diff --git a/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-plugin-chart-world-map/src/WorldMap.ts b/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-plugin-chart-world-map/src/WorldMap.ts
index e6c7bc2679d..9388c379dd1 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-plugin-chart-world-map/src/WorldMap.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-plugin-chart-world-map/src/WorldMap.ts
@@ -150,14 +150,20 @@ function WorldMap(element: HTMLElement, props: WorldMapProps): void {
       fillColor: colorFn(d.name, sliceId),
     }));
   } else {
-    colorFn = getSequentialSchemeRegistry()
-      .get(linearColorScheme)
-      .createLinearScale(d3Extent(filteredData, d => d.m1));
+    const rawExtents = d3Extent(filteredData, d => d.m1);
+    const extents: [number, number] =
+      rawExtents[0] != null && rawExtents[1] != null
+        ? [rawExtents[0], rawExtents[1]]
+        : [0, 1];
+    const colorSchemeObj = getSequentialSchemeRegistry().get(linearColorScheme);
+    colorFn = colorSchemeObj
+      ? colorSchemeObj.createLinearScale(extents)
+      : () => theme.colorBorder;
 
     processedData = filteredData.map(d => ({
       ...d,
       radius: radiusScale(Math.sqrt(d.m2)),
-      fillColor: colorFn(d.m1),
+      fillColor: colorFn(d.m1) ?? theme.colorBorder,
     }));
   }
 
diff --git a/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-plugin-chart-world-map/test/WorldMap.test.ts b/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-plugin-chart-world-map/test/WorldMap.test.ts
index 5a53aab9e82..4476bcefe85 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-plugin-chart-world-map/test/WorldMap.test.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-plugin-chart-world-map/test/WorldMap.test.ts
@@ -489,6 +489,59 @@ test('popupTemplate returns tooltip HTML when country data exists', () => {
   expect(tooltipHtml).toContain('hoverinfo');
 });
 
+test('assigns fill colors from sequential scheme when colorBy is metric', () => {
+  WorldMap(container, {
+    ...baseProps,
+    colorBy: ColorBy.Metric,
+  });
+
+  const data = lastDatamapConfig?.data as Record<
+    string,
+    WorldMapDataEntry & { fillColor: string }
+  >;
+  expect(data).toHaveProperty('USA');
+  expect(data).toHaveProperty('CAN');
+  expect(data.USA).toMatchObject({
+    country: 'USA',
+    name: 'United States',
+    m1: 100,
+  });
+  // fillColor should be a valid color string from the sequential scale
+  expect(data.USA.fillColor).toMatch(/^(#|rgb)/);
+  expect(data.CAN.fillColor).toMatch(/^(#|rgb)/);
+});
+
+test('falls back to theme.colorBorder when metric values are null', () => {
+  WorldMap(container, {
+    ...baseProps,
+    colorBy: ColorBy.Metric,
+    data: [
+      {
+        country: 'USA',
+        name: 'United States',
+        m1: null as unknown as number,
+        m2: 200,
+        code: 'US',
+        latitude: 37.0902,
+        longitude: -95.7129,
+      },
+    ],
+  } as any);
+
+  const data = lastDatamapConfig?.data as Record<string, { fillColor: string }>;
+  expect(data.USA.fillColor).toBe('#e0e0e0');
+});
+
+test('does not throw with empty data and metric coloring', () => {
+  expect(() => {
+    WorldMap(container, {
+      ...baseProps,
+      colorBy: ColorBy.Metric,
+      data: [],
+    });
+  }).not.toThrow();
+});
+
 test('popupTemplate handles null/undefined country data gracefully', () => {
   WorldMap(container, baseProps);