Data for 2019

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2019

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2019
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2019, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2019 covers 192 countries. Singapore is highest, at 0.81126; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.13096. The middle country reads 0.41007. Against 2018, 192 values changed (109 up, 83 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2019

HighestSingapore

0.81126

LowestCentral African Republic

0.13096

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

192countries
1measure
2019the 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), 2019, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2019: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.81126
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.79236
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.78379
4	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.78253
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.76815
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.74662
7	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.73646
8	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.73302
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.71823
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.71031
=11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.70900
=11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.70861
13	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.70422
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.70294
15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.70124
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.70035
17	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.68505
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.67351
19	United States`USA`Northern America	0.66158
20	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.66119
21	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.64779
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.64467
23	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.64045
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.61289
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.60978
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.60865
27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.60331
28	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.59844
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.59158
30	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.59024
31	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.57903
32	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.57291
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.56801
34	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.56293
=35	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.55820
=35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.55760
=35	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.55786
38	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.54964
39	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.54857
40	Chile`CHL`South America	0.54737
41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.54169
42	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.53961
43	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.53303
=44	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.53099
=44	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.53055
=46	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.52776
=46	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.52804
=46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.52803
49	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.52227
=50	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.51780
=50	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.51772
52	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.51527
53	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.51099
54	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.50792
=55	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.50670
=55	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.50732
57	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.50593
58	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.50395
59	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.50117
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.49899
61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.49635
62	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.49442
63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.49195
64	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.48774
65	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.48687
66	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.48555
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.47861
=68	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.47468
=68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.47523
70	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.47426
=71	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.47009
=71	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.47010
=71	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.46959
74	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.46452
75	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.45491
76	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.45286
77	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.44807
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.44708
79	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.44613
=80	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.44292
=80	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.44266
82	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.44094
83	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.43925
84	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.43239
=85	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.42534
=85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.42484
=87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.42363
=87	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.42437
89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.42271
=90	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.42182
=90	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.42163
92	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.42123
93	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.41868
94	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.41808
95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.41168
96	Peru`PER`South America	0.41089
97	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.40925
98	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.40826
99	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.40487
100	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.40222
101	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.39760
102	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.39276
103	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.39162
104	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.38430
105	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.37849
106	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.37674
107	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.37468
108	Colombia`COL`South America	0.37193
109	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.37113
110	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.36839
=111	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.36658
=111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.36720
=113	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.36633
=113	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.36647
=115	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.36291
=115	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.36306
117	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.36165
118	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.36000
119	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.35860
120	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.35479
121	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.35356
=122	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.35202
=122	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.35186
124	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.34826
125	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.34450
126	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.34106
=127	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.33922
=127	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.33862
=129	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.33700
=129	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.33701
=129	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.33674
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.33615
133	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.33391
134	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.33310
135	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.33246
136	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.32985
137	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.32910
=138	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.32583
=138	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.32559
=138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.32567
141	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.31348
=142	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.31231
=142	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.31170
=144	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.31146
=144	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.31141
146	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.30710
147	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.30462
148	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.30397
149	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.30124
150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.29570
151	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.29548
=152	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.28709
=152	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.28732
154	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.28640
=155	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.28399
=155	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.28434
157	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.28244
158	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.27970
159	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.27828
=160	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.27749
=160	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.27734
162	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.27620
163	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.27507
164	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.27365
165	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.27287
=166	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.26808
=166	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.26788
168	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.26637
169	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.26548
=170	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.26167
=170	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.26169
=170	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.26212
173	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.25374
=174	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.24867
=174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.24876
176	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.24617
177	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.24529
178	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.24051
179	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.24037
180	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.23522
181	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.23099
=182	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.22826
=182	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.22825
184	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.22501
185	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.22242
186	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.20880
187	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.20075
188	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.18805
189	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.18506
190	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.17464
191	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.16881
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.13096

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Singapore0.81126
#2Denmark0.79236
#3Norway0.78379
#4Monaco0.78253
#5Finland0.76815

Lowest

#192Central African Republic0.13096
#191Chad0.16881
#190Venezuela0.17464
#189Eritrea0.18506
#188DR Congo0.18805

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.41007. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 192 in both
109 · 83rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Monaco0.69473 → 0.78253+0.08780
China0.47245 → 0.53961+0.06716
Andorra0.53843 → 0.56293+0.02450
Azerbaijan0.41862 → 0.44094+0.02232
Türkiye0.45860 → 0.47523+0.01664

Fell most

New Zealand0.79099 → 0.71031−0.08067
Dominica0.53677 → 0.51780−0.01897
Malta0.51881 → 0.50395−0.01486
Poland0.57216 → 0.55760−0.01456
Norway0.79756 → 0.78379−0.01378

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 2019.
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 (2019). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2019

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