Data for 2006

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2006

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2006
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2006, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2006 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.66428; Norway is lowest, at 0.26629. The middle country reads 0.46870. Against 2005, 190 values changed (61 up, 129 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2006

HighestSomalia

0.66428

LowestNorway

0.26629

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

190countries
1measure
2006the 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), 2006, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2006: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.26629
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.27253
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.29832
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.30058
=5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.31150
=5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.31145
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.31294
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.31488
9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.31625
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.31915
11	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.32072
12	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32174
13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.32702
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.32949
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.32954
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.33127
=17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.33205
=17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.33157
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.33298
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.33998
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.35380
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35472
23	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.35620
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.36489
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.36699
26	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.36777
27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.36914
=28	Chile`CHL`South America	0.37192
=28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.37220
=30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.37266
=30	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.37261
32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.37463
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.37891
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.38238
35	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38479
36	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.38601
37	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.38988
38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.39098
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.39226
40	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.39310
41	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.39435
42	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.39455
43	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.39551
44	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.39892
45	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.40033
=46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.40304
=46	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.40320
=46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.40285
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.40403
50	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.40472
51	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.40737
=52	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.40815
=52	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.40751
=52	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.40793
=55	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.40953
=55	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.41003
57	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.41306
=58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.41439
=58	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.41372
=58	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.41421
=61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.41455
=61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.41515
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.42094
=64	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.42230
=64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.42240
=66	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.42298
=66	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.42339
68	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.42361
69	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.42915
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.43110
71	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.43196
72	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.43301
73	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.43602
74	Colombia`COL`South America	0.43741
75	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.43841
76	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.43953
=77	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.44315
=77	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.44320
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44433
80	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.44694
=81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.45179
=81	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.45241
=83	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.45325
=83	Peru`PER`South America	0.45346
=85	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.45403
=85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.45384
=85	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.45366
=88	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.45496
=88	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.45505
90	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.45683
=91	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.45756
=91	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.45804
93	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.45900
94	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.46362
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.46517
96	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.47223
=97	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.47276
=97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.47277
=99	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.47426
=99	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.47408
101	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.47605
=102	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.47661
=102	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.47693
104	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.48133
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.48336
=106	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.48419
=106	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.48376
108	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.48510
109	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.48605
=110	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.48778
=110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.48765
=110	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.48844
113	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.48902
114	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.49013
115	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.49222
=116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.49292
=116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.49320
=118	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.49408
=118	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.49424
120	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.49719
121	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.49817
122	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.49997
123	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.50322
124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.50516
125	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.50920
126	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.51213
127	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.51328
128	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.51371
129	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.51504
130	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.51814
=131	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.51857
=131	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.51936
=133	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.51963
=133	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.51984
135	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.52185
136	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.52393
137	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.52627
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.52944
=139	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.53033
=139	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.52985
=139	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.52959
142	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.53169
143	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.53313
144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.53421
145	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.53603
146	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.53707
=147	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.54096
=147	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.54085
149	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.54222
150	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.54543
151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.54707
=152	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.55404
=152	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.55444
154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.55877
155	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.55963
156	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.56503
=157	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.56694
=157	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.56659
159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.57078
=160	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.57342
=160	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.57256
=160	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.57324
163	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.57408
164	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.57493
165	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.57785
=166	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.57850
=166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.57864
168	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.58078
=169	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.59375
=169	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.59382
171	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.59721
172	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.60098
173	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.60242
=174	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.60788
=174	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.60837
176	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.61028
177	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.61292
178	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.61398
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.61989
180	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.62736
=181	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.62933
=181	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.62898
183	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.63438
184	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.63822
185	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.64100
186	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.64756
187	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.64953
188	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.65184
189	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.65512
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.66428

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.66428
#189Guinea-Bissau0.65512
#188Solomon Islands0.65184
#187Eritrea0.64953
#186Chad0.64756

Lowest

#1Norway0.26629
#2United Kingdom0.27253
#3Czechia0.29832
#4New Zealand0.30058
#5Switzerland0.31145

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.46870. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
61 · 129rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kiribati0.58149 → 0.60098+0.01949
Timor-Leste0.59299 → 0.60837+0.01539
Bhutan0.56423 → 0.57850+0.01428
Tuvalu0.55840 → 0.57256+0.01417
Kenya0.50982 → 0.51857+0.00875

Fell most

São Tomé and Príncipe0.57424 → 0.54096−0.03328
Comoros0.55228 → 0.53033−0.02195
Mauritania0.64900 → 0.62736−0.02164
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.49554 → 0.47605−0.01948
Central African Republic0.58736 → 0.57408−0.01327

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 2006.
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 (2006). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2006

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