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

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.