Data for 2018

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2018

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2018
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2018, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2018 covers 192 countries. Singapore is highest, at 0.81121; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.13121. The middle country reads 0.40843. Against 2017, 192 values changed (108 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2018

HighestSingapore

0.81121

LowestCentral African Republic

0.13121

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

192countries
1measure
2018the 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), 2018, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2018: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.81121
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.79756
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.79325
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.79099
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.76709
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.74950
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.74246
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.73841
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.71681
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.71265
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.70641
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.70479
13	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.70444
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.70295
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.70227
16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.69858
17	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.69473
18	United States`USA`Northern America	0.67194
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.66354
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.66327
21	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.64478
22	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.64449
23	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.63885
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.62662
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.61031
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.60425
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.59845
28	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.59392
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.59349
30	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.58581
31	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.57599
32	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.57216
33	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.57124
34	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.56609
35	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.55927
36	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.55821
37	Chile`CHL`South America	0.55657
=38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.55214
=38	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.55154
40	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.53843
=41	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.53729
=41	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.53677
43	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.53440
44	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.52962
45	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.52781
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.52585
47	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.52120
48	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.51881
=49	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.51546
=49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.51550
51	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.51007
52	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.50695
=53	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.50523
=53	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.50485
55	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.50445
56	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.50090
57	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.49867
58	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.49756
59	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.49711
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.49554
61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.48954
62	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.48264
63	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.47931
64	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.47766
65	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.47613
66	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.47318
=67	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.47218
=67	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.47245
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.46886
=70	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.46796
=70	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.46780
=70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.46792
73	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.46726
74	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.45860
75	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.45448
=76	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.45078
=76	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.45064
78	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.44874
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.44089
80	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.43891
81	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.43813
82	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.43515
83	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.42916
84	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.42351
=85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.41862
=85	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.41914
=87	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.41830
=87	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.41782
=87	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.41844
=90	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.41382
=90	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.41422
92	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.41336
=93	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.41222
=93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.41191
95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.41114
96	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.40908
97	Peru`PER`South America	0.40778
98	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.40732
99	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.39747
100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.39573
101	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.39475
102	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.39426
103	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.39194
104	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.38907
105	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.38108
=106	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.37666
=106	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.37726
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.37626
109	Colombia`COL`South America	0.37521
110	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.36954
111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.36773
112	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.36583
113	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.36456
114	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.36430
115	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.35825
=116	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.35725
=116	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.35680
118	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.35624
=119	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.35521
=119	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.35508
121	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.35393
122	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.34934
123	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.34754
124	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.34728
125	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.34502
126	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.34221
127	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.34021
128	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.33926
129	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.33685
130	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.33575
=131	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.33158
=131	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.33191
133	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.33130
=134	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.33037
=134	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.32963
=134	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.32973
137	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.32791
138	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.32329
139	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.32221
=140	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.31460
=140	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.31491
142	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.31417
143	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.31182
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.31084
145	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.30989
146	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.30914
147	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.30666
=148	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.30166
=148	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.30225
150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.29559
151	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.29519
152	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.29255
153	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.28866
=154	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.28513
=154	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.28536
=154	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.28489
=154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.28461
=158	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.28297
=158	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.28262
=158	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.28338
=161	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.28203
=161	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.28189
163	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.28116
164	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.27944
165	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.27351
166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.27250
167	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.26645
168	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.26535
169	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.26423
170	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.26152
171	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.26078
172	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.25902
173	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.25274
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.25189
175	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.24876
176	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.24652
177	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.24293
178	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.24049
179	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.23622
180	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.23348
181	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.22821
182	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.22671
=183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.22202
=183	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.22209
=183	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.22230
186	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.21173
187	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.20216
188	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.18762
189	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.18436
190	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.17348
191	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.16925
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.13121

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Singapore0.81121
#2Norway0.79756
#3Denmark0.79325
#4New Zealand0.79099
#5Finland0.76709

Lowest

#192Central African Republic0.13121
#191Chad0.16925
#190Venezuela0.17348
#189Eritrea0.18436
#188DR Congo0.18762

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.40843. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 192 in both
108 · 84rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Uzbekistan0.32147 → 0.35680+0.03532
Brunei0.51321 → 0.53729+0.02408
Mauritius0.54766 → 0.57124+0.02358
Iceland0.72322 → 0.74246+0.01924
Niger0.30669 → 0.32329+0.01660

Fell most

Monaco0.77758 → 0.69473−0.08285
Iran0.42859 → 0.38907−0.03952
Nicaragua0.30847 → 0.28116−0.02731
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.58124 → 0.55821−0.02303
Venezuela0.18678 → 0.17348−0.01330

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 2018.
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 (2018). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2018

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