Data for 2018

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2018

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2018
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2018, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2018 covers 190 countries. Chad is highest, at 0.643828; Norway is lowest, at 0.266470. The middle country reads 0.449652. Against 2017, 190 values changed (53 up, 137 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2018

HighestChad

0.643828

LowestNorway

0.266470

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

190countries
1measure
2018the 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), 2018, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2018: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.266470
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.277874
=3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.295491
=3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.294520
5	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.296711
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.299890
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.305396
8	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.307421
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.309533
10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.311284
11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.314507
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.317200
=13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.319251
=13	United States`USA`Northern America	0.319118
15	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.320539
=16	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.321576
=16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.322257
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.325376
19	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.335542
20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.337059
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.339326
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.346011
23	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.348109
24	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.350940
25	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.352272
26	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.354120
=27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.354833
=27	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.354502
29	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.355899
=30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.357560
=30	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.357601
=32	Chile`CHL`South America	0.359529
=32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.360442
34	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.360591
35	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.364234
=36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.364995
=36	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.364585
38	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.365904
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.366526
40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.367824
41	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.379901
42	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.382258
43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.385212
44	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.385881
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.386664
=46	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.388116
=46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.388152
=48	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.389111
=48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.388635
50	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.390221
51	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.391280
=52	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.392248
=52	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.392288
=52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.392159
=55	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.392563
=55	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.392675
=57	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.397430
=57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.396626
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.397883
60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.401856
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.402585
62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.405012
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.409693
64	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.410698
=65	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.411923
=65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.412262
67	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.414977
68	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.416210
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.417139
70	Colombia`COL`South America	0.418901
=71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.421369
=71	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.420686
=71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.420609
74	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.423746
=75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.426468
=75	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.425528
77	Peru`PER`South America	0.428883
=78	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.429907
=78	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.429655
80	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.433400
=81	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.434072
=81	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.433780
=83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.434974
=83	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.435424
85	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.436096
=86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.438170
=86	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.438117
88	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.444622
=89	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.445777
=89	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.445631
=89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.446392
=89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.446473
=93	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.449399
=93	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.448894
=95	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.449636
=95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.449668
=95	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.450400
=98	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.451103
=98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.450966
=98	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.450799
=101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.451836
=101	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.452380
103	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.453577
104	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.454549
105	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.456773
106	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.458015
107	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.462124
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.464133
=109	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.466685
=109	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.467260
111	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.468504
112	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.470501
=113	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.474747
=113	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.474657
=113	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.475426
116	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.475594
117	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.477048
118	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.478104
119	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.479016
120	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.481276
=121	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.483983
=121	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.484031
=123	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.485399
=123	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.485235
125	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.486469
126	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.487161
127	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.487603
128	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.489506
129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.491375
130	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.492828
131	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.495420
132	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.496412
133	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.497972
=134	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.498980
=134	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.498614
=134	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.498679
=137	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.503978
=137	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.503567
139	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.504781
140	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.506217
141	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.507599
=142	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.510273
=142	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.509812
=142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.510406
=142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.510412
146	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.510635
147	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.511756
148	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.513764
149	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.517169
150	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.525881
151	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.527352
152	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.528483
=153	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.529130
=153	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.528843
155	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.530669
156	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.533974
=157	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.534612
=157	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.534997
159	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.536714
160	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.539921
161	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.545789
162	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.550582
163	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.557058
164	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.559794
165	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.565047
166	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.569825
167	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.571745
=168	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.573897
=168	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.573727
170	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.575657
=171	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.590651
=171	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.591031
173	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.592041
174	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.594879
175	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.596377
176	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.599001
177	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.600425
178	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.605103
179	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.607893
180	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.609768
181	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.610869
182	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.611799
183	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.613014
184	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.621220
185	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.629255
186	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.630761
187	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.633648
188	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.635395
189	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.641195
190	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.643828

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Chad0.643828
#189Somalia0.641195
#188Eritrea0.635395
#187Sudan0.633648
#186Mauritania0.630761

Lowest

#1Norway0.266470
#2United Kingdom0.277874
#3New Zealand0.294520
#3Canada0.295491
#5Czechia0.296711

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.449652. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
53 · 137rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Serbia0.452623 → 0.475594+0.022971
Namibia0.512473 → 0.528483+0.016010
Papua New Guinea0.549146 → 0.557058+0.007912
Kiribati0.565838 → 0.573727+0.007889
Armenia0.397144 → 0.405012+0.007868

Fell most

Barbados0.431060 → 0.392248−0.038813
Nauru0.525077 → 0.495420−0.029657
Bulgaria0.377303 → 0.354120−0.023183
Nepal0.525483 → 0.509812−0.015671
Morocco0.473681 → 0.458015−0.015666

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.

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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 2018.
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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 (2018). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2018

0630 held

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