Human Habitat

The score of Human habitat captures a country’s vulnerability of human living conditions to climate change, considering weather extremes, urban development, demography, and transport infrastructure. Indicators include: projected change of heatwave hazard, projected change of flood hazard, urban concentration, age dependency ratio, quality of transport and trade infrastructure, and paved roads.

Country Rankings

Rank countries by ND-GAIN Country Index, Vulnerability and Readiness.

Scores for 2021

Rank Country Income group Score
1
Saint Lucia
Lower middle
0.232
2
Barbados
Upper middle
0.256
3
Liechtenstein
NA
0.324
4
United Arab Emirates
Upper
0.335
5
Dominica
Lower middle
0.337
6
Egypt
Lower middle
0.338
7
Mauritius
Upper middle
0.341
8
Austria
Upper
0.343
9
Antigua and Barbuda
Upper middle
0.350
10
St Vincent & Grenadines
Upper middle
0.352
11
Grenada
Upper middle
0.357
12
Cape Verde
Lower middle
0.359
13
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Upper middle
0.369
14
Switzerland
Upper
0.371
14
Spain
Upper
0.371
16
Germany
Upper
0.379
17
Slovakia
Upper
0.385
18
Thailand
Upper middle
0.387
19
Slovenia
Upper
0.389
20
Morocco
Lower middle
0.393
21
Italy
Upper
0.395
22
Ireland
Upper
0.404
23
Qatar
Upper
0.405
24
Luxembourg
Upper
0.407
25
Kyrgyzstan
Low
0.408
25
Portugal
Upper
0.408
27
France
Upper
0.409
28
Cyprus
Upper
0.411
29
Armenia
Upper middle
0.413
30
United Kingdom
Upper
0.416
30
Israel
Upper
0.416
30
Seychelles
Upper middle
0.416
33
Czech Republic
Upper
0.417
34
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Upper middle
0.418
35
Tajikistan
Low
0.419
36
Turkey
Upper middle
0.422
37
Jordan
Lower middle
0.424
38
Maldives
Upper middle
0.427
38
Uzbekistan
Lower middle
0.427
40
Algeria
Lower middle
0.433
41
Viet Nam
Lower middle
0.435
42
China
Upper middle
0.436
43
Turkmenistan
Upper middle
0.442
43
Tunisia
Lower middle
0.442
45
Pakistan
Lower middle
0.444
46
Comoros
Low
0.450
46
Republic of Korea
Upper
0.450
48
Kazakhstan
Upper middle
0.452
48
Libya
Upper middle
0.452
48
Poland
Upper
0.452
51
Bulgaria
Upper middle
0.453
51
United States
Upper
0.453
53
Croatia
Upper
0.454
54
Iran
Upper middle
0.456
54
Nepal
Low
0.456
56
Moldova
Upper middle
0.457
56
Netherlands
Upper
0.457
58
India
Lower middle
0.460
58
Singapore
Upper
0.460
60
Andorra
NA
0.461
60
Azerbaijan
Upper middle
0.461
60
Swaziland
Lower middle
0.461
63
Macedonia
Upper middle
0.463
64
Denmark
Upper
0.465
64
Jamaica
Lower middle
0.465
64
Syria
NA
0.465
67
Ukraine
Lower middle
0.467
68
Norway
Upper
0.468
69
Trinidad & Tobago
Upper middle
0.473
70
Serbia
Upper middle
0.474
71
Romania
Upper
0.475
72
Lebanon
Lower middle
0.477
73
Belgium
Upper
0.478
74
New Zealand
Upper
0.479
75
Greece
Upper middle
0.481
76
Kuwait
Upper
0.483
77
Belize
Lower middle
0.485
78
Montenegro
Upper middle
0.488
79
Belarus
Upper middle
0.489
80
Australia
Upper
0.490
81
Malawi
Low
0.498
82
Tonga
Lower middle
0.502
83
Myanmar
Low
0.505
84
Finland
Upper
0.506
85
Malta
Upper
0.509
85
Oman
Upper
0.509
87
Iraq
Lower middle
0.510
88
Malaysia
Upper middle
0.511
89
Russian Federation
Upper
0.512
90
Bahrain
Upper
0.514
90
Hungary
Upper
0.514
90
Laos
Lower middle
0.514
93
Canada
Upper
0.520
94
Guatemala
Lower middle
0.521
95
Monaco
NA
0.523
96
Micronesia
Low
0.524
97
Panama
Upper middle
0.525
98
Albania
Upper middle
0.526
98
Mexico
Upper middle
0.526
98
El Salvador
Lower middle
0.526
101
Mauritania
Lower middle
0.527
102
Japan
Upper
0.528
103
South Africa
Lower middle
0.529
104
Afghanistan
Low
0.531
104
Bhutan
Lower middle
0.531
104
Cambodia
Low
0.531
104
Lesotho
Low
0.531
108
Georgia
Upper middle
0.532
109
Vanuatu
Low
0.533
110
Chile
Upper middle
0.535
111
Indonesia
Lower middle
0.536
112
Botswana
Upper middle
0.539
112
Iceland
Upper
0.539
114
Bahamas
Upper
0.541
115
Brunei Darussalam
Upper
0.542
116
San Marino
Upper
0.543
117
Bangladesh
Lower middle
0.544
118
Fiji
Lower middle
0.545
119
Sri Lanka
Lower middle
0.546
120
Samoa
Lower middle
0.550
121
Saudi Arabia
Upper
0.553
122
Guyana
Upper middle
0.554
123
Namibia
Lower middle
0.556
124
Honduras
Lower middle
0.557
124
Latvia
Upper
0.557
124
Paraguay
Upper middle
0.557
124
Sudan
Low
0.557
128
Nicaragua
Lower middle
0.558
129
Senegal
Low
0.559
129
Uganda
Low
0.559
131
Madagascar
Low
0.562
131
Suriname
Upper middle
0.562
131
Timor-Leste
Lower middle
0.562
134
Philippines
Lower middle
0.564
135
Costa Rica
Upper middle
0.567
135
Cuba
NA
0.567
137
Kiribati
Low
0.568
137
Sweden
Upper
0.568
139
Mozambique
Low
0.570
140
Dominican Republic
Upper middle
0.571
140
Kenya
Low
0.571
142
Tanzania
Low
0.572
143
Palau
Upper middle
0.573
143
Rwanda
Low
0.573
143
Zimbabwe
Low
0.573
146
Argentina
Upper middle
0.574
147
Papua New Guinea
Low
0.578
148
Lithuania
Upper
0.585
149
Burkina Faso
Low
0.589
149
Côte d'Ivoire
Lower middle
0.589
149
Ethiopia
Low
0.589
152
Zambia
Low
0.590
153
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea
NA
0.593
154
Marshall Islands
Lower middle
0.594
154
Mali
Low
0.594
156
Estonia
Upper
0.598
156
Guinea-Bissau
Low
0.598
158
Haiti
Low
0.607
159
Brazil
Upper middle
0.608
160
Djibouti
Low
0.609
160
Venezuela
Upper middle
0.609
162
Yemen
Low
0.615
163
Sao Tome & Principe
Low
0.616
164
Colombia
Upper middle
0.618
165
Tuvalu
Lower middle
0.619
166
Nigeria
Lower middle
0.622
167
Niger
Low
0.624
168
Uruguay
Upper middle
0.626
169
Gambia
Low
0.629
170
Togo
Low
0.632
171
Bolivia
Lower middle
0.633
172
Benin
Low
0.635
173
Equatorial Guinea
Upper middle
0.637
173
Chad
Low
0.637
175
Mongolia
Lower middle
0.641
176
Solomon Islands
Low
0.643
177
Eritrea
Low
0.645
178
Burundi
NA
0.647
179
Ghana
Lower middle
0.648
180
Nauru
Lower middle
0.653
181
Guinea
Low
0.657
182
Cameroon
Low
0.659
183
Peru
Lower middle
0.660
184
Sierra Leone
Low
0.665
185
Ecuador
Lower middle
0.669
186
Somalia
Low
0.672
187
Liberia
Low
0.688
188
Angola
Lower middle
0.696
189
Central African Rep.
Low
0.709
190
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Low
0.715
191
Gabon
Upper middle
0.747
192
Congo
Low
0.786
* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.