Data for 2017

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2017

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2017
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2017, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2017 covers 192 countries. Singapore is highest, at 0.80751; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.13171. The middle country reads 0.40634. Against 2016, 192 values changed (99 up, 93 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2017

HighestSingapore

0.80751

LowestCentral African Republic

0.13171

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

192countries
1measure
2017the 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), 2017, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2017: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.80751
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.80096
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.79747
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.79398
5	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.77758
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.77011
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.75706
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.73265
9	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.72322
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.72135
11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.71361
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.71093
13	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.70853
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.70658
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.70589
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.69866
17	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.69699
18	United States`USA`Northern America	0.67534
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.67081
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.66502
21	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.64999
=22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.64204
=22	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.64246
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.62540
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.61698
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.61074
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.59577
28	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.59408
=29	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.59087
=29	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.59149
31	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.58124
32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.57329
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.57142
34	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.57044
35	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.55930
36	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.55496
=37	Chile`CHL`South America	0.55381
=37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.55403
39	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.54766
40	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.54328
=41	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.53627
=41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.53583
43	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.52367
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.51769
=45	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.51651
=45	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.51687
47	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.51633
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.51519
49	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.51321
50	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.50622
51	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.50492
=52	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.50447
=52	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.50413
54	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.50077
=55	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.49960
=55	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.50037
57	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.49492
=58	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.49173
=58	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.49201
60	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.48915
61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.48849
62	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.48370
63	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.47742
64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.47621
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.47368
=66	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.46823
=66	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.46777
=68	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.46716
=68	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.46700
=70	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.46620
=70	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.46630
72	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.46488
73	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.45872
=74	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.45587
=74	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.45630
76	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.44783
77	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.44719
78	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.44273
79	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.44201
=80	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.43753
=80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.43767
82	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.43607
83	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.42859
84	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.42710
85	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.42514
=86	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.42014
=86	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.42025
88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.41756
=89	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.41519
=89	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.41472
91	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.41363
92	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.41155
=93	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.40935
=93	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.40914
95	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.40768
96	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.40717
97	Peru`PER`South America	0.40551
98	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.39764
99	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.39566
100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.39438
101	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.39229
102	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.39133
103	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.38783
104	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.37981
=105	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.37832
=105	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.37772
=107	Colombia`COL`South America	0.37724
=107	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.37656
109	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.37585
110	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.37351
111	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.37120
112	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.36898
113	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.36687
114	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.36406
115	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.36189
116	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.36065
117	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.35989
118	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.35638
=119	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.35533
=119	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.35517
121	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.34431
122	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.34333
123	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.34173
124	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.34002
125	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.33805
126	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.33672
127	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.33589
128	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.33528
=129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.33295
=129	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.33286
131	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.33245
132	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.32938
133	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.32828
134	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.32681
=135	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.32549
=135	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.32528
137	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.32387
138	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.32147
139	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.31967
=140	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.31529
=140	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.31534
=140	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.31457
143	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.31216
144	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.30847
=145	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.30669
=145	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.30690
147	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.30454
148	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.30262
=149	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.30217
=149	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.30242
151	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.29976
152	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.29645
153	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.29198
154	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.29007
155	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.28621
=156	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.28377
=156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.28407
=158	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.28292
=158	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.28341
=160	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.28149
=160	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.28068
162	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.27936
=163	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.27771
=163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.27809
165	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.27257
166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.26953
167	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.26799
168	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.26577
169	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.26363
170	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.25770
171	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.25626
172	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.25488
173	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.25357
174	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.25315
175	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.24979
176	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.24925
177	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.24661
=178	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.23660
=178	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.23666
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.22908
181	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.22744
182	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.22515
183	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.22308
=184	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.21961
=184	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.22004
186	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.21041
187	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.19979
188	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.18848
189	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.18678
190	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.18092
191	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.17154
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.13171

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Singapore0.80751
#2Norway0.80096
#3New Zealand0.79747
#4Denmark0.79398
#5Monaco0.77758

Lowest

#192Central African Republic0.13171
#191Chad0.17154
#190DR Congo0.18092
#189Venezuela0.18678
#188Eritrea0.18848

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.40634. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 192 in both
99 · 93rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Serbia0.41664 → 0.44719+0.03055
Monaco0.74953 → 0.77758+0.02805
Algeria0.30332 → 0.32681+0.02349
Belarus0.48277 → 0.50447+0.02170
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.56184 → 0.58124+0.01940

Fell most

Antigua and Barbuda0.46390 → 0.44201−0.02189
Australia0.71353 → 0.69866−0.01487
South Africa0.38293 → 0.36898−0.01394
Syria0.25037 → 0.23660−0.01377
Malaysia0.51679 → 0.50413−0.01266

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 2017.
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 (2017). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2017

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