Data for 2006

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2006

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2006
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2006, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2006 covers 192 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.808563; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.182509. The middle country reads 0.389984. Against 2005, 192 values changed (94 up, 98 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2006

HighestDenmark

0.808563

LowestCentral African Republic

0.182509

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

192countries
1measure
2006the 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), 2006, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2006: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.808563
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.803687
=3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.795481
=3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.795462
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.778258
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.776674
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.767902
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.756533
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.738481
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.734233
11	United States`USA`Northern America	0.731341
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.729519
13	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.711540
=14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.710034
=14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.709581
16	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.705784
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.692935
18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.689281
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.657644
20	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.640313
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.634956
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.630098
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.611435
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.608422
25	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.604599
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.602436
27	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.593429
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.582892
29	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.565993
=30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.565314
=30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.565297
32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.562400
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.558487
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.554887
35	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.552795
36	Chile`CHL`South America	0.548289
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.541051
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.534745
39	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.531013
40	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.527958
41	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.524154
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.522651
43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.519925
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.518123
45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.517307
46	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.510148
47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.504480
48	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.499922
49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.496508
50	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.492192
51	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.489743
52	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.485468
53	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.481117
=54	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.476736
=54	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.476744
=54	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.477351
57	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.476117
58	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.472973
59	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.470185
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.466100
61	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.460088
62	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.456456
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.452467
64	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.449347
=65	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.446710
=65	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.447160
67	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.446427
68	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.444684
69	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.438689
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.433610
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.428752
72	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.425683
=73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.424095
=73	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.423946
75	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.421702
=76	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.421403
=76	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.421352
=78	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.415307
=78	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.414857
=78	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.415046
=78	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.414672
82	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.414293
=83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.412216
=83	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.411594
85	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.408738
86	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.407321
87	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.404851
88	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.403984
=89	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.402461
=89	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.401924
91	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.398605
=92	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.396823
=92	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.397004
=94	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.392663
=94	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.392681
96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.391509
97	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.388459
98	Peru`PER`South America	0.387233
99	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.384099
100	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.380799
101	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.378489
102	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.377231
103	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.376039
104	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.373030
105	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.371981
=106	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.370872
=106	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.371186
108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.369984
109	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.363764
=110	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.363043
=110	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.362559
112	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.357397
113	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.354487
114	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.351686
115	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.349559
=116	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.349128
=116	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.348922
=118	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.345288
=118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.344524
=120	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.342504
=120	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.343330
=120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.342773
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.342155
124	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.340006
125	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.339226
126	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.337025
127	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.335376
=128	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.334416
=128	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.333922
=130	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.329878
=130	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.330023
=130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.330009
=133	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.327574
=133	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.328099
135	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.327213
=136	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.325810
=136	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.325865
=136	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.325513
139	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.325136
140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.322761
141	Colombia`COL`South America	0.320877
142	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.318696
143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.317895
=144	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.316514
=144	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.316553
=144	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.316519
=147	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.315786
=147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.316458
=149	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.311167
=149	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.311480
151	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.308785
=152	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.306900
=152	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.307483
=154	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.306098
=154	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.305556
156	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.302951
157	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.300550
=158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.298917
=158	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.299188
=160	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.297187
=160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.297116
162	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.294877
163	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.293139
164	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.291503
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.283958
166	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.282375
=167	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.280082
=167	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.279592
169	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.278722
=170	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.273339
=170	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.273180
=172	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.267844
=172	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.268371
174	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.265017
175	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.261183
176	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.258767
=177	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.257980
=177	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.258334
179	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.256177
180	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.251072
181	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.247442
182	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.243279
183	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.232628
184	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.221809
=185	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.215956
=185	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.216140
187	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.208419
188	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.205415
189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.203456
190	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.188079
191	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.184022
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.182509

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Denmark0.808563
#2Finland0.803687
#3New Zealand0.795481
#3Norway0.795462
#5Sweden0.778258

Lowest

#192Central African Republic0.182509
#191Myanmar0.184022
#190DR Congo0.188079
#189Chad0.203456
#188Côte d’Ivoire0.205415

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.389984. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 192 in both
94 · 98rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Monaco0.598933 → 0.705784+0.106851
Cuba0.305497 → 0.357397+0.051900
Serbia0.349141 → 0.391509+0.042369
Liberia0.244178 → 0.268371+0.024193
Georgia0.395011 → 0.415046+0.020035

Fell most

Timor-Leste0.367285 → 0.333922−0.033363
Guinea0.288920 → 0.265017−0.023903
Solomon Islands0.431139 → 0.407321−0.023818
Belarus0.393647 → 0.370872−0.022775
Lebanon0.356477 → 0.335376−0.021101

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 2006.
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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 (2006). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2006

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