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 2024

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.254
2	Barbados	Lower middle	0.318
3	Egypt	Upper middle	0.325
4	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.330
4	Liechtenstein	NA	0.330
6	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.338
7	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.345
8	Dominica	Lower middle	0.346
9	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.368
10	Spain	Upper	0.369
11	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.372
12	Slovakia	Upper	0.373
13	Austria	Upper	0.375
13	Slovenia	Upper	0.375
15	Switzerland	Upper	0.376
15	Thailand	Upper middle	0.376
17	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.378
18	Qatar	Upper	0.382
19	Morocco	Lower middle	0.385
20	Portugal	Upper	0.386
21	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.389
22	Germany	Upper	0.391
23	Grenada	Lower middle	0.392
23	Ireland	Upper	0.392
23	Italy	Upper	0.392
26	Israel	Upper	0.394
27	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.396
28	Tajikistan	Low	0.400
29	Armenia	Upper middle	0.408
30	France	Upper	0.410
31	Cyprus	Upper	0.412
32	Luxembourg	Upper	0.413
33	Maldives	Upper middle	0.417
34	Jordan	Lower middle	0.419
35	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.421
36	United Kingdom	Upper	0.426
37	China	Upper middle	0.428
37	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.428
39	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.429
40	Czech Republic	Upper	0.430
41	Singapore	Upper	0.431
42	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.433
42	Turkey	Upper middle	0.433
44	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.436
45	Kuwait	Upper	0.437
46	Poland	Upper	0.440
46	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.440
48	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.441
49	India	Lower middle	0.442
50	Pakistan	Low	0.444
51	Algeria	Lower middle	0.446
52	Comoros	Low	0.451
53	Belgium	Upper	0.453
53	United States	Upper	0.453
55	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.454
56	Croatia	Upper	0.455
57	Greece	Upper middle	0.456
57	Norway	Upper	0.456
59	Denmark	Upper	0.457
59	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.457
61	Andorra	Upper	0.460
61	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.460
61	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.460
61	Netherlands	Upper	0.460
65	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.461
65	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.461
67	Belize	Lower middle	0.464
68	Iran	Lower middle	0.468
69	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.469
70	Moldova	Upper middle	0.471
70	Romania	Upper	0.471
72	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.473
73	Belarus	Upper middle	0.475
73	Finland	Upper	0.475
75	Malta	Upper	0.478
76	Libya	Upper middle	0.480
77	New Zealand	Upper	0.481
77	Oman	Upper	0.481
79	Malawi	Low	0.483
80	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.484
81	Australia	Upper	0.486
81	Bahrain	Upper	0.486
83	Syria	Low	0.488
84	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.490
85	Iraq	Lower middle	0.491
86	South Africa	Lower middle	0.492
87	Canada	Upper	0.498
87	Serbia	Upper middle	0.498
89	Myanmar	Low	0.501
89	Tonga	Lower middle	0.501
91	Albania	Upper middle	0.502
92	Panama	Upper middle	0.507
93	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.508
94	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.510
95	Hungary	Upper	0.517
95	Russian Federation	Upper	0.517
97	Iceland	Upper	0.518
98	Vanuatu	Low	0.519
99	Laos	Lower middle	0.520
100	Botswana	Upper middle	0.521
100	Mexico	Upper middle	0.521
100	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.521
103	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.523
104	Monaco	NA	0.524
105	Micronesia	Low	0.526
106	Japan	Upper	0.527
107	Afghanistan	Low	0.530
107	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.530
109	Nepal	Low	0.533
110	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.534
110	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.534
112	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.537
112	Latvia	Upper	0.537
114	Georgia	Upper middle	0.538
115	Guyana	Upper middle	0.541
116	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.543
116	Philippines	Lower middle	0.543
118	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.544
119	Honduras	Lower middle	0.545
119	Sudan	Low	0.545
121	Lithuania	Upper	0.547
121	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.547
121	San Marino	Upper	0.547
124	Fiji	Lower middle	0.548
125	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.549
125	Namibia	Lower middle	0.549
127	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.551
128	Chile	Upper middle	0.552
129	Lesotho	Low	0.553
130	Samoa	Lower middle	0.554
131	Senegal	Low	0.555
132	Palau	Upper middle	0.556
133	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.557
133	Suriname	Upper middle	0.557
135	Cuba	NA	0.559
136	Zimbabwe	Low	0.560
137	Madagascar	Low	0.562
137	Uganda	Low	0.562
139	Cambodia	Low	0.564
140	Argentina	Upper middle	0.565
140	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.565
140	Tanzania	Low	0.565
143	Kenya	Low	0.568
143	Sweden	Upper	0.568
145	Mozambique	Low	0.569
145	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.569
147	Kiribati	Low	0.574
148	Mali	Low	0.575
149	Burkina Faso	Low	0.577
149	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.577
151	Estonia	Upper	0.581
151	Zambia	Low	0.581
153	Rwanda	Low	0.583
154	Ethiopia	Low	0.585
155	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.586
156	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.589
157	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.593
158	Gambia	Low	0.596
159	Brazil	Upper middle	0.597
159	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.597
161	Colombia	Upper middle	0.598
162	Haiti	Low	0.600
163	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.601
164	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.609
165	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.613
166	Niger	Low	0.615
167	Guinea	Low	0.617
168	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.618
169	Eritrea	Low	0.622
170	Yemen	Low	0.623
171	Solomon Islands	Low	0.624
172	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.625
172	Togo	Low	0.625
174	Tuvalu	Low	0.626
175	Benin	Low	0.634
175	Chad	Low	0.634
177	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.635
177	Nigeria	Low	0.635
179	Ghana	Lower middle	0.642
180	Nauru	Lower middle	0.645
181	Peru	Lower middle	0.654
182	Burundi	NA	0.657
183	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.660
183	Sierra Leone	Low	0.660
185	Liberia	Low	0.663
186	Cameroon	Low	0.667
187	Somalia	Low	0.677
188	Central African Rep.	Low	0.683
189	Angola	Lower middle	0.687
190	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.700
191	Gabon	Upper middle	0.743
192	Congo	Lower middle	0.771

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.