Data for 2005

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2005

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2005
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2005, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2005 covers 192 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.79936; Myanmar is lowest, at 0.17578. The middle country reads 0.38774. Against 2004, 192 values changed (127 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2005

HighestDenmark

0.79936

LowestMyanmar

0.17578

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

192countries
1measure
2005the 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), 2005, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2005: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.79936
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.79839
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.79075
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.79012
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.77708
6	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.77516
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.76577
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.75046
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.73977
10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.73104
=11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.72746
=11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.72744
13	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.71286
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.70858
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.69998
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.69214
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.68703
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.65801
19	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.63939
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.63109
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.61613
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.61337
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.60609
24	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.59967
25	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.59893
26	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.59843
27	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.58562
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.57789
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.57380
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.56953
31	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.56569
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.56281
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.56092
34	Chile`CHL`South America	0.55649
35	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.55041
36	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.54741
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.53174
38	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.52980
39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.52558
40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.52451
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.52415
=42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.52343
=42	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.52256
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.51836
45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.50988
=46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.50739
=46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.50715
=48	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.50223
=48	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.50221
50	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.49876
51	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.48369
52	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.48245
=53	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.47998
=53	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.47990
=55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.47950
=55	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.47872
57	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.47760
58	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.47458
59	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.46852
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.46724
61	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.46477
=62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.44604
=62	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.44644
=62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44596
65	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.44522
66	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.44179
=67	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.44116
=67	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.44088
69	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.43716
70	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.43621
=71	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.43471
=71	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.43493
73	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.43264
=74	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.43097
=74	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.43114
76	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.42806
77	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.42706
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.42597
79	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.42321
80	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.42214
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.42075
82	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.41827
=83	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.41688
=83	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.41718
=83	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.41693
=86	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.40725
=86	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.40672
88	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.40626
89	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.40457
90	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.40347
91	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.39924
92	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.39559
93	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.39501
94	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.39365
95	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.39225
96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.38956
=97	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.38592
=97	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.38578
99	Peru`PER`South America	0.38518
=100	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.38053
=100	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.38076
102	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.38042
=103	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.37615
=103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.37581
105	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.37501
106	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.37314
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.37073
108	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.36790
109	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.36729
110	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.36456
111	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.35952
=112	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.35590
=112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.35648
114	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.35349
115	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.35085
=116	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.34870
=116	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.34914
=118	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.34809
=118	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.34785
=120	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.34232
=120	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.34237
=122	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.34059
=122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.34136
=124	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.33984
=124	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.34029
126	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.33850
127	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.33662
=128	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.33642
=128	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.33560
130	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.33517
131	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.33298
132	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.33175
=133	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.33003
=133	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.32957
135	Colombia`COL`South America	0.32820
=136	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.32603
=136	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.32592
=136	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.32627
139	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.32508
=140	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.32197
=140	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.32180
142	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.31707
=143	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.31620
=143	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.31597
145	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.31418
146	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.31344
=147	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.31191
=147	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.31188
=147	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.31162
150	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.31069
151	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.30992
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.30810
=153	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.30666
=153	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.30698
155	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.30629
=156	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.30542
=156	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.30550
=158	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.30210
=158	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.30209
=160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.30017
=160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.30029
162	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.29825
163	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.29711
164	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.28892
165	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.28464
166	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.28438
167	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.27990
168	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.27589
169	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.27381
170	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.27232
171	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.27077
172	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.26861
=173	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.26634
=173	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.26632
175	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.26257
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.26188
177	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.25767
178	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.25443
179	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.25090
180	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.24418
181	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.24142
182	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.23998
183	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.23845
184	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.22655
185	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.22105
=186	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.21712
=186	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.21691
188	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.20634
189	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.20542
190	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.19984
191	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.19777
192	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.17578

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Denmark0.79936
#2Finland0.79839
#3Norway0.79075
#4New Zealand0.79012
#5Sweden0.77708

Lowest

#192Myanmar0.17578
#191DR Congo0.19777
#190Central African Republic0.19984
#189Côte d’Ivoire0.20542
#188Angola0.20634

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.38774. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 192 in both
127 · 65rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Saint Kitts and Nevis0.50265 → 0.54741+0.04476
Andorra0.43883 → 0.47998+0.04115
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.49155 → 0.52343+0.03187
Liechtenstein0.55672 → 0.58562+0.02890
Saint Lucia0.47372 → 0.50221+0.02849

Fell most

Monaco0.69983 → 0.59893−0.10089
Kyrgyzstan0.34003 → 0.31418−0.02584
Bolivia0.33311 → 0.31069−0.02242
Togo0.29453 → 0.27232−0.02221
Tonga0.42325 → 0.40347−0.01978

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 2005.
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 (2005). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2005

0630 held

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