Data for 2020

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2020

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2020
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2020, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2020 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.64039; Norway is lowest, at 0.26640. The middle country reads 0.44790. Against 2019, 190 values changed (84 up, 106 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2020

HighestSomalia

0.64039

LowestNorway

0.26640

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

190countries
1measure
2020the 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), 2020, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2020: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.26640
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.27647
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.28543
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.29468
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.29867
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.29977
7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.30266
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.30457
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.30756
=10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.31190
=10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.31229
=12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.31281
=12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.31284
=14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.31752
=14	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31797
=16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.32131
=16	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.32107
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32414
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.33918
=20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.34328
=20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.34313
22	Chile`CHL`South America	0.34873
23	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.34970
=24	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.35241
=24	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.35171
=24	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.35247
27	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.35423
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35514
=29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.35655
=29	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.35701
=31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.35797
=31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.35832
=31	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.35835
34	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.35934
35	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.35990
=36	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.36171
=36	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.36191
38	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.36305
39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.36672
40	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.36775
41	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.37016
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.37420
43	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.37875
44	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.37960
=45	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.38366
=45	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.38433
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.38638
48	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.38714
=49	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.38758
=49	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38780
51	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.39038
52	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.39077
=53	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.39234
=53	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.39191
=53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.39157
56	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.39300
57	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.39647
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.39656
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.39809
60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.39937
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.40110
62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.40401
63	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.40483
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.40717
=65	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.40780
=65	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.40787
=65	Colombia`COL`South America	0.40821
68	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.41656
=69	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.41787
=69	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.41829
=69	Peru`PER`South America	0.41794
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.41961
=73	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.42081
=73	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.42146
=75	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.42197
=75	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.42248
77	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.42574
78	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.42844
79	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.42891
80	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.43023
=81	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.43174
=81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.43195
=81	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.43199
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.43277
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.43356
=86	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.43719
=86	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.43657
88	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.43803
=89	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.43965
=89	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.44019
91	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.44418
92	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.44495
93	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.44583
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.44661
=95	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.44811
=95	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.44830
=95	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44769
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.44919
99	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.44991
=100	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.45170
=100	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.45218
=102	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.45370
=102	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.45444
104	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.45901
105	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.46072
106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.46462
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.46679
=108	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.46767
=108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.46774
=110	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.46923
=110	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.46914
=110	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.46891
113	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.47013
114	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.47100
=115	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.47411
=115	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.47435
117	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.47485
=118	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.47561
=118	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.47638
=118	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.47594
121	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.48045
122	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.48057
123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.48193
=124	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.48439
=124	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.48415
126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.48597
127	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.48843
128	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.48885
=129	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.48971
=129	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.48965
=129	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.49028
=132	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.49421
=132	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.49385
134	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.49591
=135	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.49689
=135	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.49692
137	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.49782
=138	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.50227
=138	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.50187
=138	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.50190
=141	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.50440
=141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.50416
143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.50872
144	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.50966
=145	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.51148
=145	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.51089
147	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.51323
148	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.51376
=149	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.51553
=149	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.51586
151	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.51683
152	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.52337
153	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.52505
154	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.52855
=155	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.53239
=155	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.53240
157	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.53484
158	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.53583
159	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.53759
160	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.53962
161	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.54060
162	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.54371
163	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.54670
164	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.55344
165	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.55359
166	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.55614
167	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.55778
168	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.56146
169	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.56960
170	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.57143
171	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.57389
172	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.57650
173	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.58502
=174	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.58642
=174	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.58580
176	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.58975
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.59411
178	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.59474
179	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.60677
=180	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.60811
=180	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.60822
=182	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.61015
=182	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.60966
184	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.61545
185	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.62226
186	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.62945
187	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.63211
188	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.63282
189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.63476
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.64039

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.64039
#189Chad0.63476
#188Eritrea0.63282
#187Mauritania0.63211
#186Guinea-Bissau0.62945

Lowest

#1Norway0.26640
#2United Kingdom0.27647
#3Canada0.28543
#4New Zealand0.29468
#5Switzerland0.29867

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.44790. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
84 · 106rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kiribati0.52788 → 0.55778+0.02990
Dominica0.42695 → 0.44811+0.02116
Saint Lucia0.33634 → 0.35701+0.02068
Ecuador0.45466 → 0.46774+0.01308
Gabon0.44821 → 0.46072+0.01251

Fell most

Solomon Islands0.62663 → 0.58580−0.04083
Guyana0.50352 → 0.47435−0.02916
Vanuatu0.56547 → 0.53759−0.02788
Georgia0.44534 → 0.41787−0.02747
Algeria0.45477 → 0.43174−0.02303

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 2020.
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 (2020). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2020

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