Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (1 m)
WorldPhysical EnvironmentSocial / HealthAreas vulnerable to a 1-meter rise in sea level
ETOPO1A map shows global sea-level rise vulnerability (1 meter). The highest vulnerability areas, marked in blue, are along coastlines, notably in the United States, Europe, parts of Asia, and Australia.
Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (1 m) | Risk level 1 (very low) | Risk level 2 | Risk level 3 (low) | Risk level 4 | Risk level 5 (moderate) | Risk level 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hawaii | 1.26% | ||||||
Alaska | 0.230% | 35.0% | 0.129% | 0.194% | |||
Arizona | 3.96% | 2.03% | 39.3% | 1.13% | 0.402% | 1.94% | |
Utah | 2.19% | 24.0% | 59.1% | 0.958% | |||
Yukon | 55.1% | 5.40% | 0.314% | ||||
Northwest Territories | 0.106% | 38.2% | 1.33% | 0.447% | |||
District of Columbia | 6.93% | 100% | |||||
Florida | 0.876% | 89.2% | 6.71% | ||||
Idaho | 13.6% | 8.18% | 32.7% | 2.94% | |||
New Hampshire | 0.244% | 100% | |||||
Rhode Island | 3.07% | 95.3% | |||||
Vermont | 100% | ||||||
Washington | 0.110% | 13.7% | 37.3% | 29.7% | 1.66% | ||
Wyoming | 4.91% | 55.5% | 0.561% | 1.00% | |||
Nunavut | 0.118% | 0.396% | |||||
Montana | 0.103% | 4.94% | 33.0% | 0.115% | |||
Maine | 0.127% | 99.4% | |||||
North Dakota | 0.112% | 0.133% | 99.8% | ||||
Kentucky | 35.7% | 64.2% | |||||
Nova Scotia | 0.134% | 79.0% | |||||
Virginia | 0.108% | 14.9% | 82.6% | 1.66% | |||
Delaware | 5.31% | 97.6% | |||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.21% | 95.4% | |||||
Saskatchewan | 0.108% | 7.01% | 1.30% | 0.348% | |||
Mississippi | 3.08% | 18.3% | 68.7% | 1.07% | |||
West Virginia | 92.7% | 3.42% | 3.86% | ||||
Nebraska | 2.05% | 97.8% | |||||
Texas | 2.19% | 4.69% | 83.5% | 0.249% | 0.428% | ||
Missouri | 0.633% | 95.9% | 1.63% | ||||
Louisiana | 0.728% | 1.01% | 23.5% | 68.0% | 1.27% | ||
North Carolina | 0.189% | 91.0% | 0.995% | ||||
Oregon | 0.116% | 8.75% | 34.0% | 16.1% | |||
New Brunswick | 0.167% | 99.4% | |||||
Alabama | 0.215% | 4.06% | 91.4% | 2.97% | |||
New Mexico | 12.1% | 35.9% | 20.3% | 0.704% | 1.02% | ||
Kansas | 99.9% | ||||||
Wisconsin | 8.12% | 88.8% | |||||
British Columbia | 86.0% | 0.217% | 0.271% | ||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 57.4% | 1.10% | |||||
New Jersey | 2.79% | 98.6% | |||||
South Carolina | 3.55% | 96.9% | 3.07% | ||||
Michigan | 51.8% | 0.907% | 14.6% | 0.520% | |||
Alberta | 75.6% | 3.33% | 0.547% | ||||
Connecticut | 0.331% | 82.4% | 17.5% | ||||
Pennsylvania | 39.1% | 60.4% | 0.421% | ||||
Colorado | 0.180% | 45.2% | 14.2% | ||||
Nevada | 0.533% | 16.8% | 45.2% | 2.15% | |||
Massachusetts | 0.375% | 92.1% | 4.34% | ||||
Georgia | 0.545% | 0.779% | 71.7% | 16.1% | |||
New York | 0.163% | 80.6% | 16.2% | ||||
Maryland | 0.568% | 10.9% | 87.5% | ||||
Québec | 69.8% | 0.250% | |||||
Manitoba | 81.9% | 8.24% | 0.169% | 0.546% | 0.815% | ||
Oklahoma | 0.595% | 1.38% | 56.8% | 10.9% | |||
Tennessee | 0.102% | 89.8% | 7.28% | ||||
Ontario | 98.7% | 0.766% | |||||
California | 0.557% | 4.06% | 25.8% | 27.5% | 16.1% | 0.987% | |
Arkansas | 94.1% | 5.38% | |||||
South Dakota | 0.217% | 99.7% | |||||
Ohio | 2.41% | 0.104% | 97.3% | ||||
Indiana | 4.47% | 95.5% | |||||
Minnesota | 0.208% | 99.8% | |||||
Iowa | 99.9% | ||||||
Illinois | 100% | ||||||
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