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 2020

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Australia	Upper	0.174
1	Norway	Upper	0.174
3	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.189
4	Canada	Upper	0.195
5	Colombia	Upper middle	0.206
6	Saint Lucia	Lower middle	0.225
7	Russian Federation	Upper	0.230
8	Dominica	Lower middle	0.233
9	Finland	Upper	0.236
9	Sweden	Upper	0.236
11	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.237
12	Gabon	Upper middle	0.243
13	Estonia	Upper	0.250
14	Chile	Upper middle	0.254
15	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.257
16	Switzerland	Upper	0.259
17	Grenada	Upper middle	0.261
17	St Vincent & Grenadines	Lower middle	0.261
19	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.262
20	United States	Upper	0.264
21	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.265
22	Iceland	Upper	0.266
22	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.266
22	Peru	Lower middle	0.266
25	Czech Republic	Upper	0.267
26	Brazil	Upper middle	0.269
26	Mexico	Upper middle	0.269
28	Turkey	Upper middle	0.270
29	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.271
29	United Kingdom	Upper	0.271
29	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.271
29	Poland	Upper	0.271
33	New Zealand	Upper	0.275
33	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.275
35	Ireland	Upper	0.278
36	Angola	Lower middle	0.280
37	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.282
38	Cuba	NA	0.283
39	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.284
40	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.285
41	Panama	Upper middle	0.287
42	South Africa	Upper middle	0.288
43	Spain	Upper	0.291
44	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.292
45	Austria	Upper	0.296
46	France	Upper	0.297
47	Algeria	Lower middle	0.299
48	Fiji	Lower middle	0.301
48	Greece	Upper middle	0.301
48	Italy	Upper	0.301
51	Morocco	Lower middle	0.302
52	Suriname	Upper middle	0.303
53	Germany	Upper	0.306
54	Oman	Upper	0.311
55	Argentina	Upper middle	0.312
56	China	Upper middle	0.313
56	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.313
56	Maldives	Upper middle	0.313
56	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.313
60	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.314
61	Georgia	Upper middle	0.316
62	Albania	Upper middle	0.317
62	Sri Lanka	Upper middle	0.317
64	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.320
64	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.320
66	Belarus	Upper middle	0.323
66	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.323
66	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.323
69	Denmark	Upper	0.324
69	Lithuania	Upper	0.324
69	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.324
72	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.325
73	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.329
74	Croatia	Upper	0.330
75	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.333
75	Iran	Upper middle	0.333
77	Slovenia	Upper	0.334
78	Cyprus	Upper	0.336
78	Portugal	Upper	0.336
80	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.338
81	Armenia	Upper middle	0.339
82	Bahamas	Upper	0.340
82	Barbados	Upper middle	0.340
82	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.340
85	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.341
85	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.341
87	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.342
87	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.342
89	Philippines	Lower middle	0.343
89	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.343
91	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.344
92	Japan	Upper	0.345
92	Romania	Upper	0.345
94	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.352
95	Luxembourg	Upper	0.355
96	India	Lower middle	0.356
97	Cameroon	Low	0.357
98	Serbia	Upper middle	0.364
99	Latvia	Upper	0.367
100	Honduras	Lower middle	0.369
101	Myanmar	Lower middle	0.371
102	Nigeria	Lower middle	0.372
103	Belgium	Upper	0.373
104	Malta	Upper	0.374
105	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.375
106	Namibia	Lower middle	0.376
107	Thailand	Upper middle	0.377
108	Singapore	Upper	0.378
109	Samoa	Lower middle	0.379
110	Burkina Faso	Low	0.382
111	Timor-Leste	Low	0.383
112	Guinea	Low	0.384
112	Guyana	Upper middle	0.384
114	Lesotho	Low	0.385
115	Tajikistan	Low	0.386
116	Togo	Low	0.388
117	Comoros	Low	0.390
118	Libya	Lower middle	0.392
118	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.392
120	Solomon Islands	Low	0.394
121	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.395
122	Qatar	Upper	0.396
123	Ghana	Lower middle	0.397
123	Hungary	Upper	0.397
123	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.397
123	Slovakia	Upper	0.397
127	Congo	Low	0.400
128	Belize	Lower middle	0.402
129	Iraq	Lower middle	0.403
130	Botswana	Upper middle	0.405
131	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.406
132	Tanzania	Low	0.407
133	Laos	Lower middle	0.410
134	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.412
135	Cambodia	Low	0.413
136	Israel	Upper	0.414
136	Jordan	Lower middle	0.414
138	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.417
139	Kuwait	Upper	0.421
140	Kenya	Low	0.424
141	Nepal	Low	0.426
142	Malawi	Low	0.431
143	Haiti	Low	0.432
144	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.440
145	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.442
145	Yemen	Low	0.442
147	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.445
148	Ethiopia	Low	0.446
148	Moldova	Lower middle	0.446
150	Madagascar	Low	0.448
150	Mali	Low	0.448
152	Senegal	Low	0.451
153	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.452
153	Syria	NA	0.452
153	Zambia	Low	0.452
156	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.453
156	Sierra Leone	Low	0.453
158	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.456
159	Netherlands	Upper	0.458
160	Vanuatu	Low	0.460
161	Afghanistan	Low	0.470
162	Mozambique	Low	0.487
162	Pakistan	Lower middle	0.487
164	Burundi	NA	0.492
165	Bahrain	Upper	0.493
165	Rwanda	Low	0.493
167	Liberia	Low	0.500
168	Somalia	Low	0.503
169	Uganda	Low	0.512
170	Central African Rep.	Low	0.513
171	Egypt	Lower middle	0.521
171	Eritrea	Low	0.521
173	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.522
174	Zimbabwe	Low	0.525
175	Gambia	Low	0.532
176	Tonga	Lower middle	0.536
177	Benin	Low	0.560
178	Sudan	Low	0.576
179	Chad	Low	0.580
180	Niger	Low	0.584
181	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.615
182	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.632
	Micronesia*	Low	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Nauru*	Upper middle	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Marshall Islands*	Low	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Andorra*	NA	-
	Tuvalu*	Low	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.