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 2023

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.227
2	Barbados	Lower middle	0.257
3	Egypt	Upper middle	0.326
4	Liechtenstein	NA	0.327
5	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.334
6	Dominica	Lower middle	0.343
7	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.347
8	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.352
9	Switzerland	Upper	0.355
10	Austria	Upper	0.356
11	Thailand	Upper middle	0.360
12	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.362
13	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.364
14	Spain	Upper	0.370
15	Slovakia	Upper	0.373
16	Slovenia	Upper	0.375
17	Germany	Upper	0.382
17	Qatar	Upper	0.382
19	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.388
20	Morocco	Lower middle	0.390
21	Ireland	Upper	0.392
22	Grenada	Lower middle	0.393
23	Italy	Upper	0.396
24	Israel	Upper	0.397
24	Portugal	Upper	0.397
26	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.401
27	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.402
28	Armenia	Upper middle	0.403
29	Tajikistan	Low	0.404
30	Luxembourg	Upper	0.407
31	Cyprus	Upper	0.412
31	Turkey	Upper middle	0.412
33	France	Upper	0.415
34	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.416
35	Maldives	Upper middle	0.417
36	Jordan	Lower middle	0.419
37	China	Upper middle	0.427
38	United Kingdom	Upper	0.429
38	Singapore	Upper	0.429
40	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.430
41	Czech Republic	Upper	0.433
42	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.435
43	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.437
44	Kuwait	Upper	0.438
44	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.438
46	Poland	Upper	0.439
47	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.440
47	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.440
49	Pakistan	Low	0.443
50	India	Lower middle	0.444
51	Comoros	Low	0.446
52	Algeria	Lower middle	0.447
53	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.452
54	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.453
54	Nepal	Low	0.453
56	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.454
57	Netherlands	Upper	0.455
58	Andorra	Upper	0.456
58	Denmark	Upper	0.456
58	Croatia	Upper	0.456
61	Norway	Upper	0.457
61	United States	Upper	0.457
63	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.458
63	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.458
63	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.458
66	Greece	Upper middle	0.459
67	Syria	Low	0.467
67	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.467
69	Bahrain	Upper	0.468
70	Iran	Lower middle	0.469
70	Moldova	Upper middle	0.469
72	Libya	Upper middle	0.470
73	Belgium	Upper	0.471
73	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.471
75	Belize	Lower middle	0.475
76	Malta	Upper	0.476
76	Romania	Upper	0.476
78	Belarus	Upper middle	0.477
79	Australia	Upper	0.484
80	New Zealand	Upper	0.486
81	Malawi	Low	0.488
81	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.488
81	Serbia	Upper middle	0.488
84	Canada	Upper	0.495
84	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.495
86	Finland	Upper	0.496
86	Iraq	Lower middle	0.496
88	Oman	Upper	0.499
89	South Africa	Lower middle	0.501
90	Myanmar	Low	0.503
91	Tonga	Lower middle	0.506
92	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.507
93	Albania	Upper middle	0.511
94	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.513
95	Panama	Upper middle	0.514
96	Russian Federation	Upper	0.516
97	Iceland	Upper	0.518
97	Laos	Lower middle	0.518
99	Hungary	Upper	0.520
100	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.522
101	Monaco	NA	0.523
102	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.524
103	Mexico	Upper middle	0.525
104	Japan	Upper	0.526
105	Micronesia	Low	0.528
105	Vanuatu	Low	0.528
107	Botswana	Upper middle	0.531
107	Lesotho	Low	0.531
109	Afghanistan	Low	0.533
109	Philippines	Lower middle	0.533
111	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.534
112	Latvia	Upper	0.536
113	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.537
113	Georgia	Upper middle	0.537
113	Cambodia	Low	0.537
116	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.541
117	Guyana	Upper middle	0.542
118	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.543
119	Lithuania	Upper	0.546
120	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.547
120	Senegal	Low	0.547
120	San Marino	Upper	0.547
123	Fiji	Lower middle	0.548
123	Honduras	Lower middle	0.548
123	Sudan	Low	0.548
126	Zimbabwe	Low	0.549
127	Chile	Upper middle	0.550
128	Samoa	Lower middle	0.554
129	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.555
129	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.555
129	Uganda	Low	0.555
132	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.556
133	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.557
133	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.557
135	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.558
135	Namibia	Lower middle	0.558
135	Suriname	Upper middle	0.558
138	Cuba	NA	0.559
139	Kiribati	Low	0.562
140	Palau	Upper middle	0.563
140	Rwanda	Low	0.563
142	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.566
142	Kenya	Low	0.566
144	Argentina	Upper middle	0.567
145	Sweden	Upper	0.568
145	Tanzania	Low	0.568
147	Mozambique	Low	0.574
148	Madagascar	Low	0.578
149	Estonia	Upper	0.579
149	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.579
151	Zambia	Low	0.585
152	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.586
152	Ethiopia	Low	0.586
154	Burkina Faso	Low	0.587
155	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.589
156	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.594
157	Brazil	Upper middle	0.596
158	Gambia	Low	0.598
159	Marshall Islands	Lower middle	0.601
160	Mali	Low	0.602
161	Colombia	Upper middle	0.604
162	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.608
163	Haiti	Low	0.610
163	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.610
165	Niger	Low	0.614
166	Guinea	Low	0.618
166	Solomon Islands	Low	0.618
168	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.619
169	Nigeria	Low	0.621
170	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.624
171	Tuvalu	Low	0.625
172	Togo	Low	0.627
173	Yemen	Low	0.629
174	Benin	Low	0.631
175	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.632
175	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.632
175	Chad	Low	0.632
178	Eritrea	Low	0.640
179	Burundi	NA	0.642
180	Peru	Lower middle	0.643
181	Ghana	Lower middle	0.645
182	Nauru	Lower middle	0.647
183	Sierra Leone	Low	0.660
184	Liberia	Low	0.661
185	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.664
186	Somalia	Low	0.665
187	Cameroon	Low	0.676
188	Central African Rep.	Low	0.682
189	Angola	Lower middle	0.684
190	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.705
191	Gabon	Upper middle	0.742
192	Congo	Lower middle	0.782

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.