Data for 2011

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2011

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2011
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2011, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2011 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.648108; Norway is lowest, at 0.261455. The middle country reads 0.458012. Against 2010, 190 values changed (58 up, 132 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2011

HighestSomalia

0.648108

LowestNorway

0.261455

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

190countries
1measure
2011the 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), 2011, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2011: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.261455
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.276884
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.294826
4	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.297839
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.305855
=6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.309173
=6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.308823
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.313592
9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.315803
=10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.317660
=10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.317662
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.318671
13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.321907
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.323484
15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.325057
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.326401
=17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.328198
=17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.327611
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.330733
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.337251
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.351648
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.353906
23	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.356126
24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.357183
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.357536
=26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.364218
=26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.364029
28	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.365711
=29	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.367352
=29	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.367194
=29	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.366578
=32	Chile`CHL`South America	0.368613
=32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.368916
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.373561
=35	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.374877
=35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.375131
37	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.378298
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.378588
39	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.384772
40	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.387542
41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.388503
=42	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.391266
=42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.390609
=44	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.392351
=44	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.391704
46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.393691
47	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.394844
=48	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.397147
=48	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.397027
50	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.398235
=51	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.400055
=51	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.399995
=53	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.402426
=53	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.401819
=55	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.402935
=55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.402533
=55	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.402650
=55	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.402925
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.405499
60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.407068
=61	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.409377
=61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.409195
=61	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.409182
64	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.409734
65	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.417437
66	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.420898
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.421896
68	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.423449
=69	Colombia`COL`South America	0.424486
=69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.424287
71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.426241
72	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.427484
=73	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.431003
=73	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.431456
75	Peru`PER`South America	0.435100
76	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.436429
77	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.436572
=78	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.437698
=78	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.438256
80	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.438701
81	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.439640
82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.444238
83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.446434
84	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.447127
=85	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.447591
=85	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.447641
87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.449827
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.451349
=89	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.451886
=89	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.452191
=91	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.453181
=91	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.452671
=93	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.455772
=93	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.456367
95	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.457394
96	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.458629
97	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.461237
98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.463127
99	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.463544
100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.465307
101	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.467875
102	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.469325
=103	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.470172
=103	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.469557
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.470975
=106	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.471640
=106	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.472242
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.476268
109	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.477014
110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.478371
=111	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.480110
=111	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.480291
113	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.480551
=114	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.486843
=114	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.486831
116	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.489391
117	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.491352
=118	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.494276
=118	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.493857
120	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.495181
=121	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.495524
=121	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.496339
=121	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.495735
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.496561
125	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.501389
126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.504343
127	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.505329
128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.506174
=129	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.507419
=129	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.507410
131	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.509049
132	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.510202
133	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.511133
=134	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.513773
=134	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.514488
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.514602
137	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.516181
138	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.517359
=139	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.517956
=139	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.517871
141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.518971
142	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.520704
143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.523689
144	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.525026
=145	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.527998
=145	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.528423
147	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.530703
148	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.532246
149	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.534109
150	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.535439
151	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.540025
152	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.542453
153	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.544861
154	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.545506
155	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.546857
=156	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.552609
=156	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.553395
=158	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.554453
=158	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.553619
160	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.558259
161	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.558520
162	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.559636
163	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.565314
164	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.569080
165	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.572224
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.576508
167	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.579638
168	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.581162
169	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.585115
170	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.587437
171	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.591290
172	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.594049
=173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.594555
=173	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.595296
175	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.596560
176	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.602523
177	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.607637
178	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.608530
179	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.615153
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.623983
181	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.627399
182	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.628110
183	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.628904
184	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.633204
185	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.634788
186	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.636220
187	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.644172
188	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.645139
189	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.646442
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.648108

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.648108
#189Guinea-Bissau0.646442
#188Eritrea0.645139
#187Chad0.644172
#186Solomon Islands0.636220

Lowest

#1Norway0.261455
#2United Kingdom0.276884
#3New Zealand0.294826
#4Czechia0.297839
#5Switzerland0.305855

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.458012. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
58 · 132rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Madagascar0.549857 → 0.559636+0.009779
Tajikistan0.400185 → 0.409182+0.008997
Mauritania0.626235 → 0.634788+0.008554
Central African Republic0.586140 → 0.594555+0.008414
Burundi0.620126 → 0.628110+0.007984

Fell most

Ghana0.517582 → 0.504343−0.013238
Kyrgyzstan0.385733 → 0.374877−0.010857
Guyana0.527830 → 0.517359−0.010471
Palau0.517251 → 0.507410−0.009841
Kiribati0.589388 → 0.579638−0.009750

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 2011.
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Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
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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 (2011). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2011

0630 held

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