There is naw scientific consensus that the global climate is changing. Though, impacts ofrnclimate change are not limited spatially and temporally, the vulnerability of regions,rncountries, social groups and households to effects of climatic variability and shocks arernnot uniformly distributed. To reduce or /idly tackle vulnerability to climate change in arncertain community, a locally contextualized understanding and identification of thernsystem's adaptive capacity, exposure and sensitivity playa crucial role.rnWith this aspect, the study was aimed at measuring and comparing the relative degree ofrnvulnerability by taking the case of agropastoral and pastoral households of Yabellornworda in Borena zone of Oramia Regional state. To measure vulnerability, the studyrnadopts the integrated vulnerability approach and used vulnerability indicator methods torndetermine the level of vulnerability of households and social groups. The indicatorsrninclude socioeconomic and biophysical variables that show adaptive capacity, exposurernand sensitivity of the system.rnTo indicate the relative vulnerability of households and social groups, vulnerability indexrnwas constructed using systematic combinations of the indicator variables. A statisticalrnmethod, principal component analysis (peA), was used to determine the relative weightrnof the indicator variables in constructing the index. Then household vulnerability indexrn(VIHH) and social group vulnerability index (VIs,,) were calculated for the pastoral andrnagropastoral households of the study subjects using prim{llY data generated throughrnhousehald survey. Information gathered Fom in-depth case studies, KII and second{llYrnsources were used to triangulate the quantitative results.rnThe VIH/; result showed half of sample households have a VIH/; value less than 0, whichrnimplies the net effect of households' adaptive capacity to be less than their sensitivity andrnexposure. These groups of households were classified as 'highly vulnerable' to impacts ofrnclimate change. Analysis of VIHH by households' economic activity indicates, Fomrnhouseholds that are classed as 'highly vulnerable' the agropastoralists take the upperrnhand and constitute 60.53% of the class. This implies the relatively higher vulnerabilityrnof agropastoralist households in the study area. The comparison of VIsg score ofrnagropastoralists ' (0.003) with that of pastoralists' (0.035) indicate the relatively lesserrnvulnerability of the pastoral social group. Holding exposure and sensitivity constant, thisrnimplies a relatively higher resilience of the pastoral livelihood system to climatic shocksrnand variability's in the study area.rnThe reasons for higher vulnerability of agropastoralists in the study area include; lowerrneconomic status of members of the group, less experience of farming practice, and lowrnapplication of modern inputs and new techniques of production. In addition to thesernhigher exposure (erratic rainfall conditions) of the area makes rain[ed agriculture highlyrnrisky venture and hence, aggravated the relative vulnerability of the group.