Data for 2008

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2008

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2008
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2008, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2008 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.66153; Norway is lowest, at 0.26421. The middle country reads 0.46380. Against 2007, 190 values changed (59 up, 131 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2008

HighestSomalia

0.66153

LowestNorway

0.26421

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

190countries
1measure
2008the 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), 2008, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2008: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.26421
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.27379
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.29535
4	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.29776
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.30718
=6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.31016
=6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.31049
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.31483
9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.31696
10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.31878
11	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31989
12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32131
=13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.32639
=13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.32576
15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.32801
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.32862
=17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.33027
=17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.32992
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.33291
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.33988
=21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35633
=21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.35649
23	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.35843
24	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.36359
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.36513
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.36635
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.36805
=28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.36874
=28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.36921
30	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.37130
31	Chile`CHL`South America	0.37194
=32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.37286
=32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.37337
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.37968
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.38154
36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.38282
37	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.38365
38	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38825
=39	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.38852
=39	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.38938
41	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.39055
42	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.39154
43	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.39529
44	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.39591
45	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.39708
46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.39898
=47	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.40215
=47	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.40209
=49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.40288
=49	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.40276
=49	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.40293
=52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.40381
=52	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.40399
54	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.40751
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.40918
=56	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.40989
=56	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.40982
=56	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.40992
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.41120
=60	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.41154
=60	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.41185
=62	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.41441
=62	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.41429
64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.41501
65	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.42137
66	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.42182
67	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.42287
68	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.42458
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.42944
70	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.42968
71	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.43105
=72	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.43188
=72	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.43249
=74	Colombia`COL`South America	0.43294
=74	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.43260
76	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.43584
77	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.43854
78	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.44045
79	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.44067
80	Peru`PER`South America	0.44348
81	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44508
82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.44808
83	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.45038
84	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.45135
85	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.45171
=86	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.45329
=86	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.45312
=88	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.45428
=88	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.45410
90	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.45570
=91	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.45781
=91	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.45812
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.45878
94	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.46002
95	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.46096
96	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.46664
=97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.46829
=97	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.46756
99	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.47110
=100	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.47351
=100	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.47449
102	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.47515
103	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.47671
104	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.47786
105	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.48111
=106	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.48213
=106	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.48249
=108	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.48334
=108	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.48267
110	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.48440
=111	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.48592
=111	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.48614
=113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.48767
=113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.48756
=113	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.48845
116	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.49094
=117	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.49219
=117	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.49197
119	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.49262
120	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.49353
121	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.49891
122	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.49974
123	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.50312
124	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.50365
125	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.50658
126	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.50829
=127	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.51185
=127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.51203
129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.51425
130	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.51552
=131	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.51823
=131	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.51834
133	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.51903
134	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.52112
=135	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.52163
=135	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.52213
137	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.52349
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.52405
=139	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.52498
=139	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.52527
=141	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.52652
=141	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.52653
143	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.52923
144	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.53168
145	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.53412
=146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.53635
=146	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.53618
148	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.53720
149	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.53943
150	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.53982
151	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.54603
=152	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.55033
=152	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.54972
154	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.55116
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.55189
156	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.55262
157	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.55387
=158	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.55642
=158	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.55635
=160	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.55938
=160	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.55850
=160	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.55873
163	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.55981
164	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.57625
165	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.57689
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.58006
167	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.58186
168	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.58516
169	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.59315
170	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.59568
171	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.59681
172	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.59782
173	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.60060
174	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.60284
175	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.60526
=176	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.60818
=176	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.60790
178	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.61213
179	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.61552
180	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.62048
181	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.62425
182	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.63025
=183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.63249
=183	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.63163
=185	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.63939
=185	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.63892
187	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.64392
188	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.64677
189	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.64910
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.66153

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.66153
#189Guinea-Bissau0.64910
#188Eritrea0.64677
#187Solomon Islands0.64392
#185Chad0.63939

Lowest

#1Norway0.26421
#2United Kingdom0.27379
#3New Zealand0.29535
#4Czechia0.29776
#5Switzerland0.30718

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.46380. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 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

Tonga0.60011 → 0.61552+0.01541
Comoros0.52133 → 0.53635+0.01502
Lesotho0.51738 → 0.52527+0.00790
Kiribati0.60482 → 0.61213+0.00731
Benin0.58986 → 0.59681+0.00695

Fell most

Cambodia0.53899 → 0.52405−0.01493
Samoa0.53615 → 0.52163−0.01452
Togo0.53499 → 0.52213−0.01287
Iraq0.52051 → 0.50829−0.01221
Bhutan0.56960 → 0.55938−0.01022

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 2008.
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 (2008). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2008

0630 held

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