Data for 2001

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2001

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2001
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2001, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2001 covers 192 countries. Finland is highest, at 0.78719; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.17353. The middle country reads 0.38343. Against 2000, 192 values changed (121 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2001

HighestFinland

0.78719

LowestDR Congo

0.17353

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

192countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
192distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0licence

01ND-GAIN’s rank

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Every country and every column of Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2001, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2001: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.78719
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.78509
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.78339
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.78067
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.76659
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.75230
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.75132
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.74941
9	United States`USA`Northern America	0.73554
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.73282
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.72307
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.71991
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.70875
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.68855
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.68460
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.67721
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.66858
18	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.66655
=19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.63530
=19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.63500
21	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.62767
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.61693
23	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.60604
24	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.59726
=25	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.58691
=25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.58698
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.57252
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.56261
29	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.56118
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.55731
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.55437
32	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.54519
33	Chile`CHL`South America	0.53897
34	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.53493
35	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.53057
36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.52825
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.51853
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.51714
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.51470
40	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.50380
41	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.50316
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.50166
43	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.49957
44	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.49740
45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.49078
46	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.48945
47	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.48627
=48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.48477
=48	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.48487
50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.48216
51	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.48003
52	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.47739
53	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.47549
54	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.47142
=55	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.46938
=55	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.46915
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.46691
58	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.46593
59	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.46483
60	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.46293
=61	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.45570
=61	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.45572
63	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.45471
64	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.44535
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.44390
66	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.44101
67	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.43608
68	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.43214
69	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.43077
70	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.42919
71	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.42775
=72	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.42577
=72	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.42574
74	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.42382
75	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.42298
=76	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.42214
=76	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.42233
78	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.42061
79	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.41497
80	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.41026
=81	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.40816
=81	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.40849
83	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.40679
84	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.40460
85	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.40379
86	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.40341
=87	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.40206
=87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.40226
89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.39985
90	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.39558
=91	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.39476
=91	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.39533
=91	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.39523
94	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.39366
95	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.39089
96	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.38397
97	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.38289
98	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.38109
99	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.37794
100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.37516
101	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.37233
102	Peru`PER`South America	0.37118
103	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.36658
104	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.36564
105	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.36460
106	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.36381
107	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.36235
108	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.36032
=109	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.35471
=109	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.35540
111	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.35379
112	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.35304
113	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.35240
114	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.34980
=115	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.34898
=115	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.34919
117	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.34774
118	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.34641
119	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.34395
=120	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.34333
=120	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.34309
=122	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.34219
=122	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.34196
=122	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.34236
125	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.33995
126	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.33935
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.33821
128	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.33673
=129	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.33145
=129	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.33118
131	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.32862
132	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.32718
=133	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.32567
=133	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.32569
=135	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.32371
=135	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.32362
137	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.32126
=138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.31961
=138	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.31955
140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.31764
141	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.31705
142	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.31607
143	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.31494
=144	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.31428
=144	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.31353
146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.31314
=147	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.31217
=147	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.31241
149	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.30964
=150	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.30454
=150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.30475
=152	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.30261
=152	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.30334
=152	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.30336
=155	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.30201
=155	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.30211
157	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.30056
158	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.29639
159	Colombia`COL`South America	0.29545
160	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.29174
161	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.29015
162	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.28610
163	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.28253
164	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.28033
165	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.27766
=166	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.27571
=166	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.27644
168	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.27307
=169	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.27180
=169	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.27205
=171	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.27053
=171	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.27058
173	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.26589
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.26543
175	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.26391
176	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.26196
=177	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.25148
=177	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.25065
=177	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.25115
180	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.24885
181	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.24174
182	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.23892
183	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.23534
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.23392
=185	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.22955
=185	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.23016
187	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.22635
188	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.21499
189	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.21099
190	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.17510
=191	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.17434
=191	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.17353

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Finland0.78719
#2Denmark0.78509
#3New Zealand0.78339
#4Norway0.78067
#5Sweden0.76659

Lowest

#191DR Congo0.17353
#191Angola0.17434
#190Myanmar0.17510
#189Central African Republic0.21099
#188Nigeria0.21499

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.38343. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 192 in both
121 · 71rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Moldova0.39849 → 0.42214+0.02365
Serbia0.30505 → 0.32569+0.02064
Ukraine0.32408 → 0.34236+0.01828
Uzbekistan0.25902 → 0.27307+0.01405
Croatia0.47085 → 0.48477+0.01392

Fell most

Luxembourg0.67139 → 0.63500−0.03639
Argentina0.37856 → 0.35471−0.02385
Netherlands0.70703 → 0.68855−0.01848
Jamaica0.34693 → 0.32862−0.01831
Cabo Verde0.41577 → 0.40206−0.01370

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 2001.
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 (2001). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2001

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