Human Habitat rankings | ND-GAIN Index

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 2022

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.232
2	Barbados	Lower middle	0.258
3	Liechtenstein	NA	0.327
4	Egypt	Upper middle	0.330
5	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.333
6	Dominica	Lower middle	0.337
7	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.352
8	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.354
9	Switzerland	Upper	0.356
10	Austria	Upper	0.357
11	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.359
12	Thailand	Upper middle	0.366
13	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.371
13	Slovakia	Upper	0.371
15	Spain	Upper	0.374
16	Slovenia	Upper	0.376
17	Germany	Upper	0.383
18	Qatar	Upper	0.388
19	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.390
20	Morocco	Lower middle	0.394
21	Portugal	Upper	0.395
22	Ireland	Upper	0.396
23	Italy	Upper	0.399
24	Israel	Upper	0.400
25	Grenada	Lower middle	0.405
25	Tajikistan	Low	0.405
27	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.408
28	Luxembourg	Upper	0.409
29	Armenia	Upper middle	0.410
30	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.411
31	Turkey	Upper middle	0.414
32	Cyprus	Upper	0.416
33	France	Upper	0.418
33	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.418
35	Jordan	Lower middle	0.423
36	China	Upper middle	0.428
37	Maldives	Upper middle	0.429
37	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.429
39	United Kingdom	Upper	0.431
40	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.436
41	Czech Republic	Upper	0.437
41	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.437
43	Poland	Upper	0.438
44	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.439
45	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.441
45	Singapore	Upper	0.441
47	Pakistan	Low	0.443
47	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.443
49	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.444
50	India	Lower middle	0.447
51	Algeria	Lower middle	0.449
52	Comoros	Low	0.450
53	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.455
53	Nepal	Low	0.455
55	Croatia	Upper	0.456
56	Moldova	Upper middle	0.457
57	Denmark	Upper	0.459
57	Kuwait	Upper	0.459
57	Netherlands	Upper	0.459
60	Greece	Upper middle	0.460
60	Norway	Upper	0.460
60	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.460
60	United States	Upper	0.460
64	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.461
65	Andorra	Upper	0.462
65	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.462
67	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.466
68	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.472
69	Iran	Lower middle	0.473
69	Syria	Low	0.473
71	Belgium	Upper	0.474
71	Libya	Upper middle	0.474
71	Romania	Upper	0.474
74	Malta	Upper	0.476
75	Bahrain	Upper	0.477
75	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.477
77	Belarus	Upper middle	0.480
78	Serbia	Upper middle	0.483
79	Belize	Lower middle	0.484
80	Australia	Upper	0.485
81	New Zealand	Upper	0.488
82	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.492
82	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.492
84	Malawi	Low	0.495
85	Canada	Upper	0.498
85	Finland	Upper	0.498
87	Tonga	Lower middle	0.500
88	Iraq	Lower middle	0.501
89	Myanmar	Low	0.505
90	Oman	Upper	0.509
91	Albania	Upper middle	0.511
91	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.511
91	South Africa	Lower middle	0.511
94	Russian Federation	Upper	0.516
95	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.518
95	Panama	Upper middle	0.518
97	Hungary	Upper	0.519
98	Laos	Lower middle	0.520
99	Iceland	Upper	0.522
100	Monaco	NA	0.523
101	Micronesia	Low	0.524
102	Mexico	Upper middle	0.527
103	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.528
104	Japan	Upper	0.531
104	Lesotho	Low	0.531
106	Botswana	Upper middle	0.532
106	Vanuatu	Low	0.532
108	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.533
109	Cambodia	Low	0.534
110	Afghanistan	Low	0.535
111	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.536
111	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.536
113	Georgia	Upper middle	0.537
114	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.538
115	Guyana	Upper middle	0.541
116	Latvia	Upper	0.542
117	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.543
117	Philippines	Lower middle	0.543
119	San Marino	Upper	0.544
120	Honduras	Lower middle	0.546
121	Zimbabwe	Low	0.547
122	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.548
123	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.550
123	Samoa	Lower middle	0.550
125	Sudan	Low	0.552
126	Chile	Upper middle	0.554
126	Fiji	Lower middle	0.554
126	Lithuania	Upper	0.554
129	Namibia	Lower middle	0.556
130	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.558
130	Uganda	Low	0.558
132	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.559
132	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.559
132	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.559
132	Senegal	Low	0.559
136	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.560
137	Cuba	NA	0.561
138	Suriname	Upper middle	0.562
139	Rwanda	Low	0.566
140	Kenya	Low	0.569
141	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.570
141	Kiribati	Low	0.570
141	Mozambique	Low	0.570
144	Sweden	Upper	0.571
145	Argentina	Upper middle	0.572
145	Tanzania	Low	0.572
147	Palau	Upper middle	0.576
148	Madagascar	Low	0.577
149	Estonia	Upper	0.582
150	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.583
151	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.588
151	Ethiopia	Low	0.588
153	Zambia	Low	0.589
154	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.592
155	Burkina Faso	Low	0.594
156	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.595
156	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.595
158	Brazil	Upper middle	0.597
159	Gambia	Low	0.607
159	Mali	Low	0.607
161	Colombia	Upper middle	0.608
162	Haiti	Low	0.613
162	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.613
164	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.614
165	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.621
165	Guinea	Low	0.621
167	Tuvalu	Low	0.623
168	Niger	Low	0.624
168	Yemen	Low	0.624
170	Solomon Islands	Low	0.626
171	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.629
171	Nigeria	Low	0.629
171	Togo	Low	0.629
174	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.633
175	Benin	Low	0.635
176	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.637
176	Chad	Low	0.637
178	Eritrea	Low	0.643
179	Burundi	NA	0.646
180	Ghana	Lower middle	0.650
180	Peru	Lower middle	0.650
182	Nauru	Lower middle	0.653
183	Sierra Leone	Low	0.664
184	Liberia	Low	0.665
185	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.669
185	Somalia	Low	0.669
187	Cameroon	Low	0.679
188	Central African Rep.	Low	0.681
189	Angola	Lower middle	0.687
190	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.708
191	Gabon	Upper middle	0.742
192	Congo	Lower middle	0.784

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.