Data for 2002

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2002

Name: ND-GAIN Country Index, 2002
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2002, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2002 covers 190 countries. Norway is highest, at 75.6282; Somalia is lowest, at 28.5194. The middle country reads 44.7577. Against 2001, 190 values changed (119 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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ND-GAIN Country Index · Data for 2002

HighestNorway

75.6282

LowestSomalia

28.5194

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

190countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
190distinct values13 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 ND-GAIN Country Index, 2002, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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ND-GAIN Country Index, 2002: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	75.6282
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	73.9906
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.7330
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	73.1760
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	72.6921
6	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	72.2652
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	71.9730
8	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	71.7456
=9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	70.7248
=9	United States`USA`Northern America	70.6908
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	69.6242
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	69.5304
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	68.4795
14	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	68.1392
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	65.6738
16	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	65.5248
17	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	65.3165
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	64.9725
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.4616
20	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	64.2275
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	64.0625
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.4463
23	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	60.6890
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	60.5589
25	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	60.3072
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	60.2252
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59.6106
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	59.0724
29	Chile`CHL`South America	58.5468
30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	58.2577
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	57.6895
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	57.4236
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	57.3449
34	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	57.0812
35	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	56.7916
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	56.6921
=37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	56.1044
=37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	56.1497
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	55.9240
40	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	55.2051
41	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	54.2799
42	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	54.1097
43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	53.8558
44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	53.5006
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	53.2679
46	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	52.9004
47	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	52.6017
=48	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	52.4864
=48	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.5476
50	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	51.8955
51	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	51.6754
52	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	51.4248
=53	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	51.1439
=53	Uruguay`URY`South America	51.1358
55	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	50.9656
56	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.7162
57	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	50.5919
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	50.4547
59	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	50.2711
=60	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	49.9017
=60	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	49.9253
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	49.8090
63	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	49.7389
64	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	49.4820
65	Brazil`BRA`South America	49.3626
=66	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	49.0184
=66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.9510
68	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	48.9241
69	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	48.8466
=70	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	48.6559
=70	Panama`PAN`Central America	48.7145
72	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	48.5397
73	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	48.4013
=74	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	48.3329
=74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48.3343
76	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	47.8541
77	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	47.5887
=78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47.2613
=78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	47.2898
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	47.0929
=81	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	46.8403
=81	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46.7751
=83	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	46.7184
=83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	46.6963
85	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.5322
86	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.3786
87	Suriname`SUR`South America	45.7275
=88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	45.4756
=88	Peru`PER`South America	45.5226
90	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	45.3198
=91	Belize`BLZ`Central America	45.0066
=91	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	45.0244
=91	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	45.0450
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	44.9034
95	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	44.8083
=96	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.7071
=96	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44.6824
98	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	44.6026
99	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	43.8852
=100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	43.6981
=100	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	43.7280
=100	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	43.6772
=100	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	43.7130
=100	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	43.6570
=105	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	43.6280
=105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	43.6158
=107	Paraguay`PRY`South America	43.5333
=107	Venezuela`VEN`South America	43.4663
109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.4055
110	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	43.3194
111	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	43.1557
=112	Colombia`COL`South America	43.0348
=112	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	42.9992
114	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.7641
=115	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	42.5241
=115	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	42.4614
117	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	42.4435
118	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.2615
119	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	42.1866
120	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	42.0323
=121	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	41.8714
=121	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	41.8864
=123	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	41.7655
=123	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	41.8165
=125	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.4746
=125	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41.5482
127	Guyana`GUY`South America	41.0681
=128	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	40.8298
=128	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	40.8298
=128	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	40.8012
131	Ecuador`ECU`South America	40.7135
=132	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.5582
=132	Honduras`HND`Central America	40.6161
134	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	40.3421
=135	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	39.9981
=135	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	40.0345
=135	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	40.0498
138	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.8946
=139	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	39.6967
=139	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	39.7478
=139	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.7118
142	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	39.6008
143	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	39.5095
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	39.3625
=145	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	39.2747
=145	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	39.2511
=147	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	38.8008
=147	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	38.8233
=149	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.6689
=149	India`IND`Southern Asia	38.7442
=149	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	38.6735
152	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.6119
153	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	38.5099
154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	38.3599
155	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	38.3190
156	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	38.1161
157	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.9941
158	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	37.9367
159	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.7610
160	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.1505
161	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	37.1485
162	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	36.6262
163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36.5330
164	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.3880
165	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	36.3319
166	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	36.0049
=167	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	35.2868
=167	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	35.2864
169	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.1191
170	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	34.9804
171	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	34.4569
172	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	34.4420
=173	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	34.3072
=173	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	34.3096
175	Niger`NER`Western Africa	33.5561
176	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.4806
177	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	33.2743
178	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	32.0949
179	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	31.9601
180	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	31.7632
=181	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	31.6588
=181	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.6615
183	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	31.4925
184	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	31.3252
185	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	30.9989
186	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	30.8697
187	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	30.4989
188	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.0326
189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	29.4817
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	28.5194

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Norway75.6282
#2New Zealand73.9906
#3Finland73.7330
#4Denmark73.1760
#5Sweden72.6921

Lowest

#190Somalia28.5194
#189Chad29.4817
#188DR Congo30.0326
#187Guinea-Bissau30.4989
#186Afghanistan30.8697

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 44.7577. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
119 · 71rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Azerbaijan43.3434 → 45.4756+2.1323
Armenia49.0257 → 50.9656+1.9399
Jamaica43.6375 → 45.3198+1.6823
Iceland70.3772 → 71.7456+1.3684
Tajikistan41.8060 → 43.1557+1.3497

Fell most

Ukraine45.7770 → 43.8852−1.8918
Moldova46.4423 → 45.0450−1.3972
Solomon Islands41.3244 → 40.0345−1.2899
Zambia41.8739 → 40.8012−1.0727
Argentina47.2164 → 46.3786−0.8378

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 2002.
The rank is ND-GAIN’s
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 (2002). ND-GAIN Country Index, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nd-gain-index/2002

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