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 2020

Vulnerability

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.