Data for 2024

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2024

Name: Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2024
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2024, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2024 covers 192 countries. Singapore is highest, at 0.74947; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.13683. The middle country reads 0.38733. Against 2023, 192 values changed (94 up, 98 down), the same countries are covered.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2024

HighestSingapore

0.74947

LowestCentral African Republic

0.13683

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

192countries
1measure
2024the 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), 2024, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2024: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.74947
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.72742
3	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.72170
4	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.71486
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.70714
6	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.70498
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.70045
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.68141
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.68028
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.67872
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.67390
12	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.66987
13	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.66748
14	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.66060
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.65939
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.65849
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.65349
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.64342
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.63942
20	United States`USA`Northern America	0.63182
21	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.62166
22	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.61978
23	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.61242
24	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.61114
=25	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.60875
=25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.60853
=27	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.60686
=27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.60718
=29	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.60489
=29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.60453
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.60061
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.58869
33	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.58162
34	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.57870
35	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.57203
36	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.57088
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.57014
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.56939
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.56390
40	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.55720
41	Chile`CHL`South America	0.54806
42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.54156
43	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.53975
44	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.53277
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.52858
46	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.52787
47	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.51851
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.51805
49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.50415
50	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.49367
51	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.49017
52	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.48758
53	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.48701
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.48615
=55	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.48379
=55	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.48441
57	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.47920
58	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.47840
59	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.47671
=60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.47245
=60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.47196
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.46798
63	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.46554
64	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.46497
65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.46318
66	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.46204
67	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.45870
68	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.45689
=69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.45498
=69	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.45533
71	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.44979
72	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.44224
73	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.44074
74	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.43783
75	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.43655
76	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.43637
77	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.43375
78	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.43026
79	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.42712
=80	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.42170
=80	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.42166
82	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.41990
83	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.41813
=84	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.41730
=84	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.41721
=84	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.41694
87	Colombia`COL`South America	0.41576
88	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.41540
89	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.41416
=90	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.40471
=90	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.40534
92	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.40319
=93	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.40185
=93	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.40150
95	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.39785
96	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.38951
97	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.38514
98	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.38392
99	Peru`PER`South America	0.38330
100	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.38247
=101	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.38103
=101	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.38083
=103	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.38029
=103	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.37957
105	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.37892
=106	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.37813
=106	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.37776
108	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.37746
109	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.37557
110	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.37341
=111	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.37215
=111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.37177
=111	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.37210
114	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.37008
115	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.36612
116	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.36361
117	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.36208
118	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.36149
119	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.35892
120	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.35678
121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.35356
122	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.35335
123	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.35077
=124	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.34826
=124	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.34811
126	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.34576
=127	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.33994
=127	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.34048
=129	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.33608
=129	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.33630
131	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.32957
=132	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.32783
=132	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.32828
=134	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.32719
=134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.32704
=134	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.32744
137	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.32604
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.32130
=139	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.31557
=139	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.31561
141	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.31192
142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.31046
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.30745
144	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.30504
145	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.30203
=146	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.30104
=146	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.30071
148	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.29891
149	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.29750
150	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.29605
151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.29500
152	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.29319
153	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.28965
154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.28751
155	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.28620
156	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.28428
=157	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.28116
=157	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.28090
=159	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.27556
=159	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.27568
=161	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.27432
=161	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.27418
163	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.27301
164	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.27211
165	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.27020
166	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.26773
=167	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.26601
=167	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.26572
169	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.26240
170	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.25921
171	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.25685
172	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.25606
173	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.25509
=174	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.24967
=174	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.25015
176	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.24164
177	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.23517
178	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.23377
179	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.23202
180	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.22357
181	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.22256
182	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.21953
183	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.21737
184	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.20993
185	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.19989
186	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.19418
=187	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.17800
=187	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.17820
189	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.17583
190	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.16614
191	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.16092
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.13683

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Singapore0.74947
#2Finland0.72742
#3South Korea0.72170
#4Monaco0.71486
#5Denmark0.70714

Lowest

#192Central African Republic0.13683
#191Equatorial Guinea0.16092
#190Chad0.16614
#189Eritrea0.17583
#187DR Congo0.17800

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.38733. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 192 in both
94 · 98rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Palau0.53116 → 0.58162+0.05046
Vanuatu0.27371 → 0.30071+0.02700
Tuvalu0.43349 → 0.44979+0.01630
Marshall Islands0.40369 → 0.41990+0.01621
Saudi Arabia0.47879 → 0.49367+0.01488

Fell most

Nepal0.36314 → 0.32704−0.03610
Chad0.19556 → 0.16614−0.02942
Samoa0.36873 → 0.33994−0.02879
Bangladesh0.31179 → 0.28428−0.02752
Rwanda0.44852 → 0.42166−0.02687

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 2024.
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 (2024). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2024

0630 held

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