Data for 2000

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2000

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2000
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2000, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2000 covers 192 countries. Finland is highest, at 0.78338; Angola is lowest, at 0.16588. The middle country reads 0.38406. Against 1999, 191 values changed (127 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2000

HighestFinland

0.78338

LowestAngola

0.16588

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

192countries
1measure
2000the 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), 2000, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2000: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

=1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.78321
=1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.78338
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.78177
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.77808
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.76241
6	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.75199
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.74923
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.74666
9	United States`USA`Northern America	0.73644
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.73329
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.72020
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.71414
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.71227
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.70703
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.68586
16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.67139
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.67022
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.66728
19	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.66071
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.63434
21	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.62636
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.61339
23	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.60591
24	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.59349
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.58435
26	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.58244
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.58073
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.56409
29	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.55607
30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.55492
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.54893
32	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.54474
33	Chile`CHL`South America	0.53261
34	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.52700
35	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.52282
36	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.51904
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.51176
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.51089
39	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.50359
40	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.50255
41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.50055
=42	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.49437
=42	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.49374
44	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.49123
=45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.48891
=45	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.48876
47	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.48563
48	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.48504
49	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.48177
50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.48125
51	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.47457
52	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.47429
=53	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.47085
=53	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.47069
55	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.46965
56	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.46784
57	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.46594
58	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.46504
59	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.45856
60	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.45813
61	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.45612
62	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.45267
63	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.44781
64	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.44330
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.44162
66	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.43417
67	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.43270
=68	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.43194
=68	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.43221
=68	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.43168
=68	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.43235
72	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.42750
73	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.42533
74	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.42402
75	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.42031
=76	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.41655
=76	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.41666
78	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.41577
79	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.41443
80	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.41285
81	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.40770
=82	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.40262
=82	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.40309
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.40207
85	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.40018
=86	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.39885
=86	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.39888
=86	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.39938
89	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.39849
90	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.39597
91	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.39462
92	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.39435
93	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.39308
94	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.38971
=95	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.38535
=95	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.38479
=97	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.38288
=97	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.38332
99	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.38120
100	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.37856
101	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.37710
102	Peru`PER`South America	0.37053
=103	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.36625
=103	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.36626
=103	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.36612
106	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.36535
107	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.36158
=108	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.35911
=108	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.35944
110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.35802
111	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.35466
=112	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.35427
=112	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.35438
114	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.35304
115	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.35206
=116	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.34693
=116	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.34686
=116	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.34662
=119	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.34493
=119	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.34514
=119	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.34528
122	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.34378
=123	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.34144
=123	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.34118
=125	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.33555
=125	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.33592
=125	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.33571
128	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.33513
129	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.33168
130	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.33092
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.32724
132	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.32534
133	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.32408
=134	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.32087
=134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.32120
136	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.31965
=137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.31922
=137	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.31938
=137	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.31945
140	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.31813
=141	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.31693
=141	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.31662
143	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.31410
=144	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.31278
=144	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.31280
146	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.31162
=147	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.30785
=147	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.30808
=149	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.30720
=149	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.30735
151	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.30562
152	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.30505
153	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.30359
154	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.30060
155	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.29948
156	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.29830
=157	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.29685
=157	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.29658
159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.29479
160	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.29021
=161	Colombia`COL`South America	0.28649
=161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.28608
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.28353
164	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.28283
165	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.28099
166	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.27914
167	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.27710
168	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.27225
169	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.27132
170	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.26871
171	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.26766
172	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.26589
173	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.26038
=174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.25904
=174	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.25902
176	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.25698
=177	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.25076
=177	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.25109
179	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.24767
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.24556
181	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.23963
182	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.23945
=183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.23477
=183	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.23475
185	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.23283
186	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.23080
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.22482
188	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.22200
189	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.20715
190	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.17712
191	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.16688
192	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.16588

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Finland0.78338
#1Denmark0.78321
#3New Zealand0.78177
#4Norway0.77808
#5Sweden0.76241

Lowest

#192Angola0.16588
#191DR Congo0.16688
#190Myanmar0.17712
#189Central African Republic0.20715
#188Nigeria0.22200

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.38406. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
191values changed, of 192 in both
127 · 64rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg0.58857 → 0.67139+0.08282
Iceland0.72075 → 0.75199+0.03124
Singapore0.72293 → 0.74923+0.02630
Malta0.48936 → 0.51176+0.02240
Croatia0.45284 → 0.47085+0.01801

Fell most

Solomon Islands0.47395 → 0.44781−0.02614
Zimbabwe0.25276 → 0.23283−0.01994
Jamaica0.36619 → 0.34693−0.01926
Monaco0.67881 → 0.66071−0.01809
Côte d’Ivoire0.25715 → 0.23963−0.01753

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

Read before you use

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 2000.
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 (2000). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2000

0630 held

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