Data for 2015

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2015

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2015
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2015, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2015 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.64515; Norway is lowest, at 0.26498. The middle country reads 0.45150. Against 2014, 190 values changed (76 up, 114 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2015

HighestSomalia

0.64515

LowestNorway

0.26498

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

190countries
1measure
2015the 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), 2015, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2015: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.26498
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.27711
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.29422
4	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.29802
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30041
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.30255
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.30642
=8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.31284
=8	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.31302
10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31639
=11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.31706
=11	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.31666
13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.32109
=14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.32152
=14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.32181
=14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32227
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.32605
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.32752
=19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.33485
=19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.33518
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.34219
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.34799
=23	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.35283
=23	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.35346
=25	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.35792
=25	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35850
27	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.35951
28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.36190
29	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.36265
=30	Chile`CHL`South America	0.36368
=30	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.36425
=30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.36394
=33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.36465
=33	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.36456
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.36717
36	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.36994
37	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.37161
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.37576
39	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.38224
40	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.38270
41	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.38350
=42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.38626
=42	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.38607
=42	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.38629
=45	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.38660
=45	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.38706
=45	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38695
48	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.39078
=49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.39214
=49	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.39232
=49	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.39152
52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.39300
=53	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.39535
=53	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.39531
=55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.39746
=55	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.39692
=57	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.39860
=57	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.39902
=57	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.39922
60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.40111
61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.40299
62	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.40405
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.40929
64	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.41013
65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.41209
66	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.41728
67	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.41929
68	Colombia`COL`South America	0.42161
69	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.42323
70	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.42493
=71	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.42572
=71	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.42643
=71	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.42648
=74	Peru`PER`South America	0.42934
=74	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.42918
=76	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.43028
=76	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.42973
78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.43136
79	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.43256
=80	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.43477
=80	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.43506
82	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.43595
83	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.43737
84	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.43770
85	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.44346
=86	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.44546
=86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.44461
=86	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.44494
=86	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.44491
90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44717
91	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.44757
92	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.44865
93	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.44959
=94	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.45142
=94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.45056
=96	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.45218
=96	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.45212
=96	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.45157
99	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.45260
100	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.45557
=101	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.46224
=101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.46240
103	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.46257
104	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.46510
=105	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.46629
=105	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.46556
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.46757
108	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.46986
109	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.47281
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.47530
=111	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.47616
=111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.47617
=113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.47838
=113	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.47837
115	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.48517
116	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.48615
117	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.48708
118	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.48808
=119	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.48886
=119	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.48918
121	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.49039
=122	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.49228
=122	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.49212
124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.49541
125	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.49664
=126	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.49800
=126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.49772
=126	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.49752
129	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.49926
130	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.49975
131	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.50202
132	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.50262
133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.50546
134	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.50571
=135	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.51066
=135	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.51119
=135	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.51093
=138	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.51311
=138	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.51257
=140	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.51606
=140	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.51646
=142	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.51707
=142	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.51683
=142	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.51732
145	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.51776
=146	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.52490
=146	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.52549
=148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.52900
=148	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.52915
=150	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.52985
=150	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.52983
152	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.53174
153	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.53430
154	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.53757
155	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.53964
156	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.54190
157	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.54297
=158	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.54501
=158	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.54500
160	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.54564
161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.54884
162	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.55738
=163	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.55760
=163	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.55845
165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.56911
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.57054
167	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.57452
168	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.57836
169	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.58035
170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.58087
171	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.58891
172	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.59057
173	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.59708
174	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.59775
=175	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.60166
=175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.60161
=177	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.60948
=177	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.60865
179	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.60984
180	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.61327
=181	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.61575
=181	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.61567
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.61766
184	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.62426
185	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.62528
186	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.63389
=187	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.63731
=187	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.63676
189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.64206
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.64515

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.64515
#189Chad0.64206
#187Eritrea0.63731
#187Mauritania0.63676
#186Guinea-Bissau0.63389

Lowest

#1Norway0.26498
#2United Kingdom0.27711
#3New Zealand0.29422
#4Czechia0.29802
#5Canada0.30041

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

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
76 · 114rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Nauru0.50875 → 0.52915+0.02040
Djibouti0.60241 → 0.61327+0.01085
Tuvalu0.56369 → 0.57452+0.01084
Niger0.58875 → 0.59775+0.00900
Ghana0.49534 → 0.50262+0.00728

Fell most

Kiribati0.58105 → 0.55845−0.02260
Papua New Guinea0.56216 → 0.54500−0.01716
Solomon Islands0.63023 → 0.61567−0.01456
Myanmar0.52530 → 0.51093−0.01437
Comoros0.50999 → 0.49772−0.01227

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 2015.
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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.

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Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (2015). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2015

0630 held

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