Data for 2005

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2005

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2005
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2005, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2005 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.66574; Norway is lowest, at 0.26820. The middle country reads 0.47065. Against 2004, 190 values changed (48 up, 142 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2005

HighestSomalia

0.66574

LowestNorway

0.26820

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

190countries
1measure
2005the 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), 2005, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2005: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

=1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.26820
=1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.26834
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.29879
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.30080
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.31180
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.31316
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.31487
=8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.31563
=8	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.31635
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.31966
=11	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.32193
=11	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32196
13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.32747
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.32971
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.33127
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.33240
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.33281
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.33377
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.33702
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.34037
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.35386
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35543
23	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.35605
24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.36406
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.36468
26	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.37051
=27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.37184
=27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.37216
29	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.37337
30	Chile`CHL`South America	0.37369
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.37541
32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.37646
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.38109
34	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38625
=35	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.38799
=35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.38783
37	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.38957
38	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.39074
39	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.39177
=40	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.39405
=40	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.39364
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.39462
43	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.39712
44	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.39952
=45	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.40288
=45	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.40308
=47	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.40451
=47	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.40543
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.40615
50	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.40749
=51	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.40931
=51	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.40945
=51	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.40870
=51	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.40924
55	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.41189
=56	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.41508
=56	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.41471
=56	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.41476
=59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.41645
=59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.41573
=61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.41718
=61	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.41666
=63	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.42246
=63	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.42179
65	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.42255
=66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.42359
=66	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.42389
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.42624
69	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.42803
70	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.42926
71	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.43074
72	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.43309
73	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.43374
74	Colombia`COL`South America	0.43819
75	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.43854
76	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.44028
77	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.44221
=78	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.44504
=78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.44542
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44597
=81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.45246
=81	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.45226
=83	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.45261
=83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.45306
85	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.45427
86	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.45530
=87	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.45585
=87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.45566
=87	Peru`PER`South America	0.45559
90	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.45690
91	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.45831
92	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.46443
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.46594
94	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.46724
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.46763
=96	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.47444
=96	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.47367
=96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.47401
99	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.47476
=100	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.47706
=100	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.47655
102	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.47839
103	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.48316
=104	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.48554
=104	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.48641
=104	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.48589
=107	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.48722
=107	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.48723
109	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.48815
110	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.48916
111	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.49040
112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.49101
113	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.49242
114	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.49461
=115	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.49576
=115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.49623
=115	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.49554
=118	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.49735
=118	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.49691
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.50204
121	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.50264
122	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.50402
123	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.50476
=124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.50620
=124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.50580
126	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.50982
127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.51397
128	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.51501
=129	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.51573
=129	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.51608
131	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.51734
=132	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.51770
=132	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.51751
134	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.52199
135	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.52474
136	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.52625
=137	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.52854
=137	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.52855
139	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.53016
140	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.53085
141	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.53358
=142	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.53459
=142	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.53493
144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.53604
145	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.53652
146	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.53999
147	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.54134
148	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.54542
149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.54759
150	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.55228
151	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.55403
=152	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.55701
=152	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.55671
154	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.55840
155	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.56152
156	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.56423
=157	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.56657
=157	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.56655
159	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.57009
160	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.57084
161	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.57310
162	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.57424
163	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.57519
164	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.57948
=165	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.58121
=165	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.58149
167	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.58303
168	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.58736
169	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.58826
170	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.59228
171	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.59299
172	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.59802
173	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.59893
174	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.59997
175	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.60508
176	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.60827
177	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.61109
178	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.61235
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.62093
180	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.62290
181	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.62798
182	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.63543
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.63651
184	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.64434
185	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.64794
=186	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.64877
=186	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.64900
188	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.65294
189	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.65751
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.66574

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.66574
#189Guinea-Bissau0.65751
#188Eritrea0.65294
#186Mauritania0.64900
#186Chad0.64877

Lowest

#1Norway0.26820
#1United Kingdom0.26834
#3Czechia0.29879
#4New Zealand0.30080
#5Canada0.31180

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.47065. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
48 · 142rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic0.57302 → 0.58736+0.01434
Liberia0.59162 → 0.59997+0.00835
Guinea-Bissau0.65009 → 0.65751+0.00742
Djibouti0.61392 → 0.62093+0.00701
Guyana0.52877 → 0.53459+0.00582

Fell most

Mongolia0.45565 → 0.43854−0.01710
Nauru0.51861 → 0.50264−0.01597
Jordan0.45958 → 0.44542−0.01416
Antigua and Barbuda0.50971 → 0.49735−0.01236
Maldives0.58236 → 0.57084−0.01152

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 2005.
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.

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Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (2005). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2005

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