
=149	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.55603
=149	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.55600
151	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.55659
152	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.55916
153	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.56159
154	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.56505
=155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.56708
=155	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.56741
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.56846
158	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.57008
159	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.57153
160	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.57318
=161	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.57624
=161	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.57560
163	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.57890
164	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.58297
=165	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.58531
=165	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.58529
=165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.58503
168	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.59101
169	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.59359
170	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.59573
171	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.59724
=172	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.59988
=172	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.59990
174	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.60422
175	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.60831
176	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.60898
177	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.61339
178	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.61352
179	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.61505
180	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.62242
181	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.62411
182	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.62688
183	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.62861
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.64676
=185	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.64842
=185	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.64802
187	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.65245
188	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.65454
189	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.67099
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.67727

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.67727
#189Guinea-Bissau0.67099
#188Rwanda0.65454
#187Micronesia0.65245
#185Afghanistan0.64842

Lowest

#1United Kingdom0.26773
#2Norway0.27309
#3Czechia0.30923
#4New Zealand0.30961
#5Canada0.31527

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.47959. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
51 · 139rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bangladesh0.59446 → 0.59988+0.00542
Central African Republic0.57377 → 0.57890+0.00513
Netherlands0.36610 → 0.36975+0.00365
Cyprus0.38064 → 0.38422+0.00358
Nauru0.50316 → 0.50622+0.00306

Fell most

Latvia0.42306 → 0.41095−0.01212
Bahamas0.49192 → 0.48142−0.01050
Lesotho0.53099 → 0.52275−0.00824
Maldives0.61202 → 0.60422−0.00779
Indonesia0.47121 → 0.46373−0.00748

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 1997.
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 (1997). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/1997

0630 held

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