Data for 2023

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2023

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2023
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2023, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2023 covers 192 countries. Singapore is highest, at 0.74412; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.14985. The middle country reads 0.39205. Against 2022, 192 values changed (108 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2023

HighestSingapore

0.74412

LowestCentral African Republic

0.14985

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

192countries
1measure
2023the 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), 2023, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2023: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.74412
2	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.72367
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.72344
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.71198
5	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.70580
6	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.70487
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.70308
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.68425
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.68262
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.68248
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.67715
=12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.66999
=12	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.66964
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.66200
15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.65991
16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.65781
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.65594
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.64663
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.64429
20	United States`USA`Northern America	0.63323
21	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.62874
22	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.61953
23	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.61723
24	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.61085
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.60855
26	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.60747
=27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.60643
=27	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.60561
=27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.60603
30	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.60518
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.60433
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.59062
33	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.58974
34	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.57560
35	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.56693
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.56377
37	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.56239
38	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.56034
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.55424
40	Chile`CHL`South America	0.54364
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.54048
42	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.53752
43	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.53545
44	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.53413
45	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.53116
46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.52960
47	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.52621
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.51331
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.50694
50	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.49639
51	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.49137
52	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.48760
53	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.48476
54	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.48304
=55	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.48175
=55	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.48234
57	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.48104
58	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.47879
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.47593
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.47396
61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.46555
62	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.46315
=63	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.45984
=63	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.45952
65	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.45868
66	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.45785
67	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.45746
68	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.45445
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.45327
=70	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.44858
=70	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.44852
72	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.44842
73	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.44044
74	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.43588
75	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.43349
76	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.43037
77	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.42679
78	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.42550
=79	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.42215
=79	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.42164
=79	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.42243
82	Colombia`COL`South America	0.42139
83	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.41897
84	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.41640
=85	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.41517
=85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.41468
87	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.41298
88	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.41062
89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.40810
=90	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.40721
=90	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.40698
=92	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.40448
=92	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.40369
94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.40178
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.39554
96	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.39435
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.38975
98	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.38844
99	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.38414
100	Peru`PER`South America	0.38224
101	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.38116
=102	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.38026
=102	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.37954
=102	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.37964
=102	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.38027
106	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.37783
=107	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.37667
=107	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.37697
=107	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.37706
=110	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.37529
=110	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.37486
112	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.37274
113	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.36954
114	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.36873
=115	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.36685
=115	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.36669
=117	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.36306
=117	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.36314
119	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.35951
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.35798
121	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.35650
122	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.35613
123	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.35363
124	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.35190
125	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.35094
126	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.35008
127	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.34582
128	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.34365
129	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.34280
130	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.34246
131	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.33873
132	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.33818
133	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.33352
=134	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.32869
=134	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.32878
136	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.32744
137	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.32258
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.32053
139	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.31810
=140	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.31463
=140	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.31493
142	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.31179
143	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.30814
144	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.30621
145	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.30307
146	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.30190
147	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.30077
148	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.29873
149	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.29791
150	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.29745
151	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.29577
152	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.29520
=153	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.29250
=153	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.29345
155	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.29087
156	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.28652
157	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.28311
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.28177
159	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.27917
160	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.27563
=161	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.27540
=161	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.27500
163	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.27371
164	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.27346
165	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.27224
166	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.27103
167	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.26856
168	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.26768
169	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.26198
170	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.25915
171	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.25777
172	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.25743
173	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.25590
174	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.25290
175	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.24632
176	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.24344
177	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.24063
178	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.23797
179	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.23208
180	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.22727
181	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.22308
182	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.22033
183	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.21854
184	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.20343
185	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.20072
=186	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.19556
=186	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.19641
188	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.18765
=189	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.18100
=189	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.18066
191	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.16064
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.14985

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Singapore0.74412
#2South Korea0.72367
#3Finland0.72344
#4Denmark0.71198
#5Monaco0.70580

Lowest

#192Central African Republic0.14985
#191Equatorial Guinea0.16064
#189Eritrea0.18066
#189DR Congo0.18100
#188Somalia0.18765

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.39205. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 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

Andorra0.57696 → 0.60518+0.02822
Russia0.44084 → 0.45785+0.01702
Saudi Arabia0.46697 → 0.47879+0.01182
El Salvador0.31639 → 0.32744+0.01105
Ukraine0.43802 → 0.44842+0.01040

Fell most

Palau0.54289 → 0.53116−0.01173
Sudan0.21095 → 0.20072−0.01023
Türkiye0.48561 → 0.47593−0.00968
Israel0.54927 → 0.54048−0.00879
Niger0.30830 → 0.30077−0.00753

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

Read before you use

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 2023.
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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Cite this edition

Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (2023). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2023

0630 held

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