Data for 2016

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2016

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2016
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2016, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2016 covers 190 countries. Chad is highest, at 0.64997; Norway is lowest, at 0.26561. The middle country reads 0.45184. Against 2015, 190 values changed (86 up, 104 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2016

HighestChad

0.64997

LowestNorway

0.26561

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

190countries
1measure
2016the 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), 2016, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2016: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.26561
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.27668
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.29688
=4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.29814
=4	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.29759
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.30289
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.30536
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.31027
9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.31282
10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.31486
11	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31641
12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.31714
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.31969
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.32119
15	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.32225
16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32315
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.32487
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.32631
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.33233
20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.33533
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.34032
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.34672
23	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.34928
24	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.35179
25	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.35484
=26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.35799
=26	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35761
28	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.36111
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.36194
=30	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.36272
=30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.36270
=32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.36427
=32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.36387
=34	Chile`CHL`South America	0.36477
=34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.36467
=36	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.36804
=36	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.36757
=36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.36803
39	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.37386
40	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.37887
41	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.38009
42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.38230
43	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.38412
44	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.38479
=45	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.38590
=45	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.38618
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38773
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.38880
=49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.39127
=49	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.39121
=49	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.39135
=52	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.39195
=52	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.39165
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.39260
55	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.39458
56	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.39655
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.39803
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.39878
59	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.39968
=60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.40212
=60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.40196
62	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.40651
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.40890
=64	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.41115
=64	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.41150
66	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.41630
67	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.42145
=68	Colombia`COL`South America	0.42239
=68	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.42223
70	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.42273
71	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.42385
72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.42528
73	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.42629
74	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.42796
75	Peru`PER`South America	0.42913
76	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.43047
77	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.43181
78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.43337
79	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.43395
80	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.43499
81	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.43809
82	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.43917
83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.44001
84	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.44061
85	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.44209
=86	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.44399
=86	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.44373
=88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.44543
=88	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.44539
=90	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.44660
=90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44704
=92	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.44809
=92	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.44784
94	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.44871
=95	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.45189
=95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.45180
=97	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.45308
=97	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.45267
=99	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.45533
=99	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.45541
101	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.45636
102	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.45841
103	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.46108
104	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.46185
105	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.46314
106	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.46561
=107	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.46842
=107	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.46822
=109	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.47008
=109	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.47033
=111	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.47501
=111	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.47516
=113	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.47570
=113	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.47644
115	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.47717
116	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.48263
117	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.48369
118	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.48517
119	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.48717
120	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.48828
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.48953
=122	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.49127
=122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.49137
=122	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.49132
125	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.49296
126	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.49400
127	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.49476
128	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.49743
=129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.49930
=129	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.49856
=129	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.49892
=132	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.50127
=132	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.50142
=134	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.50207
=134	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.50221
136	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.50554
137	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.50704
=138	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.51066
=138	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.51142
=140	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.51164
=140	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.51162
142	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.51367
143	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.51592
144	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.51667
145	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.51813
146	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.52034
147	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.52237
=148	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.52262
=148	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.52311
150	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.52653
151	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.52850
152	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.53045
153	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.53170
=154	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.53340
=154	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.53326
156	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.53979
157	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.54072
=158	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.54187
=158	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.54226
160	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.54756
161	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.55243
162	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.55257
163	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.55512
164	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.55979
=165	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.56711
=165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.56661
167	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.56832
168	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.57497
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.58014
170	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.58429
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.58928
172	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.59084
173	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.59931
174	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.60119
175	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.60498
176	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.60671
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.60816
178	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.60988
179	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.61146
180	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.61368
181	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.61457
182	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.61785
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.61892
184	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.62302
185	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.62568
186	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.62960
187	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.63271
188	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.63622
189	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.64441
190	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.64997

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Chad0.64997
#189Somalia0.64441
#188Guinea-Bissau0.63622
#187Mauritania0.63271
#186Sudan0.62960

Lowest

#1Norway0.26561
#2United Kingdom0.27668
#3New Zealand0.29688
#4Czechia0.29759
#4Canada0.29814

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.45184. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
86 · 104rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Yemen0.60161 → 0.61146+0.00985
Benin0.59057 → 0.59931+0.00874
Chad0.64206 → 0.64997+0.00791
Papua New Guinea0.54500 → 0.55257+0.00757
Suriname0.43506 → 0.44209+0.00703

Fell most

Nauru0.52915 → 0.49400−0.03515
Cambodia0.50546 → 0.48369−0.02178
Republic of the Congo0.54297 → 0.52262−0.02035
Kyrgyzstan0.38224 → 0.36757−0.01466
India0.51311 → 0.50127−0.01184

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 2016.
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 (2016). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2016

0630 held

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