Data for 2002

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2002

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2002
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2002, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2002 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.673637; United Kingdom is lowest, at 0.265649. The middle country reads 0.472031. Against 2001, 190 values changed (59 up, 131 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2002

HighestSomalia

0.673637

LowestUnited Kingdom

0.265649

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

190countries
1measure
2002the 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), 2002, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2002: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.265649
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.271697
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.302917
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.304269
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.312987
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.313885
7	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.319376
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.319735
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.320690
=10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.321623
=10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.321625
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.328406
13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.331260
=14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.332364
=14	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.332499
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.333230
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.334942
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.337167
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.341655
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.345608
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.356849
22	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.358019
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.362378
24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.369185
25	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.370019
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.374735
27	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.375957
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.377320
29	Chile`CHL`South America	0.377916
30	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.379551
31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.384227
=32	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.386646
=32	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.387374
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.387923
35	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.393505
36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.396095
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.397035
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.397829
=39	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.399054
=39	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.399183
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.399574
42	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.400971
43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.404419
=44	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.405330
=44	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.404945
=46	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.405890
=46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.406252
48	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.408498
=49	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.408647
=49	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.408594
=49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.409121
52	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.411452
=53	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.411554
=53	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.411963
55	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.413040
56	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.415330
57	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.416981
=58	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.417549
=58	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.418481
60	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.418530
61	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.420325
62	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.422525
63	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.424471
64	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.427494
65	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.428334
66	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.428823
67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.429511
68	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.435516
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.436545
=70	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.437820
=70	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.437560
72	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.439625
73	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.441736
74	Colombia`COL`South America	0.443666
=75	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.445353
=75	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.444724
77	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.449357
78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.450221
=79	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.453206
=79	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.453484
=81	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.453863
=81	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.453528
=83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.454937
=83	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.454681
85	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.456299
86	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.457725
=87	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.460326
=87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.459769
89	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.462319
90	Peru`PER`South America	0.462696
=91	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.465395
=91	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.464541
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.466651
94	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.468310
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.471108
96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.472954
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.479055
=98	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.480278
=98	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.479578
100	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.484109
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.485405
102	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.488009
=103	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.489006
=103	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.489393
=105	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.490058
=105	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.489602
=107	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.490782
=107	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.490763
109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.493375
110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.494339
=111	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.495689
=111	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.495606
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.498565
=114	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.503276
=114	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.503248
=116	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.504375
=116	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.504095
=118	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.505339
=118	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.504541
120	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.508402
=121	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.510337
=121	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.509979
123	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.512135
124	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.513022
=125	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.513934
=125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.514313
=127	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.517334
=127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.517498
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.518909
130	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.519655
131	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.524129
=132	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.525900
=132	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.525521
=132	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.526292
135	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.526590
=136	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.529747
=136	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.530118
=138	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.536074
=138	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.536135
140	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.536855
141	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.539071
142	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.541073
=143	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.543679
=143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.543999
145	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.545039
=146	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.548626
=146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.548993
148	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.550048
149	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.554978
=150	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.556138
=150	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.555706
152	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.557493
153	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.558337
154	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.560388
=155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.562115
=155	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.561732
157	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.564152
158	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.569688
=159	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.572854
=159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.573304
161	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.574556
162	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.577746
163	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.578775
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.579556
165	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.581668
166	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.583031
167	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.584250
=168	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.589734
=168	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.590313
170	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.590866
171	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.593471
172	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.593949
173	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.596547
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.603421
175	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.604679
176	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.613432
177	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.614593
178	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.617912
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.620367
180	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.626728
181	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.632548
182	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.637432
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.640003
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.643479
185	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.644868
186	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.646250
187	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.652917
188	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.660917
189	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.666673
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.673637

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.673637
#189Guinea-Bissau0.666673
#188Solomon Islands0.660917
#187Mauritania0.652917
#186Micronesia0.646250

Lowest

#1United Kingdom0.265649
#2Norway0.271697
#3Czechia0.302917
#4New Zealand0.304269
#5Switzerland0.312987

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.472031. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
59 · 131rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Solomon Islands0.628221 → 0.660917+0.032697
Zambia0.505617 → 0.526292+0.020675
Barbados0.423351 → 0.437820+0.014468
Sudan0.619921 → 0.632548+0.012627
Djibouti0.607800 → 0.620367+0.012567

Fell most

Tajikistan0.425841 → 0.404945−0.020896
Armenia0.429741 → 0.411554−0.018187
Guinea0.526891 → 0.509979−0.016912
Belize0.511777 → 0.495689−0.016087
Equatorial Guinea0.474010 → 0.460326−0.013685

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.

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Every one of the 190 countries has every column.

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Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (2002). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2002

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