Data for 2019

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2019

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2019
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2019, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2019 covers 190 countries. Chad is highest, at 0.644248; Norway is lowest, at 0.266177. The middle country reads 0.447883. Against 2018, 190 values changed (68 up, 122 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2019

HighestChad

0.644248

LowestNorway

0.266177

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

190countries
1measure
2019the 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), 2019, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2019: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.266177
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.277374
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.285850
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.295027
5	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.299304
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.299521
7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.304319
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.305883
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.308502
10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.311115
11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.313313
12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.315216
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.315637
14	United States`USA`Northern America	0.316590
15	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.320965
=16	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.322807
=16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.322936
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.325827
19	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.336337
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.338411
21	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.342412
22	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.343291
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.345816
24	Chile`CHL`South America	0.348349
25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.351354
26	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.352558
=27	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.353765
=27	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.353754
=29	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.355209
=29	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.355479
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.355674
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.358135
33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.358991
=34	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.360945
=34	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.360744
36	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.362828
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.363832
=38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.367803
=38	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.367598
=40	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.370678
=40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.370996
=42	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.379182
=42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.379276
44	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.380889
45	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.384543
46	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.386355
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.388383
48	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.389067
=49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.390463
=49	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.389651
=49	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.389804
52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.390584
=53	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.391610
=53	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.392352
=53	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.392477
56	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.394101
57	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.395747
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.396723
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.398416
60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.400906
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.403094
62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.403738
63	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.405895
=64	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.407502
=64	Colombia`COL`South America	0.407828
=64	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.408033
67	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.409479
68	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.413978
=69	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.416801
=69	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.417195
71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.420336
72	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.421821
73	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.424053
=74	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.425207
=74	Peru`PER`South America	0.425251
76	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.426950
77	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.428399
78	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.428854
=79	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.433289
=79	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.433091
81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.433707
=82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.435134
=82	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.435162
=84	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.436569
=84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.436592
=86	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.439419
=86	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.438826
=86	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.438629
=89	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.444356
=89	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.444361
=91	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.445342
=91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.444600
=91	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.445456
94	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.446846
=95	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.447555
=95	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.448211
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.449069
=98	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.449527
=98	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.449856
=100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.451415
=100	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.450865
=102	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.452076
=102	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.451863
104	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.453362
=105	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.454772
=105	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.454658
=107	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.463118
=107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.462769
109	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.464087
=110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.468206
=110	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.467765
112	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.470255
=113	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.470639
=113	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.471454
115	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.475071
=116	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.476179
=116	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.475646
=118	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.476660
=118	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.476812
120	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.477969
121	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.479871
122	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.481304
=123	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.488189
=123	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.488083
=123	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.487575
=123	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.488215
127	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.488535
128	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.490444
129	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.491056
130	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.492147
131	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.492735
=132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.494003
=132	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.494450
=134	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.497382
=134	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.497249
=134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.497167
=137	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.498057
=137	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.498313
139	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.501343
=140	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.502451
=140	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.502158
142	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.503517
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.507401
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.508970
145	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.510718
=146	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.512429
=146	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.511696
148	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.512566
149	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.513659
150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.515073
151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.523305
152	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.523800
153	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.524789
154	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.527883
=155	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.530218
=155	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.530353
157	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.531883
158	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.534340
=159	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.536520
=159	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.536867
161	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.539046
162	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.544363
163	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.553455
164	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.557673
165	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.562427
=166	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.564785
=166	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.565471
168	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.568723
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.573241
170	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.577734
171	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.578505
172	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.582382
=173	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.588947
=173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.589418
=173	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.588587
176	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.590025
177	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.602934
178	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.606532
=179	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.610153
=179	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.609892
181	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.610754
182	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.612215
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.616650
184	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.622861
185	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.624530
186	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.626632
187	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.631046
188	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.634287
189	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.641252
190	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.644248

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Chad0.644248
#189Somalia0.641252
#188Eritrea0.634287
#187Mauritania0.631046
#186Solomon Islands0.626632

Lowest

#1Norway0.266177
#2United Kingdom0.277374
#3Canada0.285850
#4New Zealand0.295027
#5Czechia0.299304

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.447883. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
68 · 122rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Solomon Islands0.599001 → 0.626632+0.027631
Georgia0.421369 → 0.445342+0.023972
Guatemala0.454549 → 0.462769+0.008220
Maldives0.529130 → 0.536867+0.007737
Belize0.481276 → 0.488189+0.006913

Fell most

Kiribati0.573727 → 0.527883−0.045843
Belarus0.388116 → 0.362828−0.025288
Ghana0.483983 → 0.467765−0.016218
Nepal0.509812 → 0.497167−0.012645
Liberia0.591031 → 0.578505−0.012527

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 2019.
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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 (2019). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2019

0630 held

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