Data for 2000

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2000

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2000
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2000, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2000 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.67888; United Kingdom is lowest, at 0.26657. The middle country reads 0.47559. Against 1999, 190 values changed (47 up, 143 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2000

HighestSomalia

0.67888

LowestUnited Kingdom

0.26657

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

190countries
1measure
2000the 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), 2000, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2000: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.26657
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.27285
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.30473
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.30732
=5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.31393
=5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.31360
=7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.32248
=7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.32234
=7	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.32197
=7	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32162
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32357
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.32888
13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.33333
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.33445
=15	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.33469
=15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.33498
=17	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.33837
=17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.33804
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.34484
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.34609
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.35322
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35661
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.36454
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.37100
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.37404
26	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.37931
=27	Chile`CHL`South America	0.37962
=27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.38009
=27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.38035
30	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.38135
31	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38742
32	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.38839
=33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.39028
=33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.38993
35	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.39375
36	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.39545
=37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.40214
=37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.40220
39	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.40255
=40	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.40447
=40	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.40429
42	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.40695
=43	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.40796
=43	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.40785
=45	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.40877
=45	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.40863
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.41006
=48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.41210
=48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.41237
=48	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.41172
=51	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.41400
=51	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.41381
53	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.41589
=54	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.41701
=54	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.41674
56	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.41817
57	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.42105
=58	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.42198
=58	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.42250
=60	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.42255
=60	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.42332
62	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.42412
63	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.42584
64	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.42830
=65	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.42911
=65	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.42903
=67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.43323
=67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.43301
69	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.43677
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.43967
=71	Colombia`COL`South America	0.44621
=71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.44647
73	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.44775
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.44997
75	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.45106
76	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.45155
77	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.45346
78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.45373
=79	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.45721
=79	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.45652
=79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.45704
82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.45800
=83	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.46021
=83	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.46023
85	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.46179
=86	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.46255
=86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.46292
=86	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.46288
=86	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.46332
90	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.46470
=91	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.46838
=91	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.46816
=91	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.46758
94	Peru`PER`South America	0.46978
95	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.47452
=96	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.47665
=96	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.47708
98	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.48072
99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.48201
100	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.48291
101	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.48361
=102	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.48561
=102	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.48588
104	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.48760
105	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.48951
=106	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.49090
=106	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.49129
=108	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.49309
=108	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.49301
110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.49437
111	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.49830
112	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.50200
113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.50303
=114	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.50435
=114	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.50434
116	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.50469
117	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.50609
118	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.50724
119	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.50911
120	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.50984
=121	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.51105
=121	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.51057
123	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.51308
124	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.51413
125	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.51511
126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.51675
127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.51902
128	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.51956
=129	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.52070
=129	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.52114
=129	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.52061
132	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.52441
133	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.52640
134	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.52898
=135	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.53006
=135	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.52989
137	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.53061
138	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.53374
139	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.53454
140	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.53746
141	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.54019
142	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.54239
143	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.54443
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.54457
145	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.54556
146	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.54669
147	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.54829
148	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.55206
149	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.55317
150	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.55430
151	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.55498
152	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.55675
153	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.55824
154	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.56040
155	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.56221
156	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.56338
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.56689
158	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.56856
159	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.56982
160	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.57506
161	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.57580
162	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.57816
163	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.57947
=164	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.58047
=164	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.58016
166	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.58235
167	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.58474
168	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.58688
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.58856
170	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.58952
171	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.59523
172	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.59622
173	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.59726
174	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.59768
175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.60784
176	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.60903
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.61038
=178	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.61105
=178	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.61061
180	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.61647
181	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.62045
182	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.62409
183	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.62759
=184	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.64398
=184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.64365
186	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.64995
187	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.65291
188	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.65395
189	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.66298
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.67888

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.67888
#189Guinea-Bissau0.66298
#188Mauritania0.65395
#187Rwanda0.65291
#186Micronesia0.64995

Lowest

#1United Kingdom0.26657
#2Norway0.27285
#3Czechia0.30473
#4New Zealand0.30732
#5Switzerland0.31360

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.47559. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
47 · 143rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Comoros0.55414 → 0.56689+0.01275
Finland0.31096 → 0.32248+0.01151
Moldova0.49881 → 0.50724+0.00844
Burundi0.59190 → 0.59768+0.00578
Solomon Islands0.62197 → 0.62759+0.00562

Fell most

Andorra0.44100 → 0.41400−0.02700
Seychelles0.48721 → 0.47708−0.01013
Equatorial Guinea0.47236 → 0.46288−0.00948
Netherlands0.37339 → 0.36454−0.00885
Dominica0.47095 → 0.46255−0.00840

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 2000.
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 (2000). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2000

0630 held

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