Data for 1999

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1999

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1999
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

1999, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1999 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.67918; United Kingdom is lowest, at 0.26735. The middle country reads 0.47497. Against 1998, 190 values changed (46 up, 144 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 1999

HighestSomalia

0.67918

LowestUnited Kingdom

0.26735

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

190countries
1measure
1999the 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), 1999, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1999: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.26735
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.27287
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.30696
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.30853
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.31096
=6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.31425
=6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.31394
8	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32177
9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.32272
=10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.32449
=10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32393
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.33028
=13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.33375
=13	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.33419
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.33532
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.33587
17	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.33937
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.34251
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.34634
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.34663
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.35601
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35766
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.36965
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.37339
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.37369
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.37841
27	Chile`CHL`South America	0.38070
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.38335
=29	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.38460
=29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.38471
31	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38866
=32	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.39020
=32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.39033
=34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.39218
=34	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.39164
36	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.39438
37	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.40005
=38	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.40344
=38	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.40341
=38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.40279
=41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.40570
=41	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.40637
=43	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.40836
=43	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.40835
=43	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.40791
=46	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.41060
=46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.41056
48	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.41249
49	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.41275
=50	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.41374
=50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.41382
=52	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.41634
=52	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.41571
54	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.41678
55	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.41768
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.42151
=57	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.42449
=57	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.42371
=59	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.42598
=59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.42581
61	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.42719
62	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.42784
63	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.42929
64	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.43045
65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.43059
=66	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.43375
=66	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.43401
68	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.43775
=69	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.44100
=69	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.44083
71	Colombia`COL`South America	0.44657
72	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.44858
73	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.45041
74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.45130
=75	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.45197
=75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.45187
77	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.45350
=78	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.45700
=78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.45749
=78	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.45654
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.45784
82	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.46081
83	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.46200
84	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.46330
85	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.46497
=86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.46572
=86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.46571
=88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.46789
=88	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.46806
=88	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.46801
91	Peru`PER`South America	0.46915
=92	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.47095
=92	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.47065
=94	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.47236
=94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.47205
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.47759
97	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.47995
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.48275
99	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.48424
100	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.48549
101	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.48560
102	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.48721
=103	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.48841
=103	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.48809
=105	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.48910
=105	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.48944
107	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.49052
108	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.49354
109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.49602
110	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.49841
111	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.49881
112	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.49951
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.50115
114	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.50202
115	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.50409
=116	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.50537
=116	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.50523
118	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.50786
=119	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.51027
=119	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.50972
121	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.51075
122	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.51240
123	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.51334
124	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.51393
125	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.51530
=126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.51651
=126	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.51730
128	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.52033
129	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.52096
130	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.52154
131	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.52365
132	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.52552
133	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.52850
134	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.52944
135	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.53059
=136	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.53544
=136	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.53520
=138	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.53759
=138	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.53753
140	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.53947
141	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.54155
142	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.54445
143	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.54484
144	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.54676
145	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.54752
146	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.54887
147	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.55024
=148	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.55414
=148	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.55382
=148	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.55450
=151	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.55511
=151	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.55544
153	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.55748
154	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.56035
155	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.56203
156	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.56293
157	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.56610
158	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.56946
159	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.56990
160	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.57188
161	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.57576
162	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.57907
163	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.58025
164	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.58060
=165	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.58214
=165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.58239
=167	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.58787
=167	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.58752
169	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.59000
170	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.59109
171	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.59190
172	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.59619
173	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.59690
174	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.59876
175	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.60663
=176	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.60871
=176	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.60928
178	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.60952
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.61107
=180	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.62175
=180	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.62219
=180	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.62197
183	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.62662
=184	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.64541
=184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.64478
186	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.65089
187	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.65192
188	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.65363
189	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.66908
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.67918

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.67918
#189Guinea-Bissau0.66908
#188Rwanda0.65363
#187Mauritania0.65192
#186Micronesia0.65089

Lowest

#1United Kingdom0.26735
#2Norway0.27287
#3Czechia0.30696
#4New Zealand0.30853
#5Finland0.31096

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.47497. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
46 · 144rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Malta0.40088 → 0.40637+0.00549
Albania0.50245 → 0.50786+0.00541
Nepal0.57781 → 0.58214+0.00433
Uruguay0.41947 → 0.42371+0.00424
Cambodia0.53565 → 0.53947+0.00381

Fell most

Comoros0.56730 → 0.55414−0.01316
Tajikistan0.42773 → 0.41571−0.01202
Nicaragua0.48112 → 0.47205−0.00907
North Korea0.54364 → 0.53520−0.00844
Nauru0.50547 → 0.49841−0.00706

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 1999.
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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Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (1999). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/1999

0630 held

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