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 2021

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Canada	Upper	0.155
2	Australia	Upper	0.161
3	Russian Federation	Upper	0.189
4	Norway	Upper	0.191
5	Colombia	Upper middle	0.193
6	Estonia	Upper	0.195
7	Mexico	Upper middle	0.196
8	United States	Upper	0.204
9	Brazil	Upper middle	0.205
10	Czech Republic	Upper	0.212
11	Finland	Upper	0.214
11	United Kingdom	Upper	0.214
13	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.218
14	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.220
15	Peru	Lower middle	0.221
16	New Zealand	Upper	0.224
17	Iceland	Upper	0.226
18	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.228
19	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.230
20	Switzerland	Upper	0.232
21	Sweden	Upper	0.233
22	Chile	Upper middle	0.235
23	Poland	Upper	0.238
24	South Africa	Lower middle	0.239
25	Argentina	Upper middle	0.242
25	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.242
27	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.243
28	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.245
29	Austria	Upper	0.246
30	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.251
31	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.255
31	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.255
33	Grenada	Upper middle	0.259
34	Cuba	NA	0.260
35	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.261
36	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.262
37	France	Upper	0.263
38	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.264
39	China	Upper middle	0.268
40	Ireland	Upper	0.272
41	Albania	Upper middle	0.273
41	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.273
41	Turkey	Upper middle	0.273
44	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.276
44	Slovenia	Upper	0.276
46	Algeria	Lower middle	0.279
47	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.280
47	Suriname	Upper middle	0.280
47	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.280
50	Belarus	Upper middle	0.286
51	Iran	Upper middle	0.287
52	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.288
52	Saint Lucia	Lower middle	0.288
52	Ukraine	Lower middle	0.288
55	Angola	Lower middle	0.291
56	Denmark	Upper	0.294
56	Kyrgyzstan	Low	0.294
58	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.296
58	Spain	Upper	0.296
60	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.297
60	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.297
60	Portugal	Upper	0.297
63	Armenia	Upper middle	0.298
63	Italy	Upper	0.298
63	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.298
63	Myanmar	Low	0.298
67	Morocco	Lower middle	0.299
68	Germany	Upper	0.301
69	Gabon	Upper middle	0.302
69	Georgia	Upper middle	0.302
69	Lithuania	Upper	0.302
69	Latvia	Upper	0.302
73	Greece	Upper middle	0.303
73	Serbia	Upper middle	0.303
75	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.304
76	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.305
77	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.306
78	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.308
79	Bahamas	Upper	0.310
79	Cameroon	Low	0.310
81	Togo	Low	0.313
82	Lesotho	Low	0.315
82	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.315
82	Romania	Upper	0.315
85	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.317
85	Croatia	Upper	0.317
85	Panama	Upper middle	0.317
88	Botswana	Upper middle	0.322
88	Tajikistan	Low	0.322
90	Burkina Faso	Low	0.325
90	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.325
92	India	Lower middle	0.328
92	Oman	Upper	0.328
94	Guyana	Upper middle	0.330
94	Maldives	Upper middle	0.330
94	Nigeria	Lower middle	0.330
94	Singapore	Upper	0.330
94	Slovakia	Upper	0.330
99	Cyprus	Upper	0.334
100	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.335
101	Ghana	Lower middle	0.338
101	Japan	Upper	0.338
103	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.340
104	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.341
105	Honduras	Lower middle	0.343
105	Hungary	Upper	0.343
107	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.344
108	Dominica	Lower middle	0.345
108	Fiji	Lower middle	0.345
108	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.345
111	Belgium	Upper	0.346
111	Philippines	Lower middle	0.346
111	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.346
114	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.347
114	Kuwait	Upper	0.347
114	Namibia	Lower middle	0.347
114	Nepal	Low	0.347
118	Barbados	Upper middle	0.348
119	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.350
120	Laos	Lower middle	0.351
121	Cambodia	Low	0.353
122	Tanzania	Low	0.354
123	Luxembourg	Upper	0.356
124	Libya	Upper middle	0.359
124	Zambia	Low	0.359
126	Malta	Upper	0.362
127	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.363
127	Qatar	Upper	0.363
129	Comoros	Low	0.365
130	Thailand	Upper middle	0.372
131	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.376
132	Haiti	Low	0.377
133	Kenya	Low	0.379
134	Israel	Upper	0.382
135	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.385
136	Moldova	Upper middle	0.391
137	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.392
138	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.393
139	Yemen	Low	0.396
140	Guinea	Low	0.399
140	Jordan	Lower middle	0.399
140	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.399
143	Congo	Low	0.407
143	Iraq	Lower middle	0.407
145	Ethiopia	Low	0.408
146	Belize	Lower middle	0.409
146	Malawi	Low	0.409
148	Gambia	Low	0.411
149	Zimbabwe	Low	0.413
150	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.414
151	Senegal	Low	0.415
152	Mozambique	Low	0.416
152	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	0.416
154	Djibouti	Low	0.420
154	Madagascar	Low	0.420
154	Rwanda	Low	0.420
157	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.425
158	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.430
159	Syria	NA	0.440
160	Sierra Leone	Low	0.441
161	Mali	Low	0.442
161	Samoa	Lower middle	0.442
163	Central African Rep.	Low	0.444
164	Burundi	NA	0.445
165	Afghanistan	Low	0.452
165	Uganda	Low	0.452
167	Bahrain	Upper	0.457
167	Egypt	Lower middle	0.457
169	Pakistan	Lower middle	0.459
170	Solomon Islands	Low	0.462
171	Netherlands	Upper	0.468
172	Vanuatu	Low	0.477
173	Benin	Low	0.510
174	Niger	Low	0.511
175	Chad	Low	0.526
176	Liberia	Low	0.534
177	Sudan	Low	0.537
178	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.538
179	Eritrea	Low	0.555
180	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.600
180	Tonga	Lower middle	0.600
	Marshall Islands*	Lower middle	-
	Micronesia*	Low	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Tuvalu*	Lower middle	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Nauru*	Lower middle	-
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Somalia*	Low	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Andorra*	NA	-
	Monaco*	NA	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.