Data for 2012

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2012

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2012
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2012, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2012 covers 192 countries. Singapore is highest, at 0.80973; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.16356. The middle country reads 0.38644. Against 2011, 192 values changed (76 up, 116 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2012

HighestSingapore

0.80973

LowestCentral African Republic

0.16356

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

192countries
1measure
2012the 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), 2012, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2012: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.80973
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.80166
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.79988
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.79490
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.78759
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.76897
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.73864
8	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.73578
9	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.73405
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.72595
11	United States`USA`Northern America	0.71813
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.71731
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.70440
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.70066
15	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.70018
16	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.69888
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.69695
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.68945
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.67450
20	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.67261
21	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.65479
=22	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.64281
=22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.64263
24	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.62595
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.60929
26	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.60397
27	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.60309
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.58939
29	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.58790
30	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.58162
31	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.57853
32	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.56848
33	Chile`CHL`South America	0.56069
34	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.55619
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.55258
36	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.55171
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.54979
38	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.54863
39	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.54593
40	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.54281
41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.53693
42	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.53308
=43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.53125
=43	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.53060
45	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.53003
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.51902
47	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.51269
48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.51214
49	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.51105
50	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.50549
51	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.50300
52	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.49967
53	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.49803
54	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.49127
55	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.48896
=56	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.48809
=56	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.48758
=56	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.48788
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.48553
60	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.48524
=61	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.47962
=61	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.47994
63	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.47046
=64	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.46167
=64	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.46199
66	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.45769
67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.45107
68	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.44977
=69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44763
=69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.44832
71	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.44665
72	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.44593
73	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.44414
74	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.44260
75	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.44124
76	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.43989
77	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.43745
78	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.43561
79	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.43158
80	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.43018
=81	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.42694
=81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.42750
83	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.42447
=84	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.42134
=84	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.42110
86	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.41191
87	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.40813
88	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.40490
89	Peru`PER`South America	0.39860
90	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.39603
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.39446
92	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.39348
93	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.39049
=94	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.38864
=94	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.38900
96	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.38691
97	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.38596
98	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.38528
99	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.38249
100	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.37665
=101	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.37644
=101	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.37562
=103	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.37456
=103	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.37510
105	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.37196
=106	Colombia`COL`South America	0.37060
=106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.37146
108	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.37008
=109	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.36938
=109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.36945
=109	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.36888
112	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.36659
=113	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.36525
=113	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.36475
=115	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.36385
=115	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.36360
117	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.36296
118	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.35526
=119	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.35359
=119	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.35404
121	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.34095
=122	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.33881
=122	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.33924
124	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.33832
125	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.33541
126	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.33367
127	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.33284
=128	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.33177
=128	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.33154
130	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.33123
131	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.32234
132	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.32098
133	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.31854
=134	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.31640
=134	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.31637
136	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.31515
137	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.31369
138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.31298
139	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.31184
140	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.31095
141	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.30677
=142	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.30578
=142	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.30596
=144	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.30420
=144	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.30407
146	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.29911
=147	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.29801
=147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.29783
149	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.29665
=150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.29600
=150	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.29610
=150	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.29583
=150	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.29594
154	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.29489
155	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.29354
156	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.29242
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.28900
158	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.28767
159	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.28323
160	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.28181
161	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.28088
=162	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.27712
=162	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.27725
164	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.27528
=165	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.27376
=165	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.27375
167	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.26958
168	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.26860
169	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.26599
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.26090
171	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.25977
172	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.25688
173	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.25635
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.25173
175	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.25071
176	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.24414
177	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.24153
=178	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.23541
=178	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.23491
180	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.22992
181	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.22878
182	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.22300
=183	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.21816
=183	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.21771
185	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.21464
186	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.21198
187	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.20840
188	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.19799
189	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.18667
190	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.18223
191	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.17851
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.16356

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Singapore0.80973
#2New Zealand0.80166
#3Denmark0.79988
#4Finland0.79490
#5Norway0.78759

Lowest

#192Central African Republic0.16356
#191DR Congo0.17851
#190Chad0.18223
#189Zimbabwe0.18667
#188Myanmar0.19799

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.38644. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 192 in both
76 · 116rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

North Macedonia0.41425 → 0.44593+0.03168
Malaysia0.47283 → 0.50300+0.03017
São Tomé and Príncipe0.33491 → 0.36475+0.02984
Belarus0.46991 → 0.49803+0.02812
Montenegro0.44404 → 0.47046+0.02642

Fell most

Monaco0.71928 → 0.67261−0.04667
North Korea0.39599 → 0.36296−0.03303
Mali0.32821 → 0.29783−0.03038
Romania0.47689 → 0.45107−0.02582
Syria0.30928 → 0.28767−0.02160

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 2012.
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.

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Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (2012). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2012

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