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 2023

Vulnerability

Rank	Country	Income group	Score
1	Canada	Upper	0.154
2	Australia	Upper	0.161
3	Russian Federation	Upper	0.188
4	Estonia	Upper	0.189
4	Norway	Upper	0.189
6	Colombia	Upper middle	0.191
7	Mexico	Upper middle	0.197
8	United States	Upper	0.203
9	Finland	Upper	0.204
9	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper middle	0.204
11	Brazil	Upper middle	0.205
12	Czech Republic	Upper	0.213
13	Sweden	Upper	0.221
14	Peru	Lower middle	0.222
15	New Zealand	Upper	0.226
16	Switzerland	Upper	0.227
16	United Kingdom	Upper	0.227
18	Malaysia	Upper middle	0.229
19	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	0.230
19	Iceland	Upper	0.230
21	Chile	Upper middle	0.231
21	South Africa	Lower middle	0.231
23	Paraguay	Upper middle	0.232
24	Costa Rica	Upper middle	0.238
25	Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle	0.239
26	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	0.242
27	Poland	Upper	0.246
28	Austria	Upper	0.248
29	Argentina	Upper middle	0.251
30	Grenada	Lower middle	0.254
30	Indonesia	Lower middle	0.254
32	Uruguay	Upper middle	0.257
33	Bulgaria	Upper middle	0.258
34	France	Upper	0.259
35	Venezuela	Upper middle	0.260
36	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	0.264
37	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	0.265
37	China	Upper middle	0.265
39	Albania	Upper middle	0.268
40	Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle	0.273
41	Slovenia	Upper	0.274
42	Turkey	Upper middle	0.276
43	Gabon	Upper middle	0.277
43	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	NA	0.277
43	Ukraine	Upper middle	0.277
46	Algeria	Lower middle	0.278
46	Ireland	Upper	0.278
46	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	0.278
49	Belarus	Upper middle	0.280
50	Cuba	NA	0.282
51	Republic of Korea	Upper	0.283
51	Macedonia	Upper middle	0.283
51	Suriname	Upper middle	0.283
54	Angola	Lower middle	0.285
55	Armenia	Upper middle	0.287
55	Mongolia	Lower middle	0.287
57	Georgia	Upper middle	0.289
58	Iran	Lower middle	0.290
59	Denmark	Upper	0.291
60	Latvia	Upper	0.293
61	Lithuania	Upper	0.294
62	Spain	Upper	0.298
62	El Salvador	Lower middle	0.298
64	Bolivia	Lower middle	0.299
65	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper middle	0.302
65	Saudi Arabia	Upper	0.302
67	Greece	Upper middle	0.304
67	Italy	Upper	0.304
67	Morocco	Lower middle	0.304
70	Ecuador	Lower middle	0.305
71	Portugal	Upper	0.306
72	Germany	Upper	0.308
72	Myanmar	Low	0.308
74	Panama	Upper middle	0.310
75	Nigeria	Low	0.311
76	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	0.313
77	Cameroon	Low	0.314
78	Bahamas	Upper middle	0.315
78	Romania	Upper	0.315
80	Lesotho	Low	0.316
80	Serbia	Upper middle	0.316
82	Burkina Faso	Low	0.317
82	Oman	Upper	0.317
84	Botswana	Upper middle	0.319
85	Guatemala	Lower middle	0.321
85	Maldives	Upper middle	0.321
87	Bhutan	Lower middle	0.322
87	Nicaragua	Lower middle	0.322
89	Cape Verde	Lower middle	0.324
89	India	Lower middle	0.324
89	Mauritius	Upper middle	0.324
92	Croatia	Upper	0.325
93	Cyprus	Upper	0.326
93	Dominica	Lower middle	0.326
95	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	0.330
95	Singapore	Upper	0.330
95	Tajikistan	Low	0.330
98	Kuwait	Upper	0.331
98	Slovakia	Upper	0.331
100	Japan	Upper	0.333
100	Philippines	Lower middle	0.333
102	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	0.335
103	Guyana	Upper middle	0.336
104	Nepal	Low	0.337
105	Jamaica	Lower middle	0.338
106	Honduras	Lower middle	0.342
106	Israel	Upper	0.342
108	Belgium	Upper	0.343
108	Barbados	Lower middle	0.343
110	Ghana	Lower middle	0.346
110	Seychelles	Upper middle	0.346
112	Qatar	Upper	0.347
113	United Arab Emirates	Upper	0.348
113	Montenegro	Upper middle	0.348
115	Hungary	Upper	0.349
115	Togo	Low	0.349
117	Zambia	Low	0.350
118	Tanzania	Low	0.351
119	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	0.353
119	Luxembourg	Upper	0.353
121	Namibia	Lower middle	0.355
122	Lebanon	Lower middle	0.356
123	Malta	Upper	0.357
123	Tunisia	Lower middle	0.357
125	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	0.358
126	Libya	Upper middle	0.361
127	Fiji	Lower middle	0.362
128	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	0.363
129	Cambodia	Low	0.370
130	Mali	Low	0.371
130	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	0.371
132	Ethiopia	Low	0.373
133	Thailand	Upper middle	0.374
134	Haiti	Low	0.375
135	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	0.378
136	Kenya	Low	0.379
137	Guinea	Low	0.386
137	Laos	Lower middle	0.386
139	Viet Nam	Lower middle	0.391
140	Swaziland	Lower middle	0.392
141	Moldova	Upper middle	0.396
142	Malawi	Low	0.401
143	Congo	Lower middle	0.404
143	Jordan	Lower middle	0.404
143	Samoa	Lower middle	0.404
146	Iraq	Lower middle	0.405
147	Sao Tome & Principe	Lower middle	0.406
148	Comoros	Low	0.410
149	Mozambique	Low	0.412
150	Belize	Lower middle	0.414
151	Senegal	Low	0.417
152	Gambia	Low	0.418
153	Rwanda	Low	0.422
154	Zimbabwe	Low	0.424
155	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	0.428
156	Sierra Leone	Low	0.431
157	Madagascar	Low	0.436
158	Burundi	NA	0.439
159	Djibouti	Lower middle	0.440
160	Papua New Guinea	Low	0.441
160	Uganda	Low	0.441
162	Yemen	Low	0.444
163	Central African Rep.	Low	0.447
164	Afghanistan	Low	0.451
165	Bahrain	Upper	0.454
166	Egypt	Upper middle	0.463
167	Netherlands	Upper	0.465
168	Chad	Low	0.466
169	Bangladesh	Lower middle	0.468
170	Liberia	Low	0.484
171	Pakistan	Low	0.485
172	Vanuatu	Low	0.489
173	Syria	Low	0.494
174	Niger	Low	0.495
175	Guinea-Bissau	Low	0.498
176	Solomon Islands	Low	0.500
177	Benin	Low	0.519
178	Eritrea	Low	0.527
179	Somalia	Low	0.543
180	Sudan	Low	0.568
181	Tonga	Lower middle	0.603
182	Mauritania	Lower middle	0.628
	Palau*	Upper middle	-
	Micronesia*	Low	-
	Monaco*	NA	-
	Marshall Islands*	Lower middle	-
	San Marino*	Upper	-
	Kiribati*	Low	-
	Tuvalu*	Low	-
	Liechtenstein*	NA	-
	Andorra*	Upper	-
	Nauru*	Lower middle	-

* Data unavailable to determine country ranking.