Data for 2008

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2008

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2008
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2008, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2008 covers 192 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.80267; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.16478. The middle country reads 0.38801. Against 2007, 192 values changed (79 up, 113 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2008

HighestDenmark

0.80267

LowestCentral African Republic

0.16478

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

192countries
1measure
2008the 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), 2008, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2008: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.80267
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.79783
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.79671
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.79225
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.78955
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.77215
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.76958
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.75643
9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.73958
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.73058
11	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.72989
12	United States`USA`Northern America	0.72817
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.72667
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.71518
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.70683
16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.70031
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.69408
18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.67870
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.67182
20	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.64780
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.64418
22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.64192
23	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.63032
24	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.61528
=25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.60423
=25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.60416
27	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.59185
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.58320
29	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.57394
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.57264
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.55860
32	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.55574
=33	Chile`CHL`South America	0.55296
=33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.55299
35	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.54745
36	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.54099
37	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.54035
38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.53922
=39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.53481
=39	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.53526
41	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.53306
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.53151
43	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.52906
44	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.52331
45	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.51749
46	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.51574
47	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.51085
48	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.50532
49	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.50124
50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.49741
=51	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.49485
=51	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.49535
53	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.49298
54	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.47947
55	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.47791
56	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.47646
57	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.47376
58	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.47311
59	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.47070
60	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.46657
61	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.45986
=62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.45911
=62	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.45878
=62	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.45872
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.45710
66	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.44927
67	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.44672
68	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.44101
69	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.43923
70	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.43766
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.43651
72	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.43499
=73	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.43392
=73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.43381
75	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.43220
76	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.43058
77	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.42692
78	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.42526
79	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.42403
80	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.42320
81	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.41441
82	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.41317
83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.40977
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.40865
85	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.40702
86	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.40496
87	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.40309
=88	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.40196
=88	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.40189
90	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.39975
91	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.39418
92	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.39174
=93	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.39139
=93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.39130
=93	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.39092
=96	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.38789
=96	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.38767
=96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.38813
99	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.38562
100	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.38349
101	Peru`PER`South America	0.37992
=102	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.37948
=102	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.37872
104	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.37536
=105	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.37351
=105	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.37440
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.37188
108	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.36833
=109	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.36699
=109	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.36694
111	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.36528
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.36199
113	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.35587
114	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.35509
115	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.35449
116	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.35177
117	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.34853
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.34571
119	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.34489
120	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.34194
121	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.34050
122	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.33898
123	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.33649
124	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.33387
=125	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.33316
=125	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.33278
=127	Colombia`COL`South America	0.33205
=127	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.33238
129	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.33134
130	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.32904
131	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.32785
132	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.32585
=133	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.32145
=133	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.32069
=133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.32112
=133	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.32147
137	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.32004
=138	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.31856
=138	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.31874
140	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.31767
141	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.31592
=142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.31505
=142	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.31547
144	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.31397
145	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.31261
146	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.31081
147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.31013
=148	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.30706
=148	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.30742
150	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.30517
=151	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.30168
=151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.30234
=151	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.30180
=151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.30163
155	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.30117
156	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.30006
157	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.29941
=158	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.29744
=158	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.29666
160	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.29552
161	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.29354
162	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.29020
163	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.28876
164	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.28627
165	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.28338
=166	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.27992
=166	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.28030
168	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.27334
169	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.26966
170	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.26743
171	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.26506
=172	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.26337
=172	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.26340
=172	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.26317
175	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.25220
176	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.25012
=177	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.24749
=177	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.24666
179	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.24546
180	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.24449
181	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.23794
182	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.23688
183	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.23501
184	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.23017
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.22272
186	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.21290
187	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.20955
188	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.18424
189	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.18313
=190	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.18008
=190	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.18032
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.16478

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Denmark0.80267
#2Finland0.79783
#3New Zealand0.79671
#4Norway0.79225
#5Singapore0.78955

Lowest

#192Central African Republic0.16478
#190DR Congo0.18008
#190Myanmar0.18032
#189Zimbabwe0.18313
#188Chad0.18424

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.38801. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 192 in both
79 · 113rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg0.60767 → 0.64192+0.03425
Saudi Arabia0.40711 → 0.43392+0.02682
Egypt0.33359 → 0.35449+0.02090
Paraguay0.31933 → 0.33898+0.01964
Belarus0.38350 → 0.40196+0.01847

Fell most

Mauritania0.34091 → 0.31397−0.02694
Zimbabwe0.20833 → 0.18313−0.02519
Iceland0.79096 → 0.76958−0.02138
Micronesia0.40453 → 0.38349−0.02104
Kiribati0.40341 → 0.38562−0.01779

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 2008.
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 (2008). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2008

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