Data for 2014

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2014

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2014
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2014, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2014 covers 192 countries. Singapore is highest, at 0.80734; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.12151. The middle country reads 0.39809. Against 2013, 192 values changed (103 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2014

HighestSingapore

0.80734

LowestCentral African Republic

0.12151

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

192countries
1measure
2014the 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), 2014, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2014: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.80734
=2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.79651
=2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.79706
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.79218
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.78339
6	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.75290
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.75061
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.73668
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.73367
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.72085
11	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.71916
=12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.71181
=12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.71242
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.70891
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.70699
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.70556
17	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.69388
18	United States`USA`Northern America	0.68125
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.68003
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.65994
21	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.64469
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.64174
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.63012
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.62140
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.60908
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.60072
27	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.59871
=28	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.57977
=28	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.58033
30	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.57751
31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.57116
=32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.56222
=32	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.56153
34	Chile`CHL`South America	0.56078
35	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.55656
36	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.55291
37	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.54347
38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.54100
39	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.53818
40	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.53666
41	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.52093
=42	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.51970
=42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.51988
44	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.51736
45	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.51302
46	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.51199
=47	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.51071
=47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.51055
49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.50808
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.50722
51	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.50343
52	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.49983
53	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.49897
54	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.49710
55	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.49307
56	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.48948
57	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.48455
58	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.48238
59	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.47758
60	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.47656
61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.47227
=62	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.46873
=62	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.46867
64	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.46789
65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.46742
66	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.46493
=67	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.46301
=67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.46308
69	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.46211
70	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.46123
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.45832
72	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.45593
73	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.45195
74	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.44935
75	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44828
76	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.44120
77	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.43839
78	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.43638
=79	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.43525
=79	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.43466
81	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.43358
82	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.42934
83	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.41982
84	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.41892
85	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.41516
86	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.41420
=87	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.41286
=87	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.41273
89	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.40907
90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.40823
=91	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.40678
=91	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.40658
=93	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.40514
=93	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.40496
95	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.40145
96	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.40043
97	Peru`PER`South America	0.39575
98	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.38979
=99	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.38357
=99	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.38353
=99	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.38409
102	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.38313
103	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.37884
=104	Colombia`COL`South America	0.37788
=104	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.37777
106	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.37483
107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.37171
108	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.37034
109	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.36867
=110	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.36598
=110	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.36577
=110	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.36596
=113	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.36006
=113	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.35979
115	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.35854
116	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.35804
117	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.35531
=118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.35004
=118	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.34993
120	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.34846
121	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.34674
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.34422
123	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.34166
=124	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.33581
=124	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.33578
126	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.33089
127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.32966
128	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.32809
129	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.32432
=130	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.32271
=130	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.32295
132	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.32117
133	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.31854
134	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.31847
135	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.31571
136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.31377
137	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.30936
138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.30680
139	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.30333
=140	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.30162
=140	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.30237
142	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.30120
=143	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.29929
=143	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.29881
=145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.29833
=145	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.29822
=145	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.29770
=148	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.29561
=148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.29640
150	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.29547
151	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.29427
152	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.29327
153	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.29207
154	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.28664
155	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.28588
156	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.28450
157	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.28152
158	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.27968
=159	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.27826
=159	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.27790
161	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.27706
162	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.27593
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.27535
164	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.27140
=165	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.26760
=165	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.26837
167	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.26685
=168	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.26499
=168	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.26490
=168	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.26473
171	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.26294
172	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.26192
173	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.25294
174	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.25141
175	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.24704
176	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.24545
177	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.24420
178	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.24042
179	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.23947
180	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.23790
181	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.23376
=182	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.22426
=182	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.22373
184	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.22049
185	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.21397
186	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.20489
187	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.20443
188	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.19904
189	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.18318
190	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.17064
191	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.16874
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.12151

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Singapore0.80734
#2Norway0.79706
#2New Zealand0.79651
#4Denmark0.79218
#5Finland0.78339

Lowest

#192Central African Republic0.12151
#191DR Congo0.16874
#190Chad0.17064
#189Zimbabwe0.18318
#188Eritrea0.19904

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.39809. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 192 in both
103 · 89rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Burundi0.23629 → 0.27140+0.03511
Côte d’Ivoire0.21790 → 0.25294+0.03504
Russia0.46222 → 0.48948+0.02726
Fiji0.43681 → 0.46301+0.02621
Iran0.37427 → 0.40043+0.02616

Fell most

San Marino0.65358 → 0.59871−0.05487
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.59038 → 0.53818−0.05220
Antigua and Barbuda0.50088 → 0.46873−0.03216
United States0.70803 → 0.68125−0.02678
Saint Lucia0.48704 → 0.46493−0.02211

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 2014.
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 (2014). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2014

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