Data for 2015

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2015

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2015
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2015, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2015 covers 192 countries. Singapore is highest, at 0.80258; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.12634. The middle country reads 0.39947. Against 2014, 192 values changed (114 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2015

HighestSingapore

0.80258

LowestCentral African Republic

0.12634

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

192countries
1measure
2015the 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), 2015, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2015: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.80258
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.79975
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.79719
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.79532
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.77067
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.75630
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.73409
=8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.73250
=8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.73255
10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.71430
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.71246
12	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.70898
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.70761
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.70715
=15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.70623
=15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.70627
17	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.70489
18	United States`USA`Northern America	0.68061
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.67605
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.66104
21	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.64570
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.64083
23	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.63887
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.63170
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.62360
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.61374
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.59592
28	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.59387
29	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.58842
=30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.57972
=30	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.58033
32	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.57003
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.56914
34	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.56760
35	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.55889
36	Chile`CHL`South America	0.55587
37	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.55116
38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.54816
39	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.54391
40	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.54125
41	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.52515
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.52262
43	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.52148
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.51984
45	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.51919
46	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.51636
=47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.51541
=47	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.51549
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.51365
50	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.51070
51	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.50752
52	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.50182
53	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.50119
54	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.49990
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.49832
56	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.49678
57	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.49365
58	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.49028
59	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.48379
=60	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.47817
=60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.47801
62	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.47610
63	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.47427
64	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.47185
65	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.47093
66	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.47043
67	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.46924
68	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.46802
69	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.46716
70	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.46369
71	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.46345
72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.45973
73	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.45727
74	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.45061
75	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.44852
76	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.44613
=77	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.44513
=77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44468
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.43701
80	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.43506
81	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.42976
82	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.42566
=83	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.42317
=83	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.42283
85	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.42202
=86	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.41910
=86	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.41894
=88	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.41619
=88	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.41617
90	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.41375
91	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.41146
=92	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.40975
=92	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.40990
=92	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.41027
95	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.40390
96	Peru`PER`South America	0.39959
97	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.39934
98	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.39570
=99	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.38736
=99	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.38694
101	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.38637
102	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.38489
103	Colombia`COL`South America	0.37879
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.37385
=105	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.37080
=105	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.37070
107	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.36962
=108	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.36852
=108	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.36867
=108	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.36933
111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.36815
112	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.36435
=113	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.36255
=113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.36291
=113	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.36311
116	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.35456
117	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.35283
118	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.35245
119	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.35130
120	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.34781
121	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.34717
122	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.34251
123	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.34243
124	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.33953
125	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.33686
=126	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.33035
=126	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.32960
128	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.32733
=129	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.32639
=129	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.32608
131	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.32233
132	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.31904
=133	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.31783
=133	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.31755
135	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.31697
136	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.31610
137	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.31510
138	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.31435
139	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.31207
140	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.30878
141	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.30546
142	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.30388
=143	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.30264
=143	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.30268
145	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.30233
146	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.30033
147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.29886
148	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.29829
=149	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.29713
=149	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.29720
=149	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.29686
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.29535
153	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.29449
154	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.29278
155	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.29101
156	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.28849
157	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.28677
158	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.28354
159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.28167
160	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.27673
161	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.27631
162	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.27443
163	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.27155
164	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.26968
165	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.26919
=166	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.26796
=166	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.26840
168	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.26703
169	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.26549
=170	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.26031
=170	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.25967
172	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.25877
173	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.25605
=174	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.25138
=174	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.25091
=176	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.24605
=176	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.24566
178	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.24456
179	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.23831
=180	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.23480
=180	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.23482
182	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.22583
183	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.22499
=184	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.21985
=184	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.21970
186	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.20903
187	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.20153
188	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.19960
189	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.19169
190	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.18064
191	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.17251
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.12634

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Singapore0.80258
#2Norway0.79975
#3New Zealand0.79719
#4Denmark0.79532
#5Finland0.77067

Lowest

#192Central African Republic0.12634
#191Chad0.17251
#190DR Congo0.18064
#189Eritrea0.19169
#188Zimbabwe0.19960

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.39947. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 192 in both
114 · 78rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

San Marino0.59871 → 0.64570+0.04699
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.53818 → 0.56760+0.02941
Russia0.48948 → 0.51549+0.02601
Côte d’Ivoire0.25294 → 0.27631+0.02337
Seychelles0.43466 → 0.45727+0.02261

Fell most

Vanuatu0.38979 → 0.36815−0.02164
Iceland0.75290 → 0.73409−0.01880
Burundi0.27140 → 0.25605−0.01534
Finland0.78339 → 0.77067−0.01271
Brunei0.51970 → 0.50752−0.01218

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 2015.
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 (2015). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2015

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