Data for 2003

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2003

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2003
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2003, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2003 covers 192 countries. Finland is highest, at 0.797405; Myanmar is lowest, at 0.174013. The middle country reads 0.381807. Against 2002, 192 values changed (114 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2003

HighestFinland

0.797405

LowestMyanmar

0.174013

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

192countries
1measure
2003the 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), 2003, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2003: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.797405
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.796061
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.786215
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.781958
=5	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.779393
=5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.778901
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.770612
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.749473
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.731422
10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.727849
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.727145
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.722963
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.711677
=14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.688027
=14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.688320
16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.682414
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.675696
18	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.654157
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.637704
20	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.628608
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.621641
22	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.607842
23	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.600482
24	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.599331
=25	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.590248
=25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.590043
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.573717
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.569072
29	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.567666
30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.557929
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.552486
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.551362
33	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.545259
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.541865
=35	Chile`CHL`South America	0.540885
=35	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.541436
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.534298
38	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.525937
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.519714
40	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.518813
41	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.513823
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.512199
43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.507602
44	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.506992
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.502119
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.499441
47	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.498321
48	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.493013
49	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.490031
50	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.488589
51	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.485604
=52	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.482012
=52	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.481860
54	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.479766
=55	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.477748
=55	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.477736
57	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.475373
58	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.474055
59	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.470167
60	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.467115
=61	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.459980
=61	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.460484
=61	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.460096
64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.448924
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.442976
66	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.441919
=67	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.441318
=67	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.440627
69	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.438283
70	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.434566
71	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.433494
72	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.429642
73	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.428976
74	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.427387
75	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.426218
76	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.424380
=77	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.420085
=77	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.420042
79	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.418080
=80	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.417305
=80	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.417414
82	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.416230
83	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.410537
84	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.409846
=85	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.408570
=85	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.409201
87	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.402582
=88	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.401098
=88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.401451
=88	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.400782
91	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.398120
92	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.395495
93	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.393223
94	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.387541
95	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.384102
96	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.383070
97	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.380544
98	Peru`PER`South America	0.380178
=99	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.378692
=99	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.379081
101	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.376209
=102	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.374678
=102	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.374973
=104	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.366929
=104	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.367335
106	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.364324
107	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.362725
108	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.359669
109	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.359207
110	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.356518
111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.355747
112	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.353801
113	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.353118
=114	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.352371
=114	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.351956
=116	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.351309
=116	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.351383
=118	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.349328
=118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.348867
120	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.348445
121	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.347488
122	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.344732
123	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.343992
124	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.342483
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.340321
=126	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.338074
=126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.337927
128	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.335961
129	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.333825
130	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.330455
131	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.328247
=132	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.326568
=132	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.326939
=134	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.324054
=134	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.324464
136	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.321268
137	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.320486
138	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.317287
139	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.316033
=140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.314678
=140	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.314965
142	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.314038
143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.312604
=144	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.311882
=144	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.312113
=144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.311654
=147	Colombia`COL`South America	0.311431
=147	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.311118
=149	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.310002
=149	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.310434
151	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.308998
=152	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.308104
=152	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.307577
154	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.306373
155	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.299521
156	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.297710
=157	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.296622
=157	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.297405
159	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.294652
160	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.294417
=161	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.292447
=161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.292044
=163	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.288061
=163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.288218
165	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.282942
=166	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.280219
=166	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.279553
168	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.275983
169	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.275234
170	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.272755
=171	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.271974
=171	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.271975
=173	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.269283
=173	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.269276
175	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.263330
176	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.260720
177	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.253735
=178	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.252909
=178	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.252706
180	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.251549
181	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.246571
182	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.233985
183	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.229801
184	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.228692
185	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.225320
186	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.223107
187	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.219401
188	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.217275
189	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.202935
190	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.191142
191	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.184137
192	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.174013

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Finland0.797405
#2Denmark0.796061
#3New Zealand0.786215
#4Norway0.781958
#5Iceland0.779393

Lowest

#192Myanmar0.174013
#191DR Congo0.184137
#190Angola0.191142
#189Central African Republic0.202935
#188Nigeria0.217275

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.381807. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 192 in both
114 · 78rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan0.406619 → 0.427387+0.020768
Jordan0.390579 → 0.410537+0.019958
Belarus0.365712 → 0.383070+0.017358
Georgia0.327578 → 0.344732+0.017154
Botswana0.425914 → 0.441318+0.015404

Fell most

Monaco0.693049 → 0.654157−0.038892
Luxembourg0.626859 → 0.590248−0.036611
Comoros0.326769 → 0.310002−0.016767
Laos0.308783 → 0.292044−0.016739
Senegal0.343228 → 0.326939−0.016289

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 2003.
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Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
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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 (2003). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2003

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