Data for 1996

ND-GAIN Country Index, 1996

Name: ND-GAIN Country Index, 1996
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

1996, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

ND-GAIN Country Index, 1996 covers 190 countries. Norway is highest, at 74.921; Somalia is lowest, at 26.894. The middle country reads 44.036. Against 1995, 190 values changed (117 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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ND-GAIN Country Index · Data for 1996

HighestNorway

74.921

LowestSomalia

26.894

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

190countries
1measure
1996the 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, 1996, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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ND-GAIN Country Index, 1996: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	74.921
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	73.077
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	72.823
=4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	71.573
=4	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	71.634
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	71.171
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	70.529
8	United States`USA`Northern America	70.122
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	69.766
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	68.340
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	68.231
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	66.826
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	65.994
14	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	65.658
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	65.362
16	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	65.312
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	64.592
=18	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	63.454
=18	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	63.511
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	63.411
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	63.052
22	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	60.121
=23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59.885
=23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.909
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	59.776
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	59.626
27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	59.123
28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.197
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	57.969
30	Chile`CHL`South America	57.284
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	56.687
32	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	56.569
33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	56.184
=34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	55.672
=34	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	55.682
36	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	55.184
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	55.141
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.839
39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	54.222
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	52.854
41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	52.844
=42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	52.418
=42	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	52.432
=44	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	52.163
=44	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	52.170
46	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	51.977
47	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	51.757
48	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	51.125
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	51.025
=50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	50.400
=50	Uruguay`URY`South America	50.444
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.083
=53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	49.787
=53	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	49.810
=53	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	49.791
56	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	49.738
57	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	49.299
58	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	49.243
59	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	49.122
60	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	49.018
61	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.856
62	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	48.785
63	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	48.596
64	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	48.451
65	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	48.417
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	48.304
67	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	48.244
68	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	48.092
69	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	47.914
70	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	47.792
71	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	47.722
=72	Panama`PAN`Central America	47.598
=72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	47.615
74	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	47.512
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	47.384
=76	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	47.263
=76	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47.297
78	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.229
79	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.721
=80	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	46.381
=80	Peru`PER`South America	46.367
82	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	46.319
=83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	46.113
=83	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	46.066
85	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46.011
=86	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	45.840
=86	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	45.763
=88	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	45.379
=88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.416
90	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.160
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	44.963
92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	44.510
93	Suriname`SUR`South America	44.404
94	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	44.113
=95	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	43.981
=95	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.026
=95	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	44.047
98	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	43.809
99	Belize`BLZ`Central America	43.736
100	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	43.458
=101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	43.387
=101	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.428
103	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	43.287
104	Paraguay`PRY`South America	42.994
105	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	42.869
106	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.724
107	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	42.606
108	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	42.479
=109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	42.414
=109	Colombia`COL`South America	42.384
=109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	42.377
=109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.413
113	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	42.266
=114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41.920
=114	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	41.921
=114	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	41.939
=117	Ecuador`ECU`South America	41.778
=117	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.783
=117	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	41.766
120	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	41.728
=121	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.569
=121	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	41.597
=123	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	41.485
=123	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	41.467
125	Guyana`GUY`South America	41.322
=126	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	41.177
=126	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	41.204
=126	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	41.213
=126	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	41.198
130	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41.092
131	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	41.037
132	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	40.735
=133	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	40.550
=133	Honduras`HND`Central America	40.471
135	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.199
136	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.091
=137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.002
=137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.032
139	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.762
140	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	39.606
=141	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	39.497
=141	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	39.523
=143	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	39.235
=143	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	39.213
=145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	39.055
=145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	39.116
=145	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	39.066
148	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.049
149	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.878
=150	India`IND`Southern Asia	38.732
=150	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.706
=150	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	38.716
153	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	38.567
=154	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	38.508
=154	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	38.513
156	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.054
157	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.009
158	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	37.904
=159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	37.687
=159	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	37.700
=159	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.701
=162	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	37.438
=162	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	37.370
164	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.195
165	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	36.315
166	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	36.139
167	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	35.600
=168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	35.365
=168	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	35.358
=170	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	34.918
=170	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	34.939
172	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	34.775
173	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	34.678
174	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	34.225
175	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	32.978
176	Niger`NER`Western Africa	32.807
177	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	32.622
178	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	32.275
179	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	32.176
180	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	31.625
181	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	31.231
182	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.120
=183	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	30.817
=183	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	30.828
185	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	29.872
186	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	29.781
=187	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	29.527
=187	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	29.507
189	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28.589
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	26.894

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Norway74.921
#2New Zealand73.077
#3Finland72.823
#4United Kingdom71.634
#4Denmark71.573

Lowest

#190Somalia26.894
#189Guinea-Bissau28.589
#187DR Congo29.507
#187Chad29.527
#186Afghanistan29.781

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 44.036. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
117 · 73rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg62.280 → 63.454+1.174
Singapore64.665 → 65.312+0.647
Seychelles48.039 → 48.596+0.557
Belize43.302 → 43.736+0.434
Belarus47.387 → 47.792+0.405

Fell most

Hungary56.717 → 56.184−0.533
North Macedonia48.577 → 48.092−0.484
Nepal40.413 → 40.002−0.411
Slovakia54.594 → 54.222−0.372
Nauru52.448 → 52.170−0.278

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 1996.
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Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 190 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (1996). ND-GAIN Country Index, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nd-gain-index/1996

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