Data for 1995

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 1995

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 1995
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

1995, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 1995 covers 192 countries. Finland is highest, at 0.773613; Angola is lowest, at 0.169029. The middle country reads 0.385281.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 1995

HighestFinland

0.773613

LowestAngola

0.169029

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

192countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
192distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0licence

01ND-GAIN’s rank

The table

Every country and every column of Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 1995, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 1995: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.773613
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.769759
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.769282
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.767920
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.749048
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.725022
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.722527
8	United States`USA`Northern America	0.720722
=9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.699929
=9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.700042
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.698471
12	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.686837
=13	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.678680
=13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.679464
15	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.666963
16	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.664471
17	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.651886
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.649642
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.627844
20	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.609890
21	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.607956
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.602888
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.597639
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.596781
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.593270
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.586750
27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.570950
28	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.556162
29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.553103
30	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.546556
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.539739
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.537940
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.536783
34	Chile`CHL`South America	0.524259
35	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.523395
36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.521146
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.512726
38	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.511643
39	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.505508
40	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.498109
=41	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.489847
=41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.489812
=41	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.489725
=41	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.489897
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.488866
46	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.486687
47	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.482904
=48	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.481023
=48	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.480711
50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.477780
51	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.473922
52	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.471238
53	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.470181
54	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.465646
55	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.464009
=56	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.455626
=56	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.456287
58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.454628
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.454344
60	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.445443
61	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.441602
62	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.437869
63	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.435592
64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.434012
65	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.432998
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.432365
67	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.429421
=68	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.428210
=68	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.428068
=68	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.428324
71	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.425138
=72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.423177
=72	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.422523
=74	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.421545
=74	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.422050
76	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.421045
77	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.420070
=78	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.412092
=78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.412009
80	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.410302
81	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.408787
82	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.407774
83	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.407134
84	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.403214
85	Peru`PER`South America	0.401992
86	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.399805
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.398997
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.398201
89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.395618
90	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.394690
=91	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.392031
=91	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.391546
93	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.390703
94	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.388182
=95	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.385774
=95	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.386147
97	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.384787
98	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.381126
=99	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.378831
=99	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.379379
101	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.373859
102	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.372587
=103	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.371068
=103	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.370973
105	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.365376
106	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.362933
107	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.360690
108	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.359282
109	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.358349
110	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.356218
111	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.354110
112	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.353434
=113	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.351080
=113	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.351362
115	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.349675
=116	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.349212
=116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.349015
=116	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.349339
119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.346027
=120	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.344089
=120	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.343598
122	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.339751
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.337732
124	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.337229
=125	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.335400
=125	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.335300
127	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.334470
=128	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.328472
=128	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.327888
130	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.327090
131	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.326181
=132	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.325046
=132	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.325175
134	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.324479
=135	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.323293
=135	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.322827
=135	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.323131
138	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.322081
=139	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.320770
=139	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.320577
141	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.314740
142	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.313525
=143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.312992
=143	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.313002
=145	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.310612
=145	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.310808
=147	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.309402
=147	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.309266
=147	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.309268
150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.308458
=151	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.306489
=151	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.305786
153	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.304611
=154	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.302065
=154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.301888
=154	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.301885
157	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.301399
158	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.298589
159	Colombia`COL`South America	0.294711
=160	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.292905
=160	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.292964
=162	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.291737
=162	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.291933
164	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.290983
165	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.289132
166	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.285375
167	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.282909
168	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.276473
169	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.274510
170	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.273099
171	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.270526
172	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.268183
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.264422
174	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.260098
175	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.255366
=176	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.252591
=176	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.253309
178	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.246936
179	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.245449
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.243882
181	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.243006
182	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.236915
183	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.232663
184	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.230527
185	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.230388
186	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.214067
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.212944
188	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.206267
189	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.192015
190	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.176487
191	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.174063
192	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.169029

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Finland0.773613
#2New Zealand0.769759
#3Denmark0.769282
#4Norway0.767920
#5Sweden0.749048

Lowest

#192Angola0.169029
#191DR Congo0.174063
#190Myanmar0.176487
#189Liberia0.192015
#188Central African Republic0.206267

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.385281. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
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Every one of the 192 countries has every column.

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Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (1995). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/1995

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