Data for 2013

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2013

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2013
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2013, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2013 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.64669; Norway is lowest, at 0.26295. The middle country reads 0.45495. Against 2012, 190 values changed (67 up, 123 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2013

HighestSomalia

0.64669

LowestNorway

0.26295

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

190countries
1measure
2013the 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), 2013, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2013: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.26295
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.28189
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.29650
4	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.29809
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.30425
=6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30577
=6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.30641
8	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.31314
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.31496
=10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.31740
=10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31650
12	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.32021
13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32206
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.32318
15	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.32452
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.32629
=17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.32819
=17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.32794
19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.33222
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.33803
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.34233
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.35061
23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.35433
24	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.35459
25	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35856
26	Chile`CHL`South America	0.36239
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.36391
=28	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.36481
=28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.36542
=28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.36518
=28	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.36492
=32	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.36609
=32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.36578
=34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.36979
=34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.36995
36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.37076
37	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.37470
=38	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.37562
=38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.37592
40	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.38600
41	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.38676
=42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.38758
=42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38842
=44	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.38925
=44	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.38922
=46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.39023
=46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.38991
48	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.39106
49	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.39342
=50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.39574
=50	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.39639
52	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.39746
=53	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.39843
=53	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.39789
55	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.39955
=56	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.40063
=56	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.40078
=56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.40107
=56	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.40059
=60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.40164
=60	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.40231
62	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.40270
=63	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.40925
=63	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.40905
65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.41290
=66	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.41906
=66	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.41944
68	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.42184
=69	Colombia`COL`South America	0.42304
=69	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.42313
71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.42455
72	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.42584
73	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.42689
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.42913
=75	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.43060
=75	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.43123
=75	Peru`PER`South America	0.43122
=78	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.43197
=78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.43169
80	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.43577
81	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.43694
82	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.43817
=83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.43986
=83	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.44030
85	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.44251
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.44537
=87	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.44724
=87	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.44665
=89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.44835
=89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44820
=91	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.44909
=91	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.44945
93	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.45259
94	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.45373
=95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.45459
=95	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.45530
97	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.45712
=98	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.45836
=98	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.45763
100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.46090
101	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.46160
102	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.46281
103	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.46618
=104	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.46713
=104	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.46678
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.46787
107	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.47010
=108	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.47244
=108	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.47227
=110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.47509
=110	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.47545
112	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.48047
113	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.48083
114	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.48322
115	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.48381
116	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.48498
=117	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.48856
=117	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.48859
=117	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.48917
120	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.49085
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.49226
=122	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.49588
=122	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.49562
124	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.49682
125	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.49954
=126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.50083
=126	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.50055
128	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.50196
129	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.50290
=130	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.50510
=130	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.50477
=130	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.50480
=133	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.50611
=133	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.50571
=135	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.50726
=135	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.50694
137	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.51123
138	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.51374
139	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.51551
140	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.51800
141	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.51946
142	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.51964
143	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.52096
144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.52179
=145	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.52412
=145	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.52436
147	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.52921
148	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.52995
149	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.53128
150	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.53287
151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.53522
=152	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.53613
=152	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.53611
154	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.53657
155	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.54496
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.54676
157	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.54934
158	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.55035
159	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.55244
160	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.55588
161	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.55688
162	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.56037
163	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.56359
164	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.57379
165	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.57472
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.57813
167	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.57904
168	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.58210
169	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.58449
170	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.58691
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.58757
172	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.59054
173	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.59263
174	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.59651
175	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.59806
176	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.59873
=177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.60116
=177	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.60139
179	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.60942
180	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.61619
181	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.62218
182	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.62291
183	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.62541
184	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.62938
185	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.63123
186	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.63240
187	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.63416
188	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.63464
189	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.64058
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.64669

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.64669
#189Eritrea0.64058
#188Chad0.63464
#187Guinea-Bissau0.63416
#186Solomon Islands0.63240

Lowest

#1Norway0.26295
#2United Kingdom0.28189
#3New Zealand0.29650
#4Czechia0.29809
#5Switzerland0.30425

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.45495. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
67 · 123rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tuvalu0.55305 → 0.57379+0.02074
Samoa0.52048 → 0.53611+0.01564
Syria0.49390 → 0.50480+0.01091
Denmark0.32350 → 0.33222+0.00872
Central African Republic0.58952 → 0.59806+0.00854

Fell most

Andorra0.38598 → 0.36481−0.02117
Burundi0.63289 → 0.61619−0.01669
Croatia0.40592 → 0.39023−0.01570
Montenegro0.44578 → 0.43169−0.01409
Tonga0.61451 → 0.60139−0.01311

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 2013.
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 (2013). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2013

0630 held

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