Data for 2021

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2021

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2021
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2021, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2021 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.63997; Norway is lowest, at 0.26586. The middle country reads 0.44783. Against 2020, 190 values changed (89 up, 101 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2021

HighestSomalia

0.63997

LowestNorway

0.26586

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

190countries
1measure
2021the 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), 2021, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2021: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.26586
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.27943
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.28413
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.29412
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.29578
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.30129
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.30439
=8	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.30451
=8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.30548
=10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.31140
=10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.31142
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.31268
=13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.31586
=13	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31635
15	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.31799
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.31889
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.32041
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32086
=19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.33835
=19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.33795
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.34381
=22	Chile`CHL`South America	0.34904
=22	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.34942
24	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.34976
=25	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.35066
=25	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.35082
27	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.35243
28	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.35266
29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.35408
=30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.35532
=30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35457
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.35719
=33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.35787
=33	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.35801
=35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.35951
=35	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.35964
37	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.36126
=38	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.36475
=38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.36541
=38	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.36457
41	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.36791
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.37154
=43	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.37562
=43	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.37645
=45	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.37861
=45	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.37911
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.38109
48	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.38426
49	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38733
=50	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.38798
=50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.38797
=50	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.38824
53	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.39002
54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.39073
55	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.39345
56	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.39445
=57	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.39539
=57	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.39486
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.39813
=60	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.40092
=60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.40071
=62	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.40166
=62	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.40217
64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.40464
=65	Colombia`COL`South America	0.40704
=65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.40750
67	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.40929
68	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.41341
69	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.41710
=70	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.41870
=70	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.41937
=72	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.42049
=72	Peru`PER`South America	0.41952
=74	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.42161
=74	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.42167
76	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.42304
=77	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.42513
=77	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.42464
=79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.43012
=79	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.43005
=81	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.43074
=81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.43082
=83	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.43207
=83	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.43242
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.43490
86	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.43731
=87	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.43756
=87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.43782
=87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.43812
90	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.43974
91	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.44326
=92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.44542
=92	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.44463
=94	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.44636
=94	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44595
96	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.44930
97	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.45087
=98	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.45161
=98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.45162
100	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.45420
=101	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.45482
=101	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.45542
103	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.45562
104	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.45841
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.46223
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.46441
107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.46528
=108	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.46602
=108	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.46604
110	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.46663
111	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.46844
112	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.46870
=113	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.47022
=113	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.47042
115	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.47240
116	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.47391
117	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.47617
118	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.47722
119	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.47804
120	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.47869
=121	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.48043
=121	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.48030
123	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.48400
124	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.48515
125	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.48761
=126	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.48900
=126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.48895
=128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.49047
=128	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.49000
130	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.49076
131	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.49184
132	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.49340
=133	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.49352
=133	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.49378
135	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.49522
=136	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.49694
=136	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.49661
=138	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.50499
=138	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.50529
140	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.50721
=141	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.50882
=141	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.50916
=141	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.50854
=144	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.50992
=144	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.51008
146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.51215
=147	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.51380
=147	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.51357
149	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.51784
150	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.52396
151	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.52594
=152	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.52793
=152	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.52839
154	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.52872
155	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.53110
156	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.53832
157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.53958
158	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.54091
159	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.54321
160	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.54422
161	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.54733
162	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.54909
163	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.55317
164	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.55394
165	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.56257
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.56813
167	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.56900
168	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.57063
169	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.57423
170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.57496
171	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.58585
172	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.58654
173	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.58816
174	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.59041
=175	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.59085
=175	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.59088
177	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.59780
178	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.60216
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.60544
=180	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.60864
=180	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.60924
182	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.61275
183	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.61659
184	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.62152
185	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.62398
186	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.62657
187	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.62998
188	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.63065
189	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.63927
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.63997

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Somalia0.63997
#189Mauritania0.63927
#188Eritrea0.63065
#187Chad0.62998
#186Sudan0.62657

Lowest

#1Norway0.26586
#2United Kingdom0.27943
#3Canada0.28413
#4New Zealand0.29412
#5Switzerland0.29578

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.44783. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
89 · 101rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Liberia0.56146 → 0.59041+0.02895
Saudi Arabia0.44830 → 0.47240+0.02410
Gambia0.54670 → 0.56813+0.02143
Tuvalu0.55359 → 0.57423+0.02063
Maldives0.53583 → 0.55317+0.01735

Fell most

Albania0.43277 → 0.42049−0.01228
Kiribati0.55778 → 0.54733−0.01046
Ecuador0.46774 → 0.45841−0.00933
Gabon0.46072 → 0.45162−0.00910
Israel0.35797 → 0.34942−0.00855

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 2021.
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 (2021). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2021

0630 held

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