Data for 2022

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2022

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2022
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2022, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2022 covers 190 countries. Mauritania is highest, at 0.654307; Norway is lowest, at 0.264731. The middle country reads 0.447422. Against 2021, 190 values changed (77 up, 113 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2022

HighestMauritania

0.654307

LowestNorway

0.264731

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

190countries
1measure
2022the 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), 2022, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2022: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.264731
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.278926
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.282734
=4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.294210
=4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.293632
=4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.294211
7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.303340
8	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.305032
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.306897
10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.309107
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.312091
12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.313253
13	United States`USA`Northern America	0.316404
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.317222
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.321862
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.323192
17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.324027
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.326406
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.340326
20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.342215
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.345237
22	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.347074
23	Chile`CHL`South America	0.348140
=24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.349480
=24	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.349318
=26	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.349690
=26	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.350399
=28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.353612
=28	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.353828
=30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.355366
=30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.355498
=32	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.355825
=32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.356380
=32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.356089
35	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.356927
36	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.357878
37	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.362149
38	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.366596
=39	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.371472
=39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.370759
41	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.371831
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.375313
=43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.376117
=43	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.375684
45	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.377154
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.379926
47	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.381288
=48	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.385059
=48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.384722
=48	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.385162
51	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.386196
52	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.386654
53	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.389491
54	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.390070
55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.390700
56	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.393691
=57	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.395314
=57	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.394660
59	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.396590
=60	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.398246
=60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.398034
=60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.397849
63	Colombia`COL`South America	0.406427
=64	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.408216
=64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.407857
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.409456
=67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.412741
=67	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.413490
69	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.413922
70	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.414842
71	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.417212
72	Peru`PER`South America	0.418657
=73	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.419507
=73	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.420269
75	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.421899
=76	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.423806
=76	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.424477
=78	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.424878
=78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.425055
=78	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.424669
=81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.428569
=81	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.429228
83	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.430264
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.431181
=85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.433727
=85	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.433518
=87	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.435185
=87	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.435350
89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.436881
90	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.439092
91	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.441046
92	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.441793
93	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.444029
94	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.445149
95	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.446238
96	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.448605
=97	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.450771
=97	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.451075
=99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.451548
=99	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.452246
=99	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.451540
102	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.454020
103	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.456789
104	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.458037
105	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.460860
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.462560
107	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.466005
108	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.468559
=109	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.469852
=109	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.469504
=111	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.471729
=111	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.472127
=113	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.474143
=113	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.473772
115	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.474570
=116	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.475829
=116	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.476333
118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.477126
=119	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.479139
=119	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.478928
=121	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.480401
=121	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.479734
123	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.483446
=124	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.484230
=124	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.483527
126	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.485694
127	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.486860
128	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.488269
129	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.491202
130	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.492964
131	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.493880
132	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.495636
=133	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.497117
=133	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.496553
=133	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.496810
=133	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.496729
137	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.498439
138	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.503229
139	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.504798
140	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.506747
141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.507661
=142	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.509419
=142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.509094
=144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.509647
=144	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.510279
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.511779
147	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.514092
=148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.522621
=148	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.523220
150	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.525878
151	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.526649
152	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.528125
153	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.529095
154	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.529586
=155	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.537937
=155	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.537663
=155	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.538462
158	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.538781
159	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.539784
160	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.542094
161	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.545015
162	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.550443
163	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.552791
164	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.555841
165	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.556912
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.558163
167	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.561677
168	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.563035
169	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.567383
170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.572708
171	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.581293
172	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.584589
173	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.586407
174	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.587160
175	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.588932
176	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.594787
=177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.601259
=177	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.601208
179	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.607193
180	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.609817
181	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.613643
182	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.614762
183	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.619033
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.622162
=185	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.622552
=185	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.622739
187	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.634824
188	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.639260
189	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.647250
190	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.654307

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Mauritania0.654307
#189Sudan0.647250
#188Somalia0.639260
#187Chad0.634824
#185Micronesia0.622739

Lowest

#1Norway0.264731
#2United Kingdom0.278926
#3Canada0.282734
#4New Zealand0.293632
#4Germany0.294210

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.447422. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
77 · 113rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Samoa0.523956 → 0.556912+0.032956
Solomon Islands0.590876 → 0.619033+0.028158
Bulgaria0.350822 → 0.375313+0.024491
Sudan0.626565 → 0.647250+0.020685
Mauritania0.639272 → 0.654307+0.015035

Fell most

Dominica0.455421 → 0.435185−0.020236
Maldives0.553174 → 0.538462−0.014711
Timor-Leste0.569005 → 0.555841−0.013163
Tuvalu0.574225 → 0.563035−0.011190
Saint Lucia0.358010 → 0.347074−0.010935

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 2022.
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 (2022). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2022

0630 held

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