Data for 2016

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2016

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2016
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2016, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2016 covers 192 countries. Singapore is highest, at 0.80335; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.13102. The middle country reads 0.40534. Against 2015, 192 values changed (101 up, 91 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2016

HighestSingapore

0.80335

LowestCentral African Republic

0.13102

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

192countries
1measure
2016the 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), 2016, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2016: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.80335
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.80029
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.79855
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.79403
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.76883
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.76064
7	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.74953
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.73023
9	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.72924
10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.72454
11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.71654
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.71353
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.71164
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.71009
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.70491
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.70390
17	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.70198
18	United States`USA`Northern America	0.67863
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.67524
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.65947
21	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.64736
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.64085
23	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.64012
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.62916
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.62519
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.61722
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.59813
28	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.58665
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.58635
30	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.58463
31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.57379
32	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.56785
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.56643
34	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.56184
35	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.56038
=36	Chile`CHL`South America	0.55499
=36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.55522
38	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.55146
39	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.54901
40	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.54394
=41	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.52896
=41	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.52854
=43	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.52017
=43	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.51992
45	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.51845
46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.51679
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.51564
48	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.51381
49	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.51349
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.50952
51	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.50550
52	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.50536
53	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.50354
54	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.50070
=55	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.49834
=55	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.49781
57	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.49175
58	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.49066
59	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.49038
60	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.48942
61	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.48277
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.47673
63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.47475
64	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.47113
65	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.46954
66	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.46911
67	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.46822
68	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.46735
=69	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.46467
=69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.46488
71	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.46390
72	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.46088
=73	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.45434
=73	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.45395
75	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.45222
76	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.45027
77	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.44605
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.44163
79	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.43579
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.43355
81	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.42978
=82	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.42915
=82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.42920
84	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.42471
85	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.42190
86	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.41970
87	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.41787
88	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.41664
89	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.41602
90	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.41532
=91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.41406
=91	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.41385
93	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.41311
94	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.41223
95	Peru`PER`South America	0.41009
96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.40703
97	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.40366
98	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.40200
99	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.40019
100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.39505
101	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.38882
102	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.38819
=103	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.38317
=103	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.38332
=103	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.38293
106	Colombia`COL`South America	0.37783
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.37515
108	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.37334
109	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.37081
110	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.37000
111	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.36709
112	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.36563
113	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.36524
114	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.36205
115	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.36099
116	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.35934
117	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.35799
118	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.35701
119	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.35502
120	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.35186
121	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.34979
122	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.34335
123	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.34233
124	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.34109
125	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.33924
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.33171
=127	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.33038
=127	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.32978
129	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.32752
130	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.32658
131	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.32461
132	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.32135
=133	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.32036
=133	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.31959
135	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.31755
=136	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.31655
=136	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.31728
=136	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.31701
=139	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.31484
=139	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.31497
=141	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.31081
=141	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.31063
143	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.30615
=144	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.30404
=144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.30435
146	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.30332
=147	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.30132
=147	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.30055
149	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.29913
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.29768
151	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.29552
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.29290
153	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.29170
154	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.29135
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.28824
=156	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.28647
=156	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.28585
158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.28468
=159	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.27957
=159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.28019
161	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.27746
162	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.27618
163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.27310
164	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.26883
=165	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.26637
=165	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.26570
=165	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.26560
=165	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.26581
169	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.26429
170	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.26071
=171	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.25682
=171	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.25700
173	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.25510
174	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.25374
175	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.25069
176	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.25037
177	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.24827
178	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.24389
179	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.23816
180	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.23458
181	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.23394
182	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.22566
183	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.22305
184	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.21984
=185	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.21517
=185	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.21537
=187	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.19606
=187	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.19584
189	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.18914
190	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.18732
191	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.16916
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.13102

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Singapore0.80335
#2Norway0.80029
#3New Zealand0.79855
#4Denmark0.79403
#5Finland0.76883

Lowest

#192Central African Republic0.13102
#191Chad0.16916
#190DR Congo0.18732
#189Eritrea0.18914
#187Zimbabwe0.19584

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.40534. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 192 in both
101 · 91rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Monaco0.70898 → 0.74953+0.04055
Myanmar0.23482 → 0.26429+0.02946
Argentina0.34251 → 0.37081+0.02830
India0.30033 → 0.32135+0.02102
Vietnam0.38637 → 0.40703+0.02066

Fell most

Türkiye0.45973 → 0.44163−0.01810
Mozambique0.27155 → 0.25700−0.01455
Malta0.51984 → 0.50536−0.01448
Nauru0.57003 → 0.56038−0.00965
Iceland0.73409 → 0.72454−0.00955

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 2016.
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 (2016). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2016

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