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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2009

2009, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2009 covers 190 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.66058; Norway is lowest, at 0.26275. The middle country reads 0.46471. Against 2008, 190 values changed (74 up, 116 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2009

HighestSomalia

0.66058

LowestNorway

0.26275

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01ND-GAIN’s rank

The table

Every country and every column of Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2009, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 190 countries · select a heading to sort

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2009: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.26275
2United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.27489
=3CzechiaCZEEastern Europe0.29674
=3New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand0.29662
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.30702
6CanadaCANNorthern America0.31015
7GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.31102
8FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.31415
9PolandPOLEastern Europe0.31644
=10RussiaRUSEastern Europe0.31974
=10United StatesUSANorthern America0.31973
12SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.32249
13IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.32332
=14DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.32664
=14IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.32687
16AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.32757
17FranceFRAWestern Europe0.32952
18AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.33070
19SpainESPSouthern Europe0.33326
20LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.34016
21JapanJPNEastern Asia0.35629
22SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe0.35663
23Saint LuciaLCACaribbean0.35753
24KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia0.36131
25GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.36377

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. #190Somalia0.66058
  2. #188Guinea-Bissau0.65046
  3. #188Solomon Islands0.64989
  4. #187Eritrea0.64827
  5. #186Chad0.64112

Lowest

  1. #1Norway0.26275
  2. #2United Kingdom0.27489
  3. #3New Zealand0.29662
  4. #3Czechia0.29674
  5. #5Switzerland0.30702

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.46471. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 190values changed, of 190 in both
  • 74 · 116rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Tonga0.61552 → 0.59009−0.02543
  • Senegal0.53982 → 0.52959−0.01023
  • Armenia0.40989 → 0.40128−0.00860
  • Lebanon0.48213 → 0.47447−0.00766
  • Seychelles0.47671 → 0.46907−0.00764

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from ND-GAIN’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2009.

  • The rank is ND-GAIN’s

    Printed exactly as the publisher ranked the countries. This site does not re-rank them.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 190 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 Unported. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (2009). Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-vulnerability/2009

0630 held

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07Questions

Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest climate vulnerability in Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2009?

Somalia, at 0.66058, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2009 cover?

190.

Where can I download Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2009?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2009 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2024.

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