Data for 2004

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2004

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2004
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2004, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2004 covers 192 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.795114; Myanmar is lowest, at 0.172724. The middle country reads 0.386888. Against 2003, 192 values changed (108 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2004

HighestDenmark

0.795114

LowestMyanmar

0.172724

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

192countries
1measure
2004the 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), 2004, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2004: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.795114
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.790005
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.789321
4	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.781034
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.779952
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.776321
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.772976
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.745978
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.730148
10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.727124
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.725946
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.722288
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.709208
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.700931
15	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.699826
16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.691052
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.681095
18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.679049
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.639976
20	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.629796
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.612526
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.604687
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.597971
24	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.595744
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.595296
26	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.590642
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.574815
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.561925
29	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.559048
30	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.556716
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.554825
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.552440
33	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.544773
34	Chile`CHL`South America	0.542498
35	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.538387
36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.527069
37	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.521626
=38	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.519584
=38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.520096
40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.514314
41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.510936
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.508430
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.505170
44	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.502651
=45	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.498911
=45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.499023
47	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.495618
48	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.491554
49	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.487732
50	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.486397
51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.481701
52	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.478238
=53	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.474544
=53	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.475239
=55	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.473905
=55	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.473715
57	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.470718
=58	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.465059
=58	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.465339
60	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.447641
61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.447053
62	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.442974
63	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.441524
=64	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.438829
=64	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.438607
66	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.438384
67	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.434777
68	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.432997
=69	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.430270
=69	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.430287
71	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.429195
72	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.425904
73	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.424259
=74	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.422686
=74	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.422850
=74	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.423250
77	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.422095
78	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.419156
79	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.418231
=80	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.415584
=80	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.416240
82	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.414269
=83	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.412088
=83	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.412203
85	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.404100
=86	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.402577
=86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.403346
=86	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.403369
89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.398347
90	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.396112
91	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.395124
92	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.391070
93	Peru`PER`South America	0.389502
94	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.389024
=95	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.387710
=95	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.388017
97	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.386065
98	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.385173
99	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.383737
100	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.382963
101	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.380710
102	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.378894
103	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.376756
=104	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.374853
=104	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.374996
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.372156
107	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.371201
108	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.369644
109	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.363672
=110	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.360518
=110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.361403
112	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.360336
=113	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.351142
=113	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.351088
115	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.350321
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.348592
117	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.347687
118	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.346953
119	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.345210
120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.344029
=121	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.342949
=121	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.342606
123	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.341328
=124	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.339684
=124	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.340025
126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.338258
127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.336847
128	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.335650
129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.334865
130	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.334159
131	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.333111
132	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.331726
=133	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.330564
=133	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.331277
135	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.330328
136	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.329134
=137	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.328398
=137	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.328474
=139	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.324670
=139	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.324739
=139	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.324736
142	Colombia`COL`South America	0.323563
143	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.322335
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.320599
145	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.318892
=146	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.316076
=146	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.316050
=148	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.312797
=148	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.312697
150	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.311541
=151	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.308046
=151	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.307691
=151	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.307759
=151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.308472
155	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.307174
156	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.304983
=157	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.303196
=157	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.303250
159	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.302180
=160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.297778
=160	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.298002
162	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.297139
163	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.294525
=164	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.289978
=164	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.290364
166	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.283631
167	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.280825
168	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.277467
169	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.276500
170	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.273858
171	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.272918
172	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.271650
173	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.271007
174	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.269942
175	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.269103
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.267901
177	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.266385
178	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.259162
179	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.256857
180	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.242782
181	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.240264
182	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.238529
183	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.236316
=184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.234523
=184	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.234926
186	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.226948
187	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.224192
188	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.212228
189	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.209156
190	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.203787
191	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.195915
192	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.172724

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Denmark0.795114
#2Finland0.790005
#3New Zealand0.789321
#4Iceland0.781034
#5Norway0.779952

Lowest

#192Myanmar0.172724
#191DR Congo0.195915
#190Angola0.203787
#189Central African Republic0.209156
#188Côte d’Ivoire0.212228

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.386888. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 192 in both
108 · 84rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Monaco0.654157 → 0.699826+0.045670
Georgia0.344732 → 0.386065+0.041332
Ukraine0.306373 → 0.334865+0.028492
North Macedonia0.367335 → 0.391070+0.023736
El Salvador0.348445 → 0.372156+0.023711

Fell most

Solomon Islands0.474055 → 0.438607−0.035447
Gambia0.366929 → 0.341328−0.025600
Seychelles0.467115 → 0.441524−0.025591
Maldives0.470167 → 0.447641−0.022526
Andorra0.459980 → 0.438829−0.021151

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 2004.
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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 (2004). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2004

0630 held

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