Data for 2003

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2003

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2003
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2003, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2003 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.67102; United Kingdom is lowest, at 0.26516. The middle country reads 0.47164. Against 2002, 190 values changed (55 up, 135 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2003

HighestSomalia

0.67102

LowestUnited Kingdom

0.26516

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

190countries
1measure
2003the 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), 2003, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2003: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.26516
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.27092
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.30233
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.30352
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.31182
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.31368
7	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.31779
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.31940
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.32112
10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32189
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32276
12	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.32751
13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.32860
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.33034
=15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.33340
=15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.33255
17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.33419
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.33476
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.33933
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.34453
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.35192
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35667
=23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.36669
=23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.36678
25	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.37338
26	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.37438
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.37473
28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.37580
29	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.37722
30	Chile`CHL`South America	0.37798
=31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.38346
=31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.38273
33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.38556
34	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.39126
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.39519
=36	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.39619
=36	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.39600
=36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.39565
=39	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.39660
=39	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.39673
=39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.39681
42	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.39961
=43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.40394
=43	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.40440
=45	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.40455
=45	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.40534
47	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.40620
=48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.40786
=48	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.40832
50	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.40889
=51	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.40956
=51	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.40988
=51	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.41003
54	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.41243
55	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.41349
=56	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.41537
=56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.41504
=56	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.41522
=59	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.41965
=59	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.41974
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.42061
62	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.42278
63	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.42464
64	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.42589
=65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.42706
=65	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.42713
67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.42862
68	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.43332
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.43355
=70	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.43532
=70	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.43476
72	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.43700
73	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.44132
=74	Colombia`COL`South America	0.44304
=74	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.44341
76	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.44641
77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44858
=78	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.45150
=78	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.45239
=80	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.45303
=80	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.45290
82	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.45376
=83	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.45548
=83	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.45541
=85	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.45564
=85	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.45577
=87	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.45660
=87	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.45713
89	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.45821
=90	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.46154
=90	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.46228
92	Peru`PER`South America	0.46355
=93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.46657
=93	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.46734
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.47019
96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.47308
97	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.47453
98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.47686
99	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.47927
100	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.47961
101	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.48498
=102	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.48580
=102	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.48588
104	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.48714
=105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.48922
=105	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.48854
107	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.48984
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.49134
109	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.49169
110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.49260
=111	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.49723
=111	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.49653
=111	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.49746
114	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.49751
115	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.50078
116	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.50173
=117	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.50279
=117	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.50334
119	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.50369
120	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.50511
121	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.50675
=122	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.50966
=122	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.50961
=122	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.50972
=122	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.50995
=126	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.51331
=126	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.51334
128	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.51393
129	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.51696
=130	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.52047
=130	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.52041
132	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.52419
=133	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.52467
=133	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.52463
135	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.52651
136	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.52861
137	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.53007
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.53307
139	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.53416
=140	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.53738
=140	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.53708
=140	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.53721
143	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.54049
144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.54103
145	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.54299
=146	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.54581
=146	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.54631
148	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.54799
149	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.55062
150	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.55487
=151	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.55617
=151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.55642
153	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.55711
=154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.56218
=154	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.56198
=154	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.56204
157	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.56279
158	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.56533
159	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.56918
160	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.57058
161	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.57319
162	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.57373
163	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.57604
164	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.57757
165	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.58024
166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.58238
167	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.58330
168	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.58675
169	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.59008
=170	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.59071
=170	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.59105
172	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.59453
173	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.59669
174	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.60125
175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.60178
176	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.60462
177	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.60872
178	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.61929
179	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.62040
180	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.62549
181	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.63001
182	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.63140
183	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.63934
184	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.64513
185	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.64773
186	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.65476
187	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.65790
188	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.65989
189	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.66123
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.67102

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.67102
#189Guinea-Bissau0.66123
#188Chad0.65989
#187Mauritania0.65790
#186Eritrea0.65476

Lowest

#1United Kingdom0.26516
#2Norway0.27092
#3Czechia0.30233
#4New Zealand0.30352
#5Switzerland0.31182

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.47164. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
55 · 135rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Eritrea0.63743 → 0.65476+0.01732
Chad0.64348 → 0.65989+0.01641
China0.40533 → 0.41965+0.01433
Samoa0.53614 → 0.54299+0.00685
Liberia0.59031 → 0.59669+0.00638

Fell most

Solomon Islands0.66092 → 0.64513−0.01579
Vanuatu0.58425 → 0.56918−0.01507
Madagascar0.57330 → 0.56204−0.01126
Ghana0.54863 → 0.53738−0.01124
Afghanistan0.64000 → 0.63001−0.00999

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 2003.
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 (2003). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2003

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