Data for 2002

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2002

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2002
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2002, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2002 covers 192 countries. Finland is highest, at 0.794394; Myanmar is lowest, at 0.171543. The middle country reads 0.385801. Against 2001, 192 values changed (121 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2002

HighestFinland

0.794394

LowestMyanmar

0.171543

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

192countries
1measure
2002the 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), 2002, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2002: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.794394
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.791926
=3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.784082
=3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.784261
5	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.776566
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.775466
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.768674
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.752447
=9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.735186
=9	United States`USA`Northern America	0.735442
=11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.723744
=11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.723839
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.710954
14	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.693049
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.683650
=16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.683476
=16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.683495
18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.667344
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.634391
20	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.628504
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.626859
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.621595
23	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.606166
24	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.605474
25	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.592790
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.590729
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.569372
28	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.568442
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.566093
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.561513
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.554590
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.549884
33	Chile`CHL`South America	0.548853
34	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.545644
35	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.541897
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.538261
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.533662
38	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.516698
=39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.516084
=39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.515514
41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.507832
42	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.507220
43	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.505115
44	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.501028
45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.496823
=46	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.494602
=46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.494665
48	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.492888
49	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.486469
50	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.484529
=51	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.483023
=51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.482614
53	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.480856
54	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.477535
55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.474480
56	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.473220
57	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.468378
58	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.467492
=59	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.462120
=59	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.461607
61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.459315
=62	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.458376
=62	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.457581
64	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.455869
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.450299
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.443042
67	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.439331
68	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.434677
69	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.434118
70	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.430866
71	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.429783
72	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.428519
73	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.428127
74	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.426980
=75	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.425914
=75	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.426175
77	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.424514
78	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.421977
79	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.420560
80	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.416383
81	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.414693
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.411850
83	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.408571
84	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.406619
85	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.403566
86	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.400481
87	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.398835
=88	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.395821
=88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.396002
90	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.395272
91	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.391663
92	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.390579
93	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.390101
=94	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.389495
=94	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.388573
96	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.386435
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.385168
=98	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.383283
=98	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.383185
100	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.374748
=101	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.373014
=101	Peru`PER`South America	0.373149
103	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.365712
=104	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.364327
=104	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.363796
=106	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.362719
=106	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.363113
108	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.361486
=109	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.359879
=109	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.359877
=111	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.356287
=111	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.355989
113	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.351616
=114	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.350520
=114	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.350586
116	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.348589
=117	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.347188
=117	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.347262
=117	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.346794
=120	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.345069
=120	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.345269
=122	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.342963
=122	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.343209
=122	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.342870
=122	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.343228
126	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.342315
127	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.339517
128	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.339023
129	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.334831
130	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.331931
131	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.330688
132	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.329617
133	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.327578
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.326769
135	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.323649
136	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.321747
137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.319974
138	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.318645
139	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.317600
=140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.315864
=140	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.315957
=140	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.315537
=143	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.312871
=143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.312920
=143	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.312713
146	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.312084
147	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.311379
=148	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.308783
=148	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.309150
=150	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.305950
=150	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.305828
=152	Colombia`COL`South America	0.304362
=152	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.303881
=154	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.302822
=154	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.303357
156	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.302174
=157	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.297728
=157	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.298412
159	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.296457
160	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.288754
=161	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.285996
=161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.286367
163	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.285102
164	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.283991
165	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.279331
=166	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.277176
=166	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.276652
168	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.275801
169	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.274718
=170	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.271870
=170	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.271534
=170	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.271750
173	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.271490
174	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.268059
175	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.262864
=176	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.257397
=176	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.256701
178	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.254524
=179	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.247357
=179	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.246662
181	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.244025
182	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.241121
183	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.234571
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.233114
185	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.231035
186	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.225577
187	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.219880
188	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.214845
189	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.208048
190	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.182819
191	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.180209
192	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.171543

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Finland0.794394
#2Denmark0.791926
#3Norway0.784261
#3New Zealand0.784082
#5Iceland0.776566

Lowest

#192Myanmar0.171543
#191DR Congo0.180209
#190Angola0.182819
#189Nigeria0.208048
#188Central African Republic0.214845

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.385801. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 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

Azerbaijan0.323715 → 0.362719+0.039004
Jamaica0.328621 → 0.359879+0.031258
Monaco0.666548 → 0.693049+0.026501
Iceland0.751315 → 0.776566+0.025251
Latvia0.517143 → 0.538261+0.021118

Fell most

Ukraine0.342357 → 0.302174−0.040183
Moldova0.422143 → 0.391663−0.030479
Argentina0.354705 → 0.339023−0.015682
Venezuela0.270585 → 0.256701−0.013884
Cabo Verde0.402063 → 0.389495−0.012568

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.

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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 2002.
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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 (2002). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2002

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