Data for 2023

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2023

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2023
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2023, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2023 covers 190 countries. Mauritania is highest, at 0.655822; Norway is lowest, at 0.263703. The middle country reads 0.449167. Against 2022, 190 values changed (75 up, 115 down), the same countries are covered.

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HighestMauritania

0.655822

LowestNorway

0.263703

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

190countries
1measure
2023the 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), 2023, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2023: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.263703
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.280446
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.281918
=4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.295076
=4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.294557
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.297214
7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.299908
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.304322
9	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.305683
10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.308400
=11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.314866
=11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.314786
13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.316170
14	United States`USA`Northern America	0.316661
=15	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.322376
=15	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.322230
17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.322941
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.324324
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.340346
20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.341215
=21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.344345
=21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.344380
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.346517
24	Chile`CHL`South America	0.347644
25	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.348698
=26	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.350520
=26	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.351282
28	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.352288
=29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.353467
=29	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.353129
=29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.352617
=32	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.353556
=32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.353566
34	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.355818
=35	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.357268
=35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.356890
37	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.359206
38	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.365264
=39	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.366527
=39	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.367123
=41	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.367751
=41	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.367589
43	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.371637
44	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.373753
45	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.375095
=46	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.378509
=46	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.379432
48	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.384050
=49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.384662
=49	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.384742
51	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.386295
52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.387275
53	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.388020
54	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.392342
55	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.393967
=56	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.394645
=56	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.395213
=56	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.394837
=56	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.394941
60	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.395789
=61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.396773
=61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.397316
=61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.397025
64	Colombia`COL`South America	0.406991
65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.408053
66	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.409084
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.409716
68	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.412738
=69	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.413696
=69	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.413701
=71	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.417700
=71	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.418120
73	Peru`PER`South America	0.418538
74	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.422536
=75	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.424416
=75	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.423853
77	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.425712
=78	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.427181
=78	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.427308
=80	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.428217
=80	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.428271
82	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.429279
=83	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.429950
=83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.430063
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.430720
86	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.434112
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.436117
88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.437035
=89	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.441012
=89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.441062
91	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.441817
92	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.444337
=93	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.447345
=93	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.447101
95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.448701
=96	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.449851
=96	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.449633
=96	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.449711
99	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.451349
=100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.451628
=100	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.451657
102	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.453192
103	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.454385
=104	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.455450
=104	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.454684
106	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.457170
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.457647
=108	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.467762
=108	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.468179
110	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.469351
111	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.469620
=112	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.470801
=112	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.471147
=114	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.472361
=114	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.471646
=116	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.472751
=116	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.472888
=118	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.473564
=118	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.473779
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.475778
121	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.476716
122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.477805
123	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.481240
=124	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.482785
=124	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.483196
126	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.485425
=127	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.485834
=127	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.486380
=129	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.488598
=129	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.488720
131	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.489913
=132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.490633
=132	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.490609
134	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.491955
135	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.496957
=136	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.499361
=136	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.498814
=136	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.499260
139	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.502144
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.505135
141	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.505904
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.506783
=143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.508304
=143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.507528
=143	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.507816
146	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.509841
147	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.512629
148	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.515164
149	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.521534
150	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.523137
151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.526248
=152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.527345
=152	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.526735
=154	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.528007
=154	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.527583
156	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.529098
157	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.533592
158	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.534733
159	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.536803
160	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.538924
161	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.544059
162	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.545349
163	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.546021
164	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.546991
=165	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.549166
=165	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.549160
167	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.550386
168	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.565780
=169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.570757
=169	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.571203
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.578856
172	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.581739
173	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.583704
174	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.587111
175	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.588688
176	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.595939
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.598486
178	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.602621
179	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.606688
180	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.609644
181	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.612285
182	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.620834
=183	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.622166
=183	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.621517
=185	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.628942
=185	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.629298
187	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.629723
=188	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.638413
=188	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.638433
190	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.655822

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Mauritania0.655822
#188Somalia0.638433
#188Chad0.638413
#187Yemen0.629723
#185Sudan0.629298

Lowest

#1Norway0.263703
#2United Kingdom0.280446
#3Canada0.281918
#4New Zealand0.294557
#4Germany0.295076

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.449167. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
75 · 115rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Jamaica0.424878 → 0.451657+0.026780
Ecuador0.466005 → 0.476716+0.010712
Namibia0.504798 → 0.515164+0.010367
Honduras0.462560 → 0.471147+0.008587
Tuvalu0.563035 → 0.571203+0.008168

Fell most

Myanmar0.528125 → 0.488720−0.039404
Laos0.491202 → 0.468179−0.023023
Ghana0.477126 → 0.455450−0.021676
Mongolia0.417212 → 0.396773−0.020439
Oman0.468559 → 0.449711−0.018849

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 2023.
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Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 190 countries has every column.

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Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (2023). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2023

0630 held

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