Data for 1995

ND-GAIN Country Index, 1995

Name: ND-GAIN Country Index, 1995
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

1995, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

ND-GAIN Country Index, 1995 covers 190 countries. Norway is highest, at 74.758; Somalia is lowest, at 26.948. The middle country reads 43.935.

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ND-GAIN Country Index · Data for 1995

HighestNorway

74.758

LowestSomalia

26.948

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

190countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
190distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0licence

01ND-GAIN’s rank

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Every country and every column of ND-GAIN Country Index, 1995, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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ND-GAIN Country Index, 1995: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	74.758
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	72.915
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	72.846
4	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	71.578
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	71.387
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	71.171
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	70.517
8	United States`USA`Northern America	69.918
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	69.735
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	68.310
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	67.969
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	66.718
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	65.800
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	65.623
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	65.309
16	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	64.665
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	64.496
18	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	63.407
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	63.310
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	63.046
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	62.280
=22	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	60.185
=22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	60.152
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.756
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	59.702
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	59.412
27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	59.274
28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.248
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	58.028
30	Chile`CHL`South America	57.320
=31	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	56.715
=31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	56.717
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	56.498
=34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	55.540
=34	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	55.452
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	55.158
=37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	55.099
=37	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	55.084
39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	54.594
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	52.860
41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	52.819
=42	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	52.448
=42	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	52.400
44	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	52.281
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	52.012
46	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	51.887
47	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	51.703
48	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	50.945
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	50.702
=50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	50.434
=50	Uruguay`URY`South America	50.415
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	49.961
=53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	49.817
=53	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	49.802
55	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	49.699
56	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	49.565
=57	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	49.207
=57	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	49.197
59	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	49.086
60	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	49.038
61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	48.886
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.725
63	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	48.577
64	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	48.434
=65	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	48.227
=65	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	48.225
=67	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	48.050
=67	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	48.039
69	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	47.911
=70	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	47.459
=70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	47.506
=72	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	47.438
=72	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	47.387
=72	Brazil`BRA`South America	47.408
=75	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47.302
=75	Panama`PAN`Central America	47.332
=77	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	47.073
=77	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.135
79	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.768
80	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	46.486
=81	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	46.412
=81	Peru`PER`South America	46.404
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	46.150
84	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46.086
85	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	46.009
86	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	45.923
87	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	45.832
88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.449
=89	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	45.131
=89	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.118
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	44.804
92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	44.577
93	Suriname`SUR`South America	44.402
94	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	44.116
95	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	43.997
96	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	43.873
97	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	43.831
98	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	43.714
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	43.478
100	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	43.411
=101	Belize`BLZ`Central America	43.302
=101	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.349
103	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	43.203
104	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	42.992
=105	Paraguay`PRY`South America	42.869
=105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	42.856
107	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.630
=108	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	42.451
=108	Colombia`COL`South America	42.452
=110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	42.442
=110	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.414
=112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	42.286
=112	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	42.346
114	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	41.941
=115	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	41.767
=115	Ecuador`ECU`South America	41.817
=115	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	41.833
=115	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	41.785
=119	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41.740
=119	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.734
=119	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	41.737
122	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	41.579
123	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.487
=124	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	41.258
=124	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	41.327
=126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41.194
=126	Guyana`GUY`South America	41.193
=128	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	41.077
=128	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	41.093
=128	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	41.141
131	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	40.936
132	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	40.737
133	Honduras`HND`Central America	40.599
134	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	40.511
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.413
=136	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.229
=136	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.184
138	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	39.990
139	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.732
=140	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	39.588
=140	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	39.577
142	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	39.529
143	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	39.301
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	39.184
145	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	39.118
146	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	39.034
=147	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.914
=147	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	38.923
=147	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.877
=150	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.751
=150	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	38.795
152	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	38.726
=153	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	38.559
=153	India`IND`Southern Asia	38.635
155	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	38.460
=156	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	38.049
=156	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.033
158	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	37.933
=159	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	37.653
=159	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.670
=161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	37.513
=161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	37.461
163	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	37.341
164	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.064
165	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	36.205
166	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	36.039
167	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	35.559
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	35.386
169	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	35.260
=170	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	34.857
=170	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	34.940
=172	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	34.718
=172	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	34.744
174	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	34.145
175	Niger`NER`Western Africa	33.075
176	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	32.918
177	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	32.639
178	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	32.191
179	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	31.966
180	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	31.533
=181	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	31.163
=181	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.151
183	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	30.801
184	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	30.706
185	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	29.880
186	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	29.789
187	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	29.587
188	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	29.526
189	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28.672
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	26.948

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Norway74.758
#2New Zealand72.915
#3Finland72.846
#4United Kingdom71.578
#5Denmark71.387

Lowest

#190Somalia26.948
#189Guinea-Bissau28.672
#188Chad29.526
#187DR Congo29.587
#186Afghanistan29.789

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 43.935. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
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Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (1995). ND-GAIN Country Index, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nd-gain-index/1995

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