Data for 2020

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2020

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2020
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2020, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2020 covers 192 countries. Singapore is highest, at 0.81215; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.12205. The middle country reads 0.40951. Against 2019, 192 values changed (99 up, 93 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2020

HighestSingapore

0.81215

LowestCentral African Republic

0.12205

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

192countries
1measure
2020the 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), 2020, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2020: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.81215
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.79493
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.77799
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.77312
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.74208
6	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.74023
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.72146
8	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.71656
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.71069
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.70866
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.70312
=12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.70116
=12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.70147
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.69981
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.69727
=16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.68883
=16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.68934
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.65726
=19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.65567
=19	United States`USA`Northern America	0.65608
21	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.64999
22	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.64800
23	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.63902
24	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.61487
25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.61066
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.61006
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.60128
28	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.59668
29	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.59345
30	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.58899
31	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.58053
32	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.57898
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.56170
=34	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.56109
=34	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.56140
36	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.55992
37	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.55811
38	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.55298
39	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.55132
40	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.54542
41	Chile`CHL`South America	0.54188
42	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.54059
=43	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.54030
=43	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.54023
=45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.53828
=45	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.53813
47	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.53647
48	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.53145
49	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.52438
50	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.52249
51	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.52040
52	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.51596
53	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.51419
=54	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.51072
=54	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.51067
56	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.50829
=57	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.50485
=57	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.50457
59	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.50354
60	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.49501
61	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.49297
62	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.49050
63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.48895
=64	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.48688
=64	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.48737
=64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.48695
67	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.48567
68	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.48461
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.47895
70	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.47650
71	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.47018
72	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.46896
73	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.46750
74	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.46491
75	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.45388
76	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.45250
77	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.45152
78	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.44862
=79	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.44416
=79	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.44427
81	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.44334
82	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.44190
=83	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.43643
=83	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.43613
=85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.43489
=85	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.43509
=85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.43530
88	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.43193
89	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.42679
=90	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.41997
=90	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.41958
92	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.41659
93	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.41518
94	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.41288
95	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.41194
96	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.40955
97	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.40946
98	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.40576
99	Peru`PER`South America	0.40368
=100	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.40090
=100	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.40110
102	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.39759
103	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.39364
104	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.38251
105	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.38186
106	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.38045
107	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.37761
108	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.37709
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.37650
110	Colombia`COL`South America	0.37541
111	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.37170
=112	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.36666
=112	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.36652
=114	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.36635
=114	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.36625
=114	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.36563
=117	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.36208
=117	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.36166
119	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.36076
120	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.35919
=121	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.35480
=121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.35545
123	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.35391
124	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.35180
125	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.35139
126	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.34957
127	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.34694
128	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.34630
129	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.34548
=130	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.34328
=130	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.34321
=130	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.34295
=133	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.34237
=133	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.34154
135	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.33920
136	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.33822
137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.33624
138	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.33225
139	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.32894
140	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.32264
141	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.32011
142	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.31790
143	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.31546
144	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.31221
145	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.31120
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.30938
147	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.30679
148	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.30353
149	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.29887
150	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.29715
151	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.29533
152	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.29039
153	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.28940
154	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.28738
=155	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.28453
=155	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.28483
157	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.28433
158	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.28300
=159	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.28122
=159	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.28061
=159	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.28078
162	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.28048
163	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.27918
164	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.27676
165	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.27528
166	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.26946
167	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.26692
=168	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.26587
=168	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.26622
=170	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.26478
=170	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.26499
172	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.25999
173	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.25399
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.25122
175	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.24778
176	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.24567
177	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.24476
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.24401
179	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.24233
=180	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.23512
=180	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.23507
182	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.22987
183	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.22688
184	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.22650
185	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.21978
186	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.21016
187	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.20592
188	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.18778
189	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.18724
190	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.17455
191	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.17008
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.12205

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Singapore0.81215
#2Denmark0.79493
#3Norway0.77799
#4Finland0.77312
#5Sweden0.74208

Lowest

#192Central African Republic0.12205
#191Chad0.17008
#190Venezuela0.17455
#189Eritrea0.18724
#188DR Congo0.18778

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.40951. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 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

Saudi Arabia0.50792 → 0.54023+0.03231
Kuwait0.41808 → 0.44862+0.03054
Togo0.32567 → 0.35545+0.02978
Bahrain0.47009 → 0.49501+0.02492
Pakistan0.28732 → 0.31120+0.02387

Fell most

Monaco0.78253 → 0.71656−0.06596
Belarus0.51099 → 0.48688−0.02410
France0.67351 → 0.65726−0.01625
Australia0.70124 → 0.68883−0.01241
Marshall Islands0.42182 → 0.40955−0.01227

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 2020.
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 (2020). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2020

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