Data for 2012

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2012

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2012
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2012, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2012 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.64725; Norway is lowest, at 0.26282. The middle country reads 0.45427. Against 2011, 190 values changed (49 up, 141 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2012

HighestSomalia

0.64725

LowestNorway

0.26282

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

190countries
1measure
2012the 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), 2012, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2012: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.26282
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.28012
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.29587
4	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.29816
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.30569
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.30807
7	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30860
=8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.31167
=8	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.31229
=10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.31694
=10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31692
=12	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.32037
=12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32019
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.32350
15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.32597
=16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.32725
=16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.32717
=18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.32760
=18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.32768
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.33973
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.34617
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.35297
23	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.35407
=24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.35767
=24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35825
=26	Chile`CHL`South America	0.36426
=26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.36384
28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.36453
=29	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.36605
=29	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.36588
31	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.36701
32	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.36783
=33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.36925
=33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.36865
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.37466
36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.37693
=37	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.37754
=37	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.37772
=39	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.38598
=39	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.38578
41	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.38788
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38905
=43	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.39041
=43	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.39013
=43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.39012
46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.39212
47	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.39257
48	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.39392
49	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.39626
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.39717
=51	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.39809
=51	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.39777
53	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.39930
=54	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.40028
=54	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.39998
56	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.40236
=57	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.40395
=57	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.40352
=57	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.40375
60	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.40535
=61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.40592
=61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.40570
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.40754
64	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.40998
65	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.41606
66	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.41866
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.42017
68	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.42234
=69	Colombia`COL`South America	0.42281
=69	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.42330
71	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.42436
72	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.42519
=73	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.42566
=73	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.42595
=73	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.42640
76	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.43082
77	Peru`PER`South America	0.43293
78	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.43432
79	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.43500
80	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.43964
81	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.44128
82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.44319
=83	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.44396
=83	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.44379
=85	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.44578
=85	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44630
=87	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.44710
=87	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.44706
=89	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.44923
=89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.44913
=91	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.45080
=91	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.45146
93	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.45186
=94	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.45282
=94	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.45306
96	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.45547
97	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.45591
98	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.45956
=99	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.46202
=99	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.46177
=99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.46204
=99	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.46219
=103	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.46699
=103	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.46689
105	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.46814
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.46969
107	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.47179
=108	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.47519
=108	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.47506
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.47639
111	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.47752
112	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.47942
113	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.48136
=114	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.48197
=114	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.48230
116	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.49140
117	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.49197
=118	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.49282
=118	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.49340
120	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.49390
121	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.49539
=122	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.49572
=122	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.49615
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.49680
125	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.49986
=126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.50196
=126	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.50215
=126	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.50189
129	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.50545
130	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.50647
131	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.50766
=132	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.50915
=132	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.50905
=134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.51017
=134	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.51026
136	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.51445
=137	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.51466
=137	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.51548
=139	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.51607
=139	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.51634
141	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.51733
=142	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.52045
=142	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.52048
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.52064
145	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.52380
146	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.52450
147	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.52670
148	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.52830
149	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.53325
=150	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.53573
=150	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.53592
=150	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.53568
153	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.53776
154	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.54161
155	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.54464
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.54635
=157	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.54923
=157	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.54872
=159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.55328
=159	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.55305
161	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.55645
=162	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.56105
=162	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.56106
164	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.56367
165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.57305
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.57628
167	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.57721
168	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.58009
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.58159
170	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.58739
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.58811
=172	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.58952
=172	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.58956
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.59438
175	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.59465
176	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.59898
=177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.60852
=177	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.60882
179	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.61451
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.61799
181	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.62542
182	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.62632
183	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.62730
184	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.63229
185	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.63289
186	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.63603
=187	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.63908
=187	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.63918
189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.64053
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.64725

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.64725
#189Chad0.64053
#187Guinea-Bissau0.63918
#187Eritrea0.63908
#186Solomon Islands0.63603

Lowest

#1Norway0.26282
#2United Kingdom0.28012
#3New Zealand0.29587
#4Czechia0.29816
#5Switzerland0.30569

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.45427. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
49 · 141rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Djibouti0.59530 → 0.60852+0.01322
Cabo Verde0.47224 → 0.48197+0.00973
Vanuatu0.56531 → 0.57305+0.00774
Syria0.48683 → 0.49390+0.00707
Republic of the Congo0.55445 → 0.56106+0.00661

Fell most

Bahamas0.47164 → 0.44396−0.02768
Sierra Leone0.60764 → 0.58956−0.01808
Nicaragua0.44713 → 0.43082−0.01631
Samoa0.53225 → 0.52048−0.01177
Barbados0.43643 → 0.42566−0.01077

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 2012.
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 (2012). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2012

0630 held

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