Data for 2005

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2005

2005, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2005 covers 190 countries. Norway is highest, at 76.1277; Chad is lowest, at 28.4177. The middle country reads 45.7651. Against 2004, 190 values changed (132 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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ND-GAIN Country Index · Data for 2005

HighestNorway

76.1277

LowestChad

28.4177

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

190countries
1measure
2005the year it describes
190distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01ND-GAIN’s rank

The table

Every country and every column of ND-GAIN Country Index, 2005, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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ND-GAIN Country Index, 2005: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	76.1277
2	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	74.4659
3	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	74.1378
4	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	73.5942
5	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	72.8712
6	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	72.0120
=7	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	71.9070
=7	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	71.8648
9	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	71.2451
10	United StatesUSANorthern America	70.4540
11	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	69.8874
12	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	69.7519
13	CanadaCANNorthern America	69.4089
14	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	68.1343
15	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	67.0348
16	JapanJPNEastern Asia	66.5801
17	FranceFRAWestern Europe	66.2598
18	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	65.9386
19	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	64.9909
20	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	63.1135
21	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	62.9653
22	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	62.0768
23	SpainESPSouthern Europe	61.7880
24	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	61.5509
25	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	60.6020
26	ItalyITASouthern Europe	59.8121
27	IsraelISRWestern Asia	59.6356
28	MonacoMCOWestern Europe	59.4741
29	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	59.2127
30	ChileCHLSouth America	59.1402
31	PolandPOLEastern Europe	58.3672
32	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	58.0044
=33	DominicaDMACaribbean	57.8109
=33	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	57.8328
35	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	57.5441
36	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	57.4025
37	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	57.3079
38	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	56.8559
39	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	56.7237
40	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	56.5265
41	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	55.4521
42	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	54.9771
43	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	54.8774
44	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	54.6342
45	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	54.1426
46	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	53.7737
47	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	53.7493
48	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	53.3631
49	NauruNRUMicronesia	53.1524
50	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	52.6597
=51	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	52.6348
=51	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	52.5936
53	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	52.1922
54	QatarQATWestern Asia	51.9220
55	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	51.4427
=56	BahamasBHSCaribbean	51.0849
=56	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	51.0634
=58	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	50.9663
=58	UruguayURYSouth America	50.9548
=60	Costa RicaCRICentral America	50.5989
=60	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	50.5756
62	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	50.4522
63	OmanOMNWestern Asia	50.2730
64	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	50.2440
65	BelarusBLREastern Europe	50.1452
66	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	49.9993
67	BrazilBRASouth America	49.3288
=68	JordanJORWestern Asia	49.0276
=68	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	49.0177
=70	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	48.9013
=70	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	48.9319
=70	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	48.8607
73	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	48.7503
=74	ArgentinaARGSouth America	48.5611
=74	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	48.6232
=74	PanamaPANCentral America	48.6263
77	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	48.3930
78	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	48.1030
=79	MexicoMEXCentral America	47.9679
=79	PalauPLWMicronesia	48.0132
=81	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	47.3985
=81	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	47.3949
83	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	47.1756
=84	FijiFJIMelanesia	46.7479
=84	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	46.7405
=86	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	46.4987
=86	PeruPERSouth America	46.4794
=86	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	46.5348
=89	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	46.3093
=89	SurinameSURSouth America	46.3214
=91	IranIRNSouthern Asia	46.0807
=91	UkraineUKREastern Europe	46.1383
93	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	45.9513
94	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	45.9433
=95	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	45.7584
=95	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	45.7719
97	SamoaWSMPolynesia	45.4962
98	ParaguayPRYSouth America	45.4238
99	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	45.2683
100	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	45.2397
101	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	44.8839
102	ColombiaCOLSouth America	44.5002
103	BelizeBLZCentral America	44.4114
104	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	43.9910
105	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	43.9361
106	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	43.7565
107	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	43.6741
108	VenezuelaVENSouth America	43.5711
=109	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	43.5090
=109	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	43.5244
=109	GabonGABMiddle Africa	43.4692
112	NicaraguaNICCentral America	43.3771
113	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	43.2731
114	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	43.1099
115	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	42.9440
=116	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	42.7129
=116	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	42.7084
118	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	42.6304
119	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	42.4950
=120	CubaCUBCaribbean	42.3594
=120	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	42.4160
122	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	42.3419
=123	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	41.7693
=123	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	41.8071
125	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	41.4510
126	EcuadorECUSouth America	41.3951
127	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	41.3162
128	BoliviaBOLSouth America	41.1734
=129	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	41.0576
=129	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	41.1158
=131	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	40.6854
=131	GuyanaGUYSouth America	40.6749
=133	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	40.5916
=133	HondurasHNDCentral America	40.5852
135	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	40.5215
136	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	40.2218
137	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	39.9935
138	KenyaKENEastern Africa	39.8582
139	TongaTONPolynesia	39.7600
140	GuineaGINWestern Africa	39.7156
=141	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	39.5873
=141	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	39.5641
=143	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	39.3586
=143	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	39.3521
145	IraqIRQWestern Asia	39.3180
=146	SenegalSENWestern Africa	39.2074
=146	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	39.1598
148	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	38.8901
149	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	38.8436
=150	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	38.7231
=150	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	38.7150
152	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	38.4524
153	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	38.4397
154	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	38.2015
=155	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	38.0090
=155	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	37.9742
157	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	37.7907
158	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	37.6552
159	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	37.4946
160	BeninBENWestern Africa	37.2070
=161	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	36.9391
=161	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	36.9386
163	TogoTGOWestern Africa	36.8140
164	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	36.3817
165	MaliMLIWestern Africa	36.3335
166	YemenYEMWestern Asia	36.1432
167	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	36.0373
168	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	35.6956
169	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	35.4828
170	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	34.9698
171	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	34.6688
172	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	34.6256
173	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	34.4318
=174	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	34.3432
=174	NigerNERWestern Africa	34.3179
176	HaitiHTICaribbean	34.2207
177	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	33.0840
178	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	32.9199
179	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	32.5738
180	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	32.2101
181	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	32.0313
182	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	31.8653
183	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	31.7220
184	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	31.5765
185	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	30.9190
186	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	30.8277
187	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	30.6240
188	EritreaERIEastern Africa	30.4467
189	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	28.7119
190	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	28.4177

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Norway76.1277
#2New Zealand74.4659
#3Finland74.1378
#4Denmark73.5942
#5Sweden72.8712

Lowest

#190Chad28.4177
#189Somalia28.7119
#188Eritrea30.4467
#187Central African Republic30.6240
#186DR Congo30.8277

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 45.7651. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
132 · 58rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Saint Kitts and Nevis50.0342 → 52.5936+2.5593
Andorra51.9054 → 54.1426+2.2372
Nauru51.3080 → 53.1524+1.8445
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines53.3437 → 54.9771+1.6335
Maldives43.2640 → 44.8839+1.6198

Fell most

Monaco64.5304 → 59.4741−5.0563
Central African Republic31.8070 → 30.6240−1.1829
Bolivia42.2823 → 41.1734−1.1088
Djibouti35.5374 → 34.6256−0.9118
Togo37.7156 → 36.8140−0.9016

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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Every one of the 190 countries has every column.

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Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (2005). ND-GAIN Country Index, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nd-gain-index/2005

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