Data for 2017

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2017

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2017
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2017, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2017 covers 190 countries. Chad is highest, at 0.64600; Norway is lowest, at 0.26576. The middle country reads 0.45053. Against 2016, 190 values changed (76 up, 114 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2017

HighestChad

0.64600

LowestNorway

0.26576

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

190countries
1measure
2017the 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), 2017, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2017: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.26576
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.27754
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.29471
=4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.29683
=4	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.29733
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.30376
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.30588
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.30967
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.31259
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.31473
=11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.31574
=11	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31565
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.31813
=14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.32076
=14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.32149
=14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32143
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.32454
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.32625
19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.33323
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.33490
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.33735
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.34673
23	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.35040
24	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.35274
25	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.35378
26	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35646
=27	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.35780
=27	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.35814
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.35968
=30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.36115
=30	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.36109
32	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.36185
33	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.36414
34	Chile`CHL`South America	0.36516
=35	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.36675
=35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.36714
=35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.36695
=35	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.36711
39	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.37067
40	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.37730
41	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.37952
42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.38149
43	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.38440
44	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.38530
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.38688
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38798
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.38859
=48	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.39035
=48	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.39028
=48	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.39036
51	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.39175
=52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.39251
=52	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.39294
=52	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.39279
=55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.39575
=55	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.39556
57	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.39714
=58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.39823
=58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.39756
=60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.40276
=60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.40262
62	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.40820
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.40979
64	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.41196
65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.41531
66	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.41634
67	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.41999
68	Colombia`COL`South America	0.42076
=69	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.42238
=69	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.42166
71	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.42303
72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.42420
=73	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.42554
=73	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.42551
75	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.42794
76	Peru`PER`South America	0.42960
=77	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.43106
=77	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.43140
=79	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.43245
=79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.43228
81	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.43301
82	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.43648
=83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.43734
=83	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.43737
=83	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.43748
86	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.43815
87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.44216
88	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.44389
=89	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.44474
=89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.44523
91	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.44640
92	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44825
93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.44895
=94	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.45002
=94	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.44978
96	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.45104
97	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.45189
98	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.45262
=99	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.45352
=99	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.45397
101	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.45482
102	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.45752
=103	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.45949
=103	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.45861
=105	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.46006
=105	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.45995
107	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.46222
=108	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.46703
=108	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.46690
=108	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.46660
111	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.47062
112	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.47151
113	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.47368
114	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.47480
115	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.47569
=116	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.48029
=116	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.47981
118	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.48076
119	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.48235
120	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.48403
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.48588
122	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.48829
123	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.48865
124	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.49123
=125	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.49171
=125	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.49160
=127	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.49258
=127	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.49344
129	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.49583
=130	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.49846
=130	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.49785
=132	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.49924
=132	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.49949
134	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.49988
135	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.50191
136	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.50287
137	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.50398
138	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.50843
139	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.50945
=140	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.50979
=140	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.50975
142	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.51247
143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.51276
144	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.51422
145	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.51452
=146	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.51704
=146	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.51709
148	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.52385
=149	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.52508
=149	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.52548
151	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.52583
152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.52792
153	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.53012
154	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.53406
155	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.53525
=156	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.53673
=156	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.53737
=158	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.54192
=158	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.54164
160	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.54563
=161	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.54932
=161	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.54915
163	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.55223
164	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.56499
=165	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.56590
=165	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.56584
167	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.56865
168	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.57071
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.57690
170	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.57887
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.59028
172	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.59518
173	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.60007
174	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.60076
=175	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.60328
=175	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.60349
177	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.60657
178	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.60802
179	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.60972
180	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.61178
181	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.61357
182	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.61582
=183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.62405
=183	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.62359
185	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.62739
186	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.62977
187	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.63398
188	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.63550
189	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.64235
190	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.64600

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Chad0.64600
#189Somalia0.64235
#188Mauritania0.63550
#187Eritrea0.63398
#186Guinea-Bissau0.62977

Lowest

#1Norway0.26576
#2United Kingdom0.27754
#3New Zealand0.29471
#4Canada0.29683
#4Czechia0.29733

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.45053. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 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

Nauru0.49400 → 0.52508+0.03108
Trinidad and Tobago0.38479 → 0.39575+0.01095
Kenya0.49137 → 0.49988+0.00851
Eritrea0.62568 → 0.63398+0.00830
Republic of the Congo0.52262 → 0.53012+0.00750

Fell most

Tajikistan0.39165 → 0.37067−0.02098
Guinea0.49856 → 0.47981−0.01875
Namibia0.52850 → 0.51247−0.01603
Ecuador0.47501 → 0.46006−0.01495
Burkina Faso0.52237 → 0.50843−0.01394

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 2017.
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 (2017). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2017

0630 held

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