Vulnerability and readiness to climate change index in Africa 2021, by country
Africa concentrated the most vulnerable countries to climate change in 2021. According to the ND-GAIN Country Index, Chad scored nearly 27 points, ranking in the last position out of 182 nations assessed worldwide. Together with Chad, the Central African Republic, Eritrea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Guinea-Bissau composed the five-bottom countries in the index, which evaluates vulnerability and readiness to the impacts of climate change. Of the 20 nations most vulnerable worldwide, 16 were in Africa. Mauritius, Tunisia, and Morocco presented the best performance on the continent, with lower vulnerability to climate change.