Data for 2024

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2024

Name: Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2024
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2024, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2024 covers 190 countries. Mauritania is highest, at 0.65513; Norway is lowest, at 0.26348. The middle country reads 0.44965. Against 2023, 190 values changed (81 up, 109 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2024

HighestMauritania

0.65513

LowestNorway

0.26348

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

190countries
1measure
2024the 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), 2024, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2024: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.26348
=2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.28243
=2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.28151
=4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.29559
=4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.29635
6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.29672
7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.30014
8	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.30512
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.30551
10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.30983
11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.31431
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.31481
=13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.31744
=13	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31688
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.32121
=16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.32278
=16	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.32303
=16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32315
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.34147
20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.34158
=21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.34449
=21	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.34380
=21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.34406
24	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.34494
25	Chile`CHL`South America	0.34658
=26	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.35078
=26	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.35114
28	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.35233
29	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.35311
=30	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.35456
=30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.35466
=30	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.35504
=33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.35559
=33	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.35588
35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.35739
=36	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.36105
=36	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.36060
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.36535
=39	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.36556
=39	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.36635
=41	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.36681
=41	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.36704
43	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.37148
44	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.37376
45	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.37949
=46	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.38047
=46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.38037
=46	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.37955
49	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.38469
=50	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.38603
=50	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.38610
=52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.38707
=52	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.38677
54	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.39036
55	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.39282
=56	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.39364
=56	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.39413
=56	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.39409
=59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.39597
=59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.39576
61	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.39699
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.39821
63	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.39860
64	Colombia`COL`South America	0.40668
65	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.40788
66	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.40989
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.41212
68	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.41322
=69	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.41632
=69	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.41631
=71	Peru`PER`South America	0.41778
=71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.41802
=71	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.41767
74	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.42117
75	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.42283
76	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.42448
77	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.42466
=78	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.42750
=78	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.42806
=78	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.42796
=81	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.42865
=81	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.42863
=83	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.42988
=83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.43000
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.43090
86	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.43511
=87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.43624
=87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.43597
89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.44063
=90	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.44246
=90	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.44166
92	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44341
93	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.44750
94	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.44762
=95	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.44985
=95	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.44954
=95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.45044
=95	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.44976
=95	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.45011
100	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.45130
=101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.45173
=101	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.45155
103	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.45317
=104	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.45463
=104	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.45543
=104	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.45462
=104	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.45464
108	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.45708
109	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.46666
110	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.46900
=111	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.46990
=111	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.46982
=113	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.47094
=113	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.47129
115	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.47235
116	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.47285
117	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.47360
118	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.47486
119	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.47602
=120	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.47788
=120	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.47761
=122	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.48205
=122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.48185
=122	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.48156
125	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.48283
126	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.48418
127	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.48482
=128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.48755
=128	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.48760
130	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.48875
=131	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.49011
=131	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.49007
=131	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.48955
134	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.49217
135	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.49695
=136	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.49897
=136	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.49886
=136	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.49896
139	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.50209
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.50418
141	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.50549
142	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.50680
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.50793
144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.50881
=145	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.51120
=145	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.51072
=145	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.51105
148	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.51291
149	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.52075
150	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.52251
151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.52511
152	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.52657
=153	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.52791
=153	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.52802
=153	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.52760
156	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.52888
=157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.53449
=157	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.53424
159	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.53628
160	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.53795
161	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.54353
162	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.54545
163	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.54677
=164	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.54928
=164	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.54890
166	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.55027
167	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.55133
168	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.56660
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.57065
170	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.57251
171	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.58151
172	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.58366
173	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.58466
174	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.58689
175	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.58827
176	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.59487
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.59836
178	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.60197
=179	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.61041
=179	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.60951
181	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.61163
182	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.62144
=183	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.62162
=183	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.62242
=185	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.62863
=185	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.62916
=185	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.62940
=188	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.63783
=188	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.63829
190	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.65513

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#190Mauritania0.65513
#188Somalia0.63829
#188Chad0.63783
#185Yemen0.62940
#185Sudan0.62916

Lowest

#1Norway0.26348
#2United Kingdom0.28151
#2Canada0.28243
#4Germany0.29559
#4Switzerland0.29635

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.44965. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
81 · 109rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Eswatini0.47289 → 0.48205+0.00916
Niger0.57886 → 0.58689+0.00803
Gambia0.54535 → 0.55133+0.00598
Cabo Verde0.47275 → 0.47788+0.00513
Singapore0.37510 → 0.37949+0.00440

Fell most

Laos0.46818 → 0.45155−0.01663
Kyrgyzstan0.34870 → 0.34380−0.00490
Montenegro0.42571 → 0.42117−0.00454
Namibia0.51516 → 0.51072−0.00444
Hungary0.38466 → 0.38037−0.00430

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

Read before you use

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 2024.
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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Cite this edition

Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (2024). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2024

0630 held

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