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 2020

Rank Country Income group Score
1
Saint Lucia
Lower middle
0.239
2
Barbados
Upper middle
0.260
3
Dominica
Lower middle
0.324
4
United Arab Emirates
Upper
0.332
5
Austria
Upper
0.343
5
Mauritius
Upper middle
0.343
7
Egypt
Lower middle
0.345
8
St Vincent & Grenadines
Lower middle
0.347
9
Grenada
Upper middle
0.356
10
Antigua and Barbuda
Upper middle
0.362
11
Cape Verde
Lower middle
0.364
11
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Upper middle
0.364
13
Switzerland
Upper
0.372
14
Spain
Upper
0.373
15
Germany
Upper
0.378
16
Slovakia
Upper
0.382
17
Thailand
Upper middle
0.383
18
Slovenia
Upper
0.390
19
Morocco
Lower middle
0.393
20
Italy
Upper
0.396
21
Qatar
Upper
0.399
22
Kyrgyzstan
Lower middle
0.402
23
Luxembourg
Upper
0.405
24
France
Upper
0.408
24
Ireland
Upper
0.408
24
Portugal
Upper
0.408
27
Armenia
Upper middle
0.411
28
Cyprus
Upper
0.414
28
Maldives
Upper middle
0.414
30
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Upper middle
0.415
30
Czech Republic
Upper
0.415
32
United Kingdom
Upper
0.416
33
Israel
Upper
0.417
34
Seychelles
Upper middle
0.420
35
Tajikistan
Low
0.422
35
Uzbekistan
Lower middle
0.422
37
Turkey
Upper middle
0.426
38
Jordan
Lower middle
0.427
39
China
Upper middle
0.431
40
Monaco
NA
0.434
40
Viet Nam
Lower middle
0.434
42
Algeria
Lower middle
0.436
42
Moldova
Lower middle
0.436
44
Pakistan
Lower middle
0.437
45
Turkmenistan
Upper middle
0.439
46
Tunisia
Lower middle
0.441
47
Libya
Lower middle
0.447
48
Comoros
Low
0.449
49
Kazakhstan
Upper middle
0.451
49
Republic of Korea
Upper
0.451
51
Poland
Upper
0.452
52
Bulgaria
Upper middle
0.453
52
Croatia
Upper
0.453
52
Nepal
Low
0.453
55
United States
Upper
0.454
56
Iran
Upper middle
0.457
56
Syria
NA
0.457
58
Lebanon
Lower middle
0.458
59
Netherlands
Upper
0.459
60
Azerbaijan
Upper middle
0.460
60
Singapore
Upper
0.460
62
India
Lower middle
0.461
63
Macedonia
Upper middle
0.463
64
Denmark
Upper
0.466
65
Norway
Upper
0.468
66
Ukraine
Lower middle
0.469
67
Serbia
Upper middle
0.472
68
Swaziland
Lower middle
0.474
69
Romania
Upper
0.475
70
Greece
Upper middle
0.479
70
Trinidad & Tobago
Upper middle
0.479
72
Belgium
Upper
0.480
72
Kuwait
Upper
0.480
74
New Zealand
Upper
0.484
75
Belarus
Upper middle
0.486
75
Montenegro
Upper middle
0.486
77
Jamaica
Lower middle
0.487
78
Oman
Upper
0.489
79
Belize
Lower middle
0.491
80
Australia
Upper
0.493
81
Malawi
Low
0.497
82
Bahrain
Upper
0.503
82
Tonga
Lower middle
0.503
84
Myanmar
Lower middle
0.506
85
Finland
Upper
0.508
86
Iraq
Lower middle
0.509
87
Hungary
Upper
0.513
87
Malaysia
Upper middle
0.513
89
Russian Federation
Upper
0.515
90
Mauritania
Lower middle
0.517
91
Laos
Lower middle
0.518
92
Canada
Upper
0.519
93
Micronesia
Low
0.520
94
Albania
Upper middle
0.523
95
Guatemala
Lower middle
0.524
96
Malta
Upper
0.525
97
Afghanistan
Low
0.526
97
Japan
Upper
0.526
97
Lesotho
Low
0.526
97
Panama
Upper middle
0.526
101
Vanuatu
Low
0.527
102
Mexico
Upper middle
0.528
102
South Africa
Upper middle
0.528
104
Georgia
Upper middle
0.532
104
El Salvador
Lower middle
0.532
106
Indonesia
Lower middle
0.536
106
Cambodia
Low
0.536
108
Chile
Upper middle
0.538
109
Bhutan
Lower middle
0.540
110
Brunei Darussalam
Upper
0.541
111
Bangladesh
Lower middle
0.543
112
Botswana
Upper middle
0.544
113
Fiji
Lower middle
0.546
113
Iceland
Upper
0.546
115
Bahamas
Upper
0.547
116
Sri Lanka
Upper middle
0.549
116
Samoa
Lower middle
0.549
118
Saudi Arabia
Upper
0.552
119
Sudan
Low
0.553
120
Guyana
Upper middle
0.554
121
Namibia
Lower middle
0.556
122
Latvia
Upper
0.557
123
Nicaragua
Lower middle
0.559
123
Paraguay
Upper middle
0.559
125
Honduras
Lower middle
0.560
126
Philippines
Lower middle
0.562
127
Senegal
Low
0.563
128
Madagascar
Low
0.564
128
Suriname
Upper middle
0.564
128
Uganda
Low
0.564
131
Timor-Leste
Low
0.566
132
Costa Rica
Upper middle
0.567
133
Kiribati
Low
0.569
134
Cuba
NA
0.570
134
Kenya
Low
0.570
134
Sweden
Upper
0.570
134
Tanzania
Low
0.570
138
Dominican Republic
Upper middle
0.573
138
Mozambique
Low
0.573
140
Rwanda
Low
0.576
141
Zimbabwe
Low
0.577
142
Argentina
Upper middle
0.578
143
Papua New Guinea
Low
0.583
144
Lithuania
Upper
0.587
145
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea
NA
0.588
146
Burkina Faso
Low
0.589
147
Côte d'Ivoire
Lower middle
0.590
148
Ethiopia
Low
0.591
149
Mali
Low
0.592
150
Zambia
Low
0.595
151
Estonia
Upper
0.599
152
Djibouti
Lower middle
0.603
153
Guinea-Bissau
Low
0.604
154
Venezuela
Upper middle
0.605
155
Brazil
Upper middle
0.609
155
Haiti
Low
0.609
157
Yemen
Low
0.612
158
Sao Tome & Principe
Low
0.619
159
Nigeria
Lower middle
0.621
160
Colombia
Upper middle
0.622
161
Equatorial Guinea
Upper middle
0.624
162
Niger
Low
0.629
162
Uruguay
Upper middle
0.629
164
Gambia
Low
0.631
165
Benin
Low
0.633
165
Togo
Low
0.633
167
Mongolia
Lower middle
0.635
167
Chad
Low
0.635
169
Eritrea
Low
0.637
170
Bolivia
Lower middle
0.640
171
Burundi
NA
0.643
172
Ghana
Lower middle
0.646
173
Solomon Islands
Low
0.647
174
Peru
Lower middle
0.656
175
Cameroon
Low
0.657
176
Guinea
Low
0.661
177
Sierra Leone
Low
0.668
178
Somalia
Low
0.669
179
Ecuador
Lower middle
0.675
180
Liberia
Low
0.685
181
Central African Rep.
Low
0.691
182
Angola
Lower middle
0.700
183
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Low
0.712
184
Gabon
Upper middle
0.749
185
Congo
Low
0.786
 
Palau*
Upper middle
-
 
Andorra*
NA
-
 
Nauru*
Upper middle
-
 
San Marino*
Upper
-
 
Marshall Islands*
Low
-
 
Liechtenstein*
NA
-
 
Tuvalu*
Low
-
* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.