Data for 2009

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2009

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2009
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2009, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2009 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.66058; Norway is lowest, at 0.26275. The middle country reads 0.46471. Against 2008, 190 values changed (74 up, 116 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2009

HighestSomalia

0.66058

LowestNorway

0.26275

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

190countries
1measure
2009the 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), 2009, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2009: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.26275
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.27489
=3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.29674
=3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.29662
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.30702
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.31015
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.31102
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.31415
9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.31644
=10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.31974
=10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31973
12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32249
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.32332
=14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.32664
=14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.32687
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.32757
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.32952
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.33070
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.33326
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.34016
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35629
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.35663
23	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.35753
24	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.36131
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.36377
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.36476
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.36580
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.36853
29	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.37012
=30	Chile`CHL`South America	0.37086
=30	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.37146
32	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.37179
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.37569
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.37843
35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.37911
36	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.38087
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.38251
38	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.38487
39	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.38628
40	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38774
41	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.39031
42	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.39185
=43	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.39557
=43	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.39568
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.39706
=46	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.39925
=46	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.39931
=48	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.40128
=48	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.40071
=48	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.40124
51	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.40203
52	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.40288
53	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.40448
54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.40493
=55	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.40748
=55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.40656
57	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.40787
=58	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.40873
=58	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.40942
=60	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.41145
=60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.41071
62	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.41187
63	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.41281
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.41527
65	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.42034
66	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.42166
67	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.42322
68	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.42379
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.42597
70	Colombia`COL`South America	0.42910
=71	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.42967
=71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.42961
73	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.43053
74	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.43362
75	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.43584
76	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.43890
77	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.43970
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.44205
=79	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.44432
=79	Peru`PER`South America	0.44382
=79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44402
82	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.44847
=83	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.45052
=83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.45087
=85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.45170
=85	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.45169
=85	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.45190
=88	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.45488
=88	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.45479
=90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.45566
=90	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.45635
92	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.45678
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.45828
94	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.45973
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.46423
=96	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.46519
=96	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.46534
98	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.46907
99	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.46967
=100	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.47214
=100	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.47160
102	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.47330
=103	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.47447
=103	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.47444
105	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.47532
106	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.47746
=107	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.48224
=107	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.48237
109	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.48331
110	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.48530
=111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.48632
=111	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.48567
=113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.48707
=113	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.48681
115	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.48825
116	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.48947
117	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.48986
118	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.49112
119	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.49192
120	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.49310
121	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.49787
122	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.49927
123	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.49973
=124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.50332
=124	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.50305
=126	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.50804
=126	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.50830
=128	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.51244
=128	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.51218
=130	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.51314
=130	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.51307
=132	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.52090
=132	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.52104
=134	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.52199
=134	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.52237
136	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.52262
137	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.52410
=138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.52587
=138	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.52623
=138	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.52584
141	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.52651
=142	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.53035
=142	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.53042
=142	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.52959
=142	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.52999
146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.53103
147	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.53300
148	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.53443
149	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.54018
150	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.54114
151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.54609
152	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.54689
=153	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.54938
=153	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.54878
155	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.55340
=156	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.55639
=156	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.55599
158	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.55671
159	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.55837
=160	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.55890
=160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.55874
162	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.56604
=163	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.57239
=163	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.57205
165	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.57511
166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.58120
167	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.58157
168	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.58885
169	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.59009
170	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.59306
171	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.59356
172	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.59475
173	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.59654
174	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.60141
175	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.60271
176	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.60430
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.60513
178	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.61126
179	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.62082
180	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.62505
181	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.63043
=182	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.63190
=182	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.63171
184	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.63440
185	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.63803
186	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.64112
187	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.64827
=188	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.65046
=188	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.64989
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.66058

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.66058
#188Guinea-Bissau0.65046
#188Solomon Islands0.64989
#187Eritrea0.64827
#186Chad0.64112

Lowest

#1Norway0.26275
#2United Kingdom0.27489
#3New Zealand0.29662
#3Czechia0.29674
#5Switzerland0.30702

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.46471. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
74 · 116rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tuvalu0.54603 → 0.56604+0.02001
Central African Republic0.58516 → 0.60141+0.01624
Vanuatu0.55635 → 0.57205+0.01570
Mauritania0.62425 → 0.63803+0.01378
Barbados0.43105 → 0.44432+0.01328

Fell most

Tonga0.61552 → 0.59009−0.02543
Senegal0.53982 → 0.52959−0.01023
Armenia0.40989 → 0.40128−0.00860
Lebanon0.48213 → 0.47447−0.00766
Seychelles0.47671 → 0.46907−0.00764

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 2009.
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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 (2009). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2009

0630 held

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