Data for 2002

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2002

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. A higher value is the better result.

192countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
192distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0licence

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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	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.794394
2	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.791926
=3	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.784082
=3	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.784261
5	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.776566
6	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.775466
7	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.768674
8	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.752447
=9	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.735186
=9	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.735442
=11	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.723744
=11	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.723839
13	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.710954
14	MonacoMCOWestern Europe	0.693049
15	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.683650
=16	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.683476
=16	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.683495
18	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.667344
19	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.634391
20	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	0.628504
21	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.626859
22	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.621595
23	DominicaDMACaribbean	0.606166
24	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.605474
25	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.592790
26	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.590729
27	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.569372
28	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	0.568442
29	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.566093
30	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.561513
31	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.554590
32	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.549884
33	ChileCHLSouth America	0.548853
34	NauruNRUMicronesia	0.545644
35	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.541897
36	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.538261
37	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.533662
38	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.516698
=39	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.516084
=39	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.515514
41	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.507832
42	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.507220
43	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.505115
44	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.501028
45	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.496823
=46	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.494602
=46	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.494665
48	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.492888
49	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.486469
50	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.484529
=51	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.483023
=51	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.482614
53	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.480856
54	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.477535
55	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.474480
56	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.473220
57	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.468378
58	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.467492
=59	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.462120
=59	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.461607
61	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.459315
=62	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	0.458376
=62	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.457581
64	PalauPLWMicronesia	0.455869
65	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.450299
66	UruguayURYSouth America	0.443042
67	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.439331
68	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.434677
69	TongaTONPolynesia	0.434118
70	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.430866
71	SamoaWSMPolynesia	0.429783
72	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.428519
73	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	0.428127
74	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.426980
=75	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.425914
=75	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	0.426175
77	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.424514
78	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.421977
79	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.420560
80	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.416383
81	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.414693
82	PanamaPANCentral America	0.411850
83	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	0.408571
84	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.406619
85	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.403566
86	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	0.400481
87	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.398835
=88	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.395821
=88	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.396002
90	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.395272
91	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.391663
92	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.390579
93	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.390101
=94	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.389495
=94	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.388573
96	BrazilBRASouth America	0.386435
97	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.385168
=98	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.383283
=98	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.383185
100	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.374748
=101	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.373014
=101	PeruPERSouth America	0.373149
103	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.365712
=104	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.364327
=104	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.363796
=106	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.362719
=106	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.363113
108	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.361486
=109	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.359879
=109	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.359877
=111	SurinameSURSouth America	0.356287
=111	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.355989
113	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.351616
=114	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.350520
=114	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.350586
116	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.348589
=117	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.347188
=117	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.347262
=117	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.346794
=120	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.345069
=120	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.345269
=122	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.342963
=122	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.343209
=122	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.342870
=122	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.343228
126	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.342315
127	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.339517
128	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.339023
129	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.334831
130	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.331931
131	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.330688
132	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.329617
133	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.327578
134	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.326769
135	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.323649
136	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.321747
137	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.319974
138	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.318645
139	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.317600
=140	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.315864
=140	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.315957
=140	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.315537
=143	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.312871
=143	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.312920
=143	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.312713
146	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.312084
147	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.311379
=148	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.308783
=148	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.309150
=150	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.305950
=150	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.305828
=152	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.304362
=152	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.303881
=154	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.302822
=154	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.303357
156	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.302174
=157	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.297728
=157	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.298412
159	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.296457
160	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.288754
=161	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.285996
=161	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.286367
163	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.285102
164	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.283991
165	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.279331
=166	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.277176
=166	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.276652
168	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.275801
169	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.274718
=170	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.271870
=170	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.271534
=170	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.271750
173	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.271490
174	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.268059
175	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.262864
=176	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.257397
=176	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.256701
178	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.254524
=179	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.247357
=179	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.246662
181	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.244025
182	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.241121
183	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.234571
184	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.233114
185	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.231035
186	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.225577
187	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.219880
188	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.214845
189	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.208048
190	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.182819
191	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.180209
192	MyanmarMMRSouth-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.

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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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