Sensitivity rankings | ND-GAIN Index

Sensitivity

The extent to which a country is dependent upon a sector negatively affected by climate hazard, or the proportion of the population particularly susceptible to a climate change hazard.

Country Rankings

Rank countries by ND-GAIN Country Index, Vulnerability and Readiness.

Scores for 2022

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Canada	Upper	0.155
2	Australia	Upper	0.161
3	Russian Federation	Upper	0.188
4	Norway	Upper	0.189
5	Estonia	Upper	0.191
6	Colombia	Upper middle	0.193
7	Mexico	Upper middle	0.202
8	United States	Upper	0.204
9	Brazil	Upper middle	0.205
10	Finland	Upper	0.212
11	Czech Republic	Upper	0.215
12	Peru	Lower middle	0.217
12	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.217
14	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.219
15	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.221
16	Sweden	Upper	0.222
17	United Kingdom	Upper	0.224
18	New Zealand	Upper	0.226
19	Switzerland	Upper	0.228
20	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.231
21	Iceland	Upper	0.232
22	South Africa	Lower middle	0.235
23	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.236
24	Chile	Upper middle	0.238
24	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.238
26	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.241
27	Poland	Upper	0.242
28	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.246
29	Argentina	Upper middle	0.247
30	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.252
31	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.256
32	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.258
33	Austria	Upper	0.259
34	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.262
35	Albania	Upper middle	0.263
36	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.266
37	China	Upper middle	0.267
37	France	Upper	0.267
39	Grenada	Lower middle	0.268
40	Cuba	NA	0.271
41	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.274
42	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.276
43	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.279
44	Algeria	Lower middle	0.280
44	Gabon	Upper middle	0.280
44	Ireland	Upper	0.280
44	Slovenia	Upper	0.280
44	Turkey	Upper middle	0.280
44	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.280
50	Suriname	Upper middle	0.282
51	Belarus	Upper middle	0.283
52	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.284
53	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.285
54	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.287
55	Georgia	Upper middle	0.289
56	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.290
56	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.290
58	Angola	Lower middle	0.293
59	Denmark	Upper	0.295
59	Iran	Lower middle	0.295
61	Latvia	Upper	0.296
62	Lithuania	Upper	0.299
63	Armenia	Upper middle	0.300
64	Spain	Upper	0.303
65	Greece	Upper middle	0.304
65	Myanmar	Low	0.304
67	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.306
67	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.306
67	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.306
67	Portugal	Upper	0.306
71	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.307
71	Italy	Upper	0.307
73	Morocco	Lower middle	0.308
73	Slovakia	Upper	0.308
75	Germany	Upper	0.309
76	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.311
77	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.313
78	Panama	Upper middle	0.315
79	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.316
80	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.317
81	Burkina Faso	Low	0.319
81	Lesotho	Low	0.319
83	Botswana	Upper middle	0.320
83	Nigeria	Low	0.320
83	Serbia	Upper middle	0.320
86	Oman	Upper	0.324
87	Cameroon	Low	0.325
87	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.325
87	Croatia	Upper	0.325
87	Romania	Upper	0.325
91	India	Lower middle	0.327
92	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.329
93	Tajikistan	Low	0.330
94	Ghana	Lower middle	0.332
94	Togo	Low	0.332
96	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.333
97	Cyprus	Upper	0.334
97	Guyana	Upper middle	0.334
99	Japan	Upper	0.336
99	Singapore	Upper	0.336
101	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.337
102	Philippines	Lower middle	0.338
103	Belgium	Upper	0.340
104	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.341
105	Barbados	Lower middle	0.343
105	Honduras	Lower middle	0.343
107	Kuwait	Upper	0.344
108	Nepal	Low	0.347
109	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.348
110	Hungary	Upper	0.349
110	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.349
112	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.352
112	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.352
112	Israel	Upper	0.352
112	Luxembourg	Upper	0.352
112	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.352
112	Qatar	Upper	0.352
112	Tanzania	Low	0.352
119	Malta	Upper	0.356
119	Zambia	Low	0.356
121	Libya	Upper middle	0.357
122	Namibia	Lower middle	0.358
123	Dominica	Lower middle	0.361
124	Fiji	Lower middle	0.362
125	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.363
126	Maldives	Upper middle	0.364
127	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.368
128	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.372
129	Thailand	Upper middle	0.375
130	Cambodia	Low	0.376
131	Haiti	Low	0.381
131	Kenya	Low	0.381
133	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.383
134	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.386
135	Laos	Lower middle	0.388
136	Congo	Lower middle	0.393
137	Moldova	Upper middle	0.395
137	Yemen	Low	0.395
139	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.396
140	Guinea	Low	0.397
140	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.397
142	Ethiopia	Low	0.399
143	Comoros	Low	0.402
144	Mozambique	Low	0.403
145	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.404
146	Malawi	Low	0.406
146	Zimbabwe	Low	0.406
148	Iraq	Lower middle	0.407
149	Jordan	Lower middle	0.409
150	Belize	Lower middle	0.413
151	Senegal	Low	0.416
152	Rwanda	Low	0.423
153	Gambia	Low	0.428
153	Syria	Low	0.428
155	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.429
155	Samoa	Lower middle	0.429
157	Sierra Leone	Low	0.430
158	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.431
159	Mali	Low	0.433
160	Madagascar	Low	0.437
161	Burundi	NA	0.441
162	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.443
163	Central African Rep.	Low	0.444
163	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.444
165	Uganda	Low	0.448
166	Afghanistan	Low	0.449
167	Bahrain	Upper	0.460
167	Egypt	Upper middle	0.460
169	Pakistan	Low	0.472
170	Netherlands	Upper	0.479
171	Chad	Low	0.481
172	Vanuatu	Low	0.492
173	Liberia	Low	0.494
174	Niger	Low	0.495
175	Solomon Islands	Low	0.508
176	Benin	Low	0.518
177	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.519
178	Sudan	Low	0.554
179	Eritrea	Low	0.555
180	Tonga	Lower middle	0.600
181	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.644
	Micronesia*	Low	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Tuvalu*	Low	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Marshall Islands*	Lower middle	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Nauru*	Lower middle	-
	Andorra*	Upper	-
	Somalia*	Low	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.