Data for 2001

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2001

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2001
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2001, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2001 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.67625; United Kingdom is lowest, at 0.26586. The middle country reads 0.47637. Against 2000, 190 values changed (64 up, 126 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2001

HighestSomalia

0.67625

LowestUnited Kingdom

0.26586

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

190countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
190distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0licence

01ND-GAIN’s rank

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Every country and every column of Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2001, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2001: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.26586
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.27205
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.30418
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.30471
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.31321
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.31386
=7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.32125
=7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.32129
=7	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.32080
10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32214
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32256
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.32862
13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.33231
=14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.33376
=14	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.33358
=14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.33420
17	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.33492
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.33594
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.34377
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.34554
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.35466
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35612
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.36613
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.37061
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.37181
=26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.37746
=26	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.37710
28	Chile`CHL`South America	0.37821
29	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.37899
30	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.38008
31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.38574
32	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38674
=33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.38855
=33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.38872
=33	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.38919
36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.39915
=37	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.40112
=37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.40136
=37	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.40072
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.40190
41	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.40331
42	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.40525
=43	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.40642
=43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.40628
45	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.40808
=46	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.41038
=46	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.40977
=46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.40962
=49	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.41103
=49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.41097
=51	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.41219
=51	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.41199
=53	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.41449
=53	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.41445
55	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.41589
=56	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.41797
=56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.41847
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.42094
=59	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.42335
=59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.42302
=59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.42336
62	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.42462
63	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.42584
64	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.42682
65	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.42796
=66	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.42974
=66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.43013
68	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.43055
69	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.43619
70	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.43712
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.43773
72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.44295
=73	Colombia`COL`South America	0.44479
=73	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.44503
=73	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.44493
76	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.44806
=77	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.45283
=77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.45289
=77	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.45271
80	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.45397
=81	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.45638
=81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.45623
=81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.45587
=84	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.45685
=84	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.45743
86	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.45819
87	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.45896
=88	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.46287
=88	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.46302
90	Peru`PER`South America	0.46671
91	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.46766
92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.46936
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.47213
94	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.47263
95	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.47401
=96	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.47872
=96	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.47948
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.47962
99	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.48309
100	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.48395
101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.48456
=102	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.48635
=102	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.48583
=104	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.48802
=104	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.48778
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.48939
107	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.48999
108	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.49088
=109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.49299
=109	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.49330
111	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.50026
112	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.50123
113	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.50240
114	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.50285
=115	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.50361
=115	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.50450
117	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.50497
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.50562
119	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.50757
120	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.50893
121	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.51145
=122	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.51195
=122	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.51178
124	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.51438
125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.51583
126	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.51719
127	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.51912
128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.52019
=129	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.52267
=129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.52264
=131	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.52629
=131	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.52594
=133	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.52689
=133	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.52706
=133	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.52741
136	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.52932
137	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.52998
138	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.53075
=139	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.53842
=139	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.53809
141	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.54128
=142	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.54299
=142	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.54314
144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.54568
145	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.54741
146	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.54754
=147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.55344
=147	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.55268
149	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.55495
150	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.55725
151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.55833
=152	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.56122
=152	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.56107
=154	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.56172
=154	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.56195
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.56329
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.56365
158	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.56805
159	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.56977
160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.57505
=161	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.57580
=161	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.57595
163	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.57715
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.58010
165	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.58124
=166	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.58648
=166	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.58597
168	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.58746
169	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.58999
170	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.59205
171	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.59390
172	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.59512
173	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.59619
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.60666
175	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.60780
176	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.61020
177	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.61141
178	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.61191
179	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.61992
180	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.62094
181	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.62397
182	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.62822
183	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.63134
184	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.64214
185	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.64383
186	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.64784
=187	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.65127
=187	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.65054
189	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.65922
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.67625

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.67625
#189Guinea-Bissau0.65922
#187Mauritania0.65127
#187Rwanda0.65054
#186Micronesia0.64784

Lowest

#1United Kingdom0.26586
#2Norway0.27205
#3Czechia0.30418
#4New Zealand0.30471
#5Switzerland0.31321

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.47637. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
64 · 126rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Burundi0.59768 → 0.62094+0.02326
Tajikistan0.41381 → 0.42584+0.01203
Liberia0.57580 → 0.58746+0.01166
Bhutan0.55675 → 0.56805+0.01130
Equatorial Guinea0.46288 → 0.47401+0.01113

Fell most

Paraguay0.43301 → 0.41797−0.01505
Moldova0.50724 → 0.49330−0.01395
Suriname0.45106 → 0.43712−0.01394
Nigeria0.53454 → 0.52264−0.01190
Azerbaijan0.46838 → 0.45685−0.01153

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 2001.
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 (2001). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2001

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