Data for 2014

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2014

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2014
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2014, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2014 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.64589; Norway is lowest, at 0.26194. The middle country reads 0.45150. Against 2013, 190 values changed (62 up, 128 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2014

HighestSomalia

0.64589

LowestNorway

0.26194

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

190countries
1measure
2014the 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), 2014, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2014: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.26194
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.27970
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.29501
4	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.29805
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.30250
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30314
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.30704
8	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.31335
9	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.31520
10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31619
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.31705
12	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.31964
=13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.32174
=13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.32183
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32264
16	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.32428
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.32572
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.33101
=19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.33559
=19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.33603
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.34186
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.34693
23	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.35367
24	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.35602
=25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.35680
=25	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35701
27	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.36143
=28	Chile`CHL`South America	0.36232
=28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.36224
30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.36302
31	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.36449
=32	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.36512
=32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.36464
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.36722
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.36783
36	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.36896
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.37113
38	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.37310
39	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.37647
40	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.38444
41	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.38451
=42	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.38614
=42	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.38612
=42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38639
=45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.38669
=45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.38733
=47	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.38885
=47	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.38900
49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.39047
50	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.39071
51	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.39178
52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.39297
53	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.39605
54	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.39662
=55	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.39774
=55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.39818
=55	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.39820
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.39997
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.40104
60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.40203
=61	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.40316
=61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.40257
63	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.40892
64	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.40994
65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.41252
66	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.41838
67	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.41980
68	Colombia`COL`South America	0.42318
=69	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.42525
=69	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.42501
71	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.42625
=72	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.42724
=72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.42707
=72	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.42654
75	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.43023
76	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.43110
=77	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.43237
=77	Peru`PER`South America	0.43157
79	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.43282
=80	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.43636
=80	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.43583
82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.43782
83	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.44028
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.44072
85	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.44246
86	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.44527
=87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.44556
=87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44618
=89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.44666
=89	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.44661
91	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.44829
=92	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.44878
=92	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.44947
94	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.45005
95	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.45123
96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.45177
97	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.45259
98	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.45389
=99	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.45644
=99	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.45645
101	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.45939
102	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.46208
103	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.46263
104	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.46442
105	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.46612
106	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.46669
=107	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.47191
=107	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.47235
109	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.47394
=110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.47594
=110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.47648
112	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.47662
113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.48097
114	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.48150
115	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.48477
=116	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.48611
=116	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.48639
118	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.48779
119	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.49080
120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.49224
121	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.49295
122	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.49534
=123	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.49741
=123	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.49675
=125	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.49800
=125	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.49790
=127	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.49907
=127	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.49864
129	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.50008
130	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.50189
=131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.50359
=131	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.50388
133	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.50598
134	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.50803
135	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.50875
=136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.50999
=136	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.51024
=136	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.50982
=136	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.51043
140	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.51630
141	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.51713
142	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.51829
143	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.51872
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.52126
145	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.52156
=146	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.52296
=146	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.52263
148	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.52530
=149	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.52609
=149	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.52627
151	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.52892
152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.53486
=153	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.53591
=153	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.53627
155	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.54250
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.54323
157	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.54678
=158	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.54808
=158	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.54761
160	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.55634
161	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.55660
162	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.56216
163	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.56369
164	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.56820
165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.57046
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.57342
167	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.57920
168	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.58105
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.58318
170	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.58364
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.58875
172	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.59295
173	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.59532
174	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.59594
175	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.59779
176	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.59995
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.60241
178	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.60936
179	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.61002
180	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.61146
181	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.61931
182	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.62071
183	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.62561
184	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.63023
185	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.63163
186	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.63302
187	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.63527
188	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.63754
189	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.64027
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.64589

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.64589
#189Eritrea0.64027
#188Guinea-Bissau0.63754
#187Chad0.63527
#186Mauritania0.63302

Lowest

#1Norway0.26194
#2United Kingdom0.27970
#3New Zealand0.29501
#4Czechia0.29805
#5Switzerland0.30250

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.45150. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
62 · 128rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Belize0.48381 → 0.49907+0.01525
Tonga0.60139 → 0.61146+0.01007
Yemen0.59054 → 0.59995+0.00941
Barbados0.42584 → 0.43237+0.00653
Dominican Republic0.46787 → 0.47394+0.00607

Fell most

Nauru0.53657 → 0.50875−0.02783
Samoa0.53611 → 0.52263−0.01348
Cyprus0.36542 → 0.35367−0.01175
Ukraine0.39746 → 0.38612−0.01134
Tuvalu0.57379 → 0.56369−0.01010

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 2014.
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 (2014). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2014

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