Data for 2004

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2004

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2004
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2004, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2004 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.66835; United Kingdom is lowest, at 0.26617. The middle country reads 0.47203. Against 2003, 190 values changed (60 up, 130 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2004

HighestSomalia

0.66835

LowestUnited Kingdom

0.26617

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

190countries
1measure
2004the 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), 2004, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2004: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.26617
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.26914
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.29953
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.30270
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.31215
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.31276
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.31648
=8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.31693
=8	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.31686
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32080
11	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32226
12	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.32348
13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.32802
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.32952
=15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.33274
=15	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.33332
=15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.33316
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.33358
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.33938
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.34126
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.35354
=22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35587
=22	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.35641
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.36631
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.36692
26	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.37049
27	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.37347
=28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.37534
=28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.37541
30	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.37588
=31	Chile`CHL`South America	0.37711
=31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.37731
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.38199
34	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38880
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.39122
36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.39262
=37	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.39376
=37	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.39380
=37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.39412
=40	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.39520
=40	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.39487
42	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.39826
43	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.40072
=44	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.40251
=44	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.40295
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.40397
47	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.40542
48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.40626
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.40693
50	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.40835
51	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.40922
=52	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.41047
=52	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.41045
=54	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.41174
=54	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.41216
=56	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.41454
=56	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.41506
=58	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.41621
=58	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.41584
60	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.41720
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.41914
62	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.42001
=63	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.42425
=63	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.42443
=65	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.42495
=65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.42468
=67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.42588
=67	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.42632
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.43005
=70	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.43388
=70	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.43406
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.43478
73	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.43651
74	Colombia`COL`South America	0.44090
75	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.44254
76	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44699
77	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.44792
78	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.45123
79	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.45170
=80	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.45320
=80	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.45306
=80	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.45269
83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.45360
84	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.45505
85	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.45565
=86	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.45695
=86	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.45702
88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.45771
89	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.45870
=90	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.45958
=90	Peru`PER`South America	0.46004
=90	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.46012
=93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.46902
=93	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.46864
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.47037
=96	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.47416
=96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.47369
98	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.47649
99	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.47737
100	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.47837
=101	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.47955
=101	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.47962
=103	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.48534
=103	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.48526
105	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.48617
=106	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.48747
=106	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.48720
108	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.48824
109	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.48855
110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.49091
111	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.49249
112	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.49255
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.49617
=114	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.49786
=114	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.49843
116	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.49850
117	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.50078
118	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.50197
119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.50647
120	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.50803
121	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.50924
=122	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.50971
=122	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.50962
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.51276
125	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.51372
126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.51542
127	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.51588
128	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.51714
=129	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.51833
=129	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.51819
=131	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.51906
=131	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.51861
133	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.52100
134	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.52217
135	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.52280
136	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.52659
137	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.52877
138	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.53240
=139	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.53359
=139	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.53437
141	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.53592
142	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.53729
=143	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.53981
=143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.54021
145	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.54152
=146	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.54470
=146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.54509
148	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.54773
149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.54921
=150	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.55446
=150	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.55434
152	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.55882
153	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.55995
154	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.56057
=155	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.56269
=155	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.56309
157	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.56351
=158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.57302
=158	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.57337
=160	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.57354
=160	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.57365
=160	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.57369
163	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.57943
=164	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.58212
=164	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.58174
=164	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.58236
167	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.58286
168	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.58523
=169	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.58876
=169	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.58935
171	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.59055
172	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.59162
173	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.59830
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.60146
175	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.60431
176	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.61037
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.61392
178	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.61497
179	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.61722
180	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.62066
181	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.63018
182	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.63153
183	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.63866
184	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.64749
185	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.64831
186	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.65009
187	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.65137
188	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.65207
189	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.65493
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.66835

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.66835
#189Eritrea0.65493
#188Chad0.65207
#187Solomon Islands0.65137
#186Guinea-Bissau0.65009

Lowest

#1United Kingdom0.26617
#2Norway0.26914
#3Czechia0.29953
#4New Zealand0.30270
#5Switzerland0.31215

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.47203. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
60 · 130rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tonga0.59453 → 0.61497+0.02045
Timor-Leste0.57058 → 0.59055+0.01997
Nauru0.50334 → 0.51861+0.01528
Jordan0.44641 → 0.45958+0.01318
Palau0.50511 → 0.51714+0.01204

Fell most

Slovenia0.37580 → 0.35354−0.02226
Dominican Republic0.49653 → 0.47962−0.01691
Djibouti0.62549 → 0.61392−0.01157
Guinea-Bissau0.66123 → 0.65009−0.01114
Barbados0.43532 → 0.42495−0.01037

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 2004.
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 (2004). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2004

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