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) | very high (>300) | high (100–300) | medium (20–100) | low (2–20) | very low (<2) | high (100–300) | medium (20–100) | low–very low (<20) | very high–high (>100) | medium–very low (<100) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 0.230% | 10.9% | 1.73% | 69.2% | |||||||
Arizona | 2.82% | 3.38% | 7.86% | 26.1% | 30.0% | ||||||
Utah | 19.0% | 13.5% | 4.33% | 52.4% | 8.18% | ||||||
Yukon | 2.68% | 1.03% | 94.3% | ||||||||
Northwest Territories | 0.106% | 0.393% | 14.9% | 20.5% | 0.340% | ||||||
District of Columbia | 6.93% | 100% | |||||||||
Florida | 0.876% | 67.8% | 3.90% | ||||||||
Idaho | 0.187% | 2.97% | 8.14% | 5.84% | 27.5% | 16.7% | 38.6% | ||||
New Hampshire | 0.244% | 100% | |||||||||
Rhode Island | 3.07% | 95.4% | |||||||||
Vermont | 100% | ||||||||||
Washington | 0.110% | 9.44% | 21.7% | 1.72% | 5.32% | 11.6% | 26.7% | 12.4% | |||
Wyoming | 9.28% | 70.8% | 0.149% | ||||||||
Nunavut | 0.118% | 1.56% | 18.2% | ||||||||
Montana | 1.96% | 56.5% | 4.73% | 1.30% | |||||||
Maine | 0.127% | 99.6% | 0.281% | ||||||||
North Dakota | 25.0% | 35.7% | 38.6% | ||||||||
Kentucky | 4.79% | 60.6% | 34.6% | ||||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.134% | 25.1% | 6.85% | ||||||||
Virginia | 0.108% | 25.5% | 28.7% | 45.7% | |||||||
Delaware | 5.31% | 97.7% | 1.87% | ||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.21% | 98.8% | |||||||||
Saskatchewan | 7.13% | 4.36% | 15.3% | 6.27% | 23.7% | ||||||
Mississippi | 80.4% | 0.601% | 11.5% | ||||||||
West Virginia | 99.3% | 0.714% | |||||||||
Nebraska | 45.3% | 37.3% | 4.89% | 3.30% | |||||||
Texas | 15.3% | 1.57% | 15.4% | 1.38% | 14.5% | 1.86% | 6.12% | ||||
Missouri | 5.80% | 47.7% | 11.5% | 24.4% | 9.83% | ||||||
Louisiana | 0.728% | 99.6% | |||||||||
Hawaii | 1.26% | 7.83% | 2.03% | ||||||||
North Carolina | 0.189% | 38.6% | 0.266% | 54.6% | |||||||
Oregon | 0.116% | 4.58% | 2.26% | 3.46% | 4.92% | 49.2% | 17.6% | 0.416% | |||
New Brunswick | 0.167% | 0.131% | 55.2% | 0.167% | |||||||
Alabama | 0.215% | 52.2% | 32.1% | 10.6% | |||||||
New Mexico | 9.01% | 8.20% | 2.38% | 17.5% | 42.2% | ||||||
Kansas | 13.6% | 26.2% | 18.1% | 41.9% | |||||||
Wisconsin | 42.1% | 16.2% | 35.1% | ||||||||
British Columbia | 0.939% | 8.63% | 3.82% | 42.0% | 15.4% | ||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 63.0% | 10.9% | |||||||||
New Jersey | 2.79% | 62.4% | 37.3% | ||||||||
South Carolina | 3.55% | 62.7% | 37.3% | ||||||||
Michigan | 26.5% | 66.0% | |||||||||
Alberta | 11.4% | 3.76% | 18.2% | 32.1% | 8.32% | 2.17% | 3.59% | ||||
Connecticut | 0.331% | 99.9% | |||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.35% | 83.5% | 10.2% | ||||||||
Colorado | 3.69% | 14.3% | 3.67% | 9.04% | 16.4% | 46.7% | |||||
Nevada | 0.846% | 77.8% | 0.958% | 0.158% | 10.3% | ||||||
Massachusetts | 0.375% | 0.204% | 98.0% | ||||||||
Georgia | 0.545% | 50.4% | 4.39% | 36.4% | |||||||
New York | 0.163% | 2.89% | 5.91% | 91.1% | |||||||
Maryland | 0.568% | 64.7% | 13.9% | 20.7% | |||||||
Québec | 0.272% | 70.7% | 19.6% | ||||||||
Manitoba | 1.61% | 4.56% | 6.78% | 4.33% | 51.3% | ||||||
Oklahoma | 9.60% | 2.65% | 7.80% | 23.7% | 54.6% | ||||||
Tennessee | 21.5% | 71.6% | 3.39% | ||||||||
Ontario | 13.7% | 8.23% | 4.40% | 59.7% | 1.73% | ||||||
California | 0.557% | 1.53% | 8.91% | 2.60% | 8.90% | 3.94% | 0.295% | 0.750% | 14.0% | 3.26% | |
Arkansas | 49.6% | 14.2% | 36.2% | ||||||||
South Dakota | 4.24% | 4.28% | 9.35% | 8.75% | 73.3% | ||||||
Ohio | 88.6% | 3.31% | |||||||||
Indiana | 65.5% | 0.222% | 12.0% | ||||||||
Minnesota | 7.33% | 24.3% | 29.3% | 39.1% | |||||||
Iowa | 38.7% | 26.5% | 11.3% | 6.08% | |||||||
Illinois | 0.557% | 94.5% | 0.407% | ||||||||
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