Data for 1996

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 1996

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 1996
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

1996, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 1996 covers 192 countries. Finland is highest, at 0.773105; Angola is lowest, at 0.169028. The middle country reads 0.383199. Against 1995, 183 values changed (123 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 1996

HighestFinland

0.773105

LowestAngola

0.169028

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

192countries
1measure
1996the 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), 1996, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 1996: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.773105
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.771683
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.770723
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.769727
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.750078
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.725450
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.723122
8	United States`USA`Northern America	0.722061
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.704625
10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.700662
=11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.698931
=11	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.699480
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.685987
14	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.679508
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.665620
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.663698
17	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.652548
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.652095
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.628190
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.620858
21	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.610344
22	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.607956
23	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.605320
24	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.596619
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.592321
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.587665
27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.568110
28	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.556162
29	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.546556
=30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.542426
=30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.541956
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.539381
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.536522
34	Chile`CHL`South America	0.524659
35	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.522212
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.519843
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.512848
38	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.511944
39	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.505508
40	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.498614
=41	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.491026
=41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.491289
43	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.490429
=44	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.487312
=44	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.487058
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.484641
47	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.483470
48	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.481511
49	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.481259
50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.478069
51	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.474359
52	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.470475
53	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.465646
54	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.464660
55	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.464396
56	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.459156
57	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.456315
=58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.454740
=58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.455430
60	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.446133
61	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.441727
62	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.437860
63	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.435625
=64	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.434785
=64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.434601
66	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.433526
67	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.430985
68	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.429692
69	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.428951
70	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.428228
71	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.425154
72	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.423507
=73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.423463
=73	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.422810
=75	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.421217
=75	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.421140
77	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.419275
=78	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.412158
=78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.412009
80	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.410325
81	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.408872
82	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.407790
83	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.407176
84	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.403524
85	Peru`PER`South America	0.401508
=86	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.400122
=86	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.399792
88	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.398961
=89	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.394785
=89	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.395408
91	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.393889
92	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.392163
93	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.388753
=94	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.385310
=94	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.384787
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.383927
97	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.382472
98	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.381118
=99	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.380048
=99	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.380133
=101	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.372179
=101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.371727
=101	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.372219
104	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.370318
105	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.365383
106	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.362629
107	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.361187
=108	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.359291
=108	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.359310
110	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.356841
111	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.355594
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.353971
113	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.353455
=114	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.351038
=114	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.351146
116	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.349772
=117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.349140
=117	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.348647
119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.346184
=120	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.344146
=120	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.343609
122	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.340321
=123	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.337698
=123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.337817
125	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.335592
126	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.335026
127	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.333132
=128	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.328597
=128	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.328913
130	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.327090
131	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.326203
=132	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.325116
=132	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.325175
=134	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.324253
=134	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.323719
=134	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.323810
137	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.323210
138	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.322088
=139	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.320809
=139	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.320607
141	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.313537
=142	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.313311
=142	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.313036
=142	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.313012
=145	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.310628
=145	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.311184
147	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.309502
148	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.309386
149	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.308456
=150	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.305926
=150	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.306007
152	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.305188
=153	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.304099
=153	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.304102
=155	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.301839
=155	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.301889
157	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.301194
158	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.298978
=159	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.293918
=159	Colombia`COL`South America	0.294349
161	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.292807
162	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.291719
163	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.291216
164	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.290000
165	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.288833
166	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.284064
167	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.282210
168	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.276477
169	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.274214
170	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.273101
171	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.270565
172	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.268181
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.261915
174	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.257693
175	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.256166
=176	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.252595
=176	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.253319
178	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.246984
179	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.245450
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.243881
181	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.243011
182	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.236916
183	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.232662
=184	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.230390
=184	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.229642
186	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.214067
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.212940
188	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.206273
189	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.192015
190	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.177074
191	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.173955
192	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.169028

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Finland0.773105
#2Norway0.771683
#3New Zealand0.770723
#4Denmark0.769727
#5Sweden0.750078

Lowest

#192Angola0.169028
#191DR Congo0.173955
#190Myanmar0.177074
#189Liberia0.192015
#188Central African Republic0.206273

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.383199. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
183values changed, of 192 in both
123 · 60rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg0.597639 → 0.620858+0.023218
Singapore0.686837 → 0.699480+0.012643
Belize0.390703 → 0.398961+0.008258
Netherlands0.679464 → 0.685987+0.006524
Belarus0.349212 → 0.355594+0.006382

Fell most

Hungary0.553103 → 0.542426−0.010677
North Macedonia0.392031 → 0.382472−0.009560
Malta0.471238 → 0.464660−0.006578
Trinidad and Tobago0.398201 → 0.392163−0.006038
Slovakia0.489897 → 0.484641−0.005256

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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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
Every year in this series comes from ND-GAIN’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1996.
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Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 192 countries has every column.

05The files

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Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (1996). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/1996

0630 held

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