Data for 2010

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2010

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2010
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2010, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2010 covers 190 countries. Guinea-Bissau is highest, at 0.652042; Norway is lowest, at 0.260903. The middle country reads 0.460715. Against 2009, 190 values changed (46 up, 144 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2010

HighestGuinea-Bissau

0.652042

LowestNorway

0.260903

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

190countries
1measure
2010the 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), 2010, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2010: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.260903
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.275985
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.294568
4	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.296170
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.306174
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.308051
7	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.309202
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.312313
9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.315426
10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.318002
11	United States`USA`Northern America	0.318591
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.321310
13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.322353
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.324648
15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.326229
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.327037
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.328042
=18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.330036
=18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.329928
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.338960
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.352430
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.353937
=23	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.357421
=23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.356954
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.358855
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.365024
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.365763
=28	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.367234
=28	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.366750
30	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.367780
=31	Chile`CHL`South America	0.370338
=31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.369703
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.374879
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.377461
=35	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.379471
=35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.378789
=35	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.378860
38	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.385733
=39	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.386509
=39	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.387405
41	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.389420
42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.389922
43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.390962
=44	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.394631
=44	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.395117
=44	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.394712
47	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.395937
=48	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.396599
=48	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.397145
50	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.398382
51	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.399055
52	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.400185
53	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.401305
54	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.402206
55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.404186
=56	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.404813
=56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.404861
=56	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.405302
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.406385
60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.406566
61	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.407515
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.410890
=63	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.413091
=63	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.413466
=65	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.419104
=65	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.419240
67	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.422151
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.423666
69	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.426457
=70	Colombia`COL`South America	0.426957
=70	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.427386
=72	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.428142
=72	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.427881
74	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.430676
75	Peru`PER`South America	0.435156
76	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.439250
=77	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.440130
=77	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.440226
79	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.440715
=80	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.443796
=80	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.443836
=80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.443708
=83	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.446970
=83	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.447228
=85	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.449317
=85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.449363
87	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.450538
88	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.451573
89	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.452907
=90	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.454129
=90	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.453694
=92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.456672
=92	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.456571
=94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.458727
=94	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.458552
96	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.462703
97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.464762
98	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.465630
=99	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.468291
=99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.467533
101	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.469053
=102	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.470163
=102	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.470266
104	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.471041
105	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.474416
106	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.475267
107	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.475776
=108	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.478535
=108	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.478870
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.479897
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.481000
112	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.482922
113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.483614
=114	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.486640
=114	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.486590
=114	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.486938
117	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.488351
118	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.488798
=119	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.493031
=119	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.493470
121	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.494073
122	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.497469
123	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.497841
=124	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.498644
=124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.498935
126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.504412
127	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.506666
128	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.507554
129	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.509080
=130	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.512967
=130	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.512841
132	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.517251
=133	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.517582
=133	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.518105
=133	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.517879
136	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.519244
=137	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.520358
=137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.519758
139	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.521205
=140	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.521961
=140	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.521958
142	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.523242
=143	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.524529
=143	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.524573
145	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.527830
=146	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.530545
=146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.531224
=146	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.530997
149	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.535600
150	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.540728
151	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.541941
152	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.543330
153	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.545377
154	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.547006
155	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.548074
156	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.549857
157	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.552275
=158	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.554902
=158	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.554694
160	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.555905
161	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.559699
162	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.562002
163	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.570428
=164	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.572872
=164	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.572561
166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.580293
167	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.582936
168	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.586140
169	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.589388
170	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.589949
=171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.591610
=171	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.592076
173	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.597560
174	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.599726
175	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.600554
176	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.603084
177	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.603740
178	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.610574
179	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.614320
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.618569
181	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.620126
182	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.626235
183	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.628610
184	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.632335
185	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.633235
186	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.637823
187	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.640032
188	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.648427
189	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.648943
190	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.652042

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Guinea-Bissau0.652042
#189Somalia0.648943
#188Eritrea0.648427
#187Solomon Islands0.640032
#186Chad0.637823

Lowest

#1Norway0.260903
#2United Kingdom0.275985
#3New Zealand0.294568
#4Czechia0.296170
#5Switzerland0.306174

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.460715. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
46 · 144rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tonga0.590087 → 0.610574+0.020487
Benin0.593562 → 0.600554+0.006992
Sri Lanka0.458285 → 0.464762+0.006477
Suriname0.435836 → 0.440715+0.004879
Zimbabwe0.508303 → 0.512841+0.004538

Fell most

Kiribati0.625054 → 0.589388−0.035665
Comoros0.531031 → 0.504412−0.026620
Costa Rica0.415271 → 0.395937−0.019334
Seychelles0.469074 → 0.453694−0.015380
Central African Republic0.601406 → 0.586140−0.015266

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.

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One year of the 2026 release
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Every one of the 190 countries has every column.

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Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (2010). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2010

0630 held

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