Data for 1999

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 1999

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 1999
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

1999, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 1999 covers 192 countries. Finland is highest, at 0.78200; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.16532. The middle country reads 0.38243. Against 1998, 191 values changed (118 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 1999

HighestFinland

0.78200

LowestDR Congo

0.16532

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

192countries
1measure
1999the 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), 1999, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 1999: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

=1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.78200
=1	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.78153
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.77898
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.77696
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.75877
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.74000
7	United States`USA`Northern America	0.73011
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.72904
9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.72293
10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.72075
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.71403
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.71001
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.70912
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.70567
=15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.67945
=15	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.67881
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.66362
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.65579
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.63067
20	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.62387
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.61169
22	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.60712
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.58857
24	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.58593
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.58368
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.58006
27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.57787
=28	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.55596
=28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.55606
30	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.54510
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.54444
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.53863
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.53157
34	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.52397
35	Chile`CHL`South America	0.52074
36	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.51525
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.50607
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.50243
=39	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.50124
=39	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.50064
41	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.49509
=42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.49257
=42	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.49282
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.48936
45	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.48841
=46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.48497
=46	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.48459
48	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.48372
49	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.48321
50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.48020
51	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.47395
52	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.47197
=53	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.46883
=53	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.46923
=55	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.46504
=55	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.46516
=55	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.46477
58	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.45996
59	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.45415
60	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.45284
61	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.45213
=62	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.45111
=62	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.45142
64	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.44918
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.44396
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.44023
67	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.43587
68	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.43267
=69	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.43103
=69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.43057
71	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.42981
72	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.42515
=73	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.42229
=73	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.42204
75	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.41975
76	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.41484
77	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.41433
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.41316
79	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.41203
=80	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.41050
=80	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.40957
82	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.40759
=83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.40736
=83	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.40690
85	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.40543
86	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.40449
87	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.40109
88	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.39947
=89	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.39735
=89	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.39680
91	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.39294
92	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.38964
93	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.38827
94	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.38674
95	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.38479
96	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.38352
=97	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.38104
=97	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.38134
99	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.37869
100	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.37839
101	Peru`PER`South America	0.37562
102	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.37351
103	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.37091
=104	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.36970
=104	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.36972
106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.36885
107	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.36619
108	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.36502
=109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.36196
=109	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.36162
111	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.35729
112	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.35569
=113	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.35415
=113	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.35395
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.35163
116	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.35085
117	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.35014
118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.34882
119	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.34769
120	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.34150
=121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.34119
=121	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.34140
=121	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.34146
124	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.34031
125	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.33633
126	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.33383
127	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.33299
128	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.33091
=129	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.32945
=129	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.32877
=131	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.32813
=131	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.32836
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.32381
=134	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.32248
=134	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.32174
=136	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.32083
=136	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.32118
=136	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.32115
139	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.31981
140	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.31927
141	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.31821
=142	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.31607
=142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.31613
144	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.31510
145	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.30952
=146	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.30836
=146	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.30792
148	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.30691
149	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.30558
=150	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.30537
=150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.30481
=152	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.30396
=152	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.30444
154	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.30256
155	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.29875
156	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.29710
=157	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.29549
=157	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.29531
=159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.29363
=159	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.29359
161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.29100
=162	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.28841
=162	Colombia`COL`South America	0.28795
164	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.28633
165	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.28434
166	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.27967
167	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.27376
168	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.27256
169	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.27075
170	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.26571
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.26339
=172	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.25930
=172	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.25878
=174	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.25715
=174	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.25711
176	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.25392
177	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.25276
178	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.25230
179	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.24974
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.24563
181	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.24528
182	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.24043
=183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.23474
=183	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.23465
185	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.22865
186	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.22777
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.21810
188	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.21679
189	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.20688
190	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.17607
191	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.16586
192	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.16532

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Finland0.78200
#1New Zealand0.78153
#3Denmark0.77898
#4Norway0.77696
#5Sweden0.75877

Lowest

#192DR Congo0.16532
#191Angola0.16586
#190Myanmar0.17607
#189Central African Republic0.20688
#188Liberia0.21679

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.38243. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
191values changed, of 192 in both
118 · 73rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Monaco0.61190 → 0.67881+0.06690
Guinea-Bissau0.23702 → 0.25230+0.01528
Croatia0.43772 → 0.45284+0.01512
Singapore0.70884 → 0.72293+0.01409
Russia0.36729 → 0.38104+0.01375

Fell most

Solomon Islands0.50009 → 0.47395−0.02614
Zimbabwe0.27272 → 0.25276−0.01996
Côte d’Ivoire0.27483 → 0.25715−0.01767
Latvia0.52010 → 0.50243−0.01767
Ecuador0.34562 → 0.32813−0.01749

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 1999.
The rank is ND-GAIN’s
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 (1999). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/1999

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