Data for 2005

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2005

Name: ND-GAIN Country Index, 2005
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

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.

190countries
1measure
2005the 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, 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	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	76.1277
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	74.4659
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	74.1378
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	73.5942
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	72.8712
6	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	72.0120
=7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	71.9070
=7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	71.8648
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	71.2451
10	United States`USA`Northern America	70.4540
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	69.8874
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	69.7519
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	69.4089
14	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	68.1343
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	67.0348
16	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	66.5801
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	66.2598
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	65.9386
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.9909
20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	63.1135
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	62.9653
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	62.0768
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.7880
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	61.5509
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	60.6020
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59.8121
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	59.6356
28	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	59.4741
29	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	59.2127
30	Chile`CHL`South America	59.1402
31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	58.3672
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	58.0044
=33	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	57.8109
=33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	57.8328
35	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	57.5441
36	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	57.4025
37	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	57.3079
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	56.8559
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	56.7237
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	56.5265
41	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	55.4521
42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	54.9771
43	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	54.8774
44	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	54.6342
45	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	54.1426
46	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	53.7737
47	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	53.7493
48	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	53.3631
49	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	53.1524
50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.6597
=51	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	52.6348
=51	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	52.5936
53	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	52.1922
54	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	51.9220
55	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	51.4427
=56	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	51.0849
=56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	51.0634
=58	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	50.9663
=58	Uruguay`URY`South America	50.9548
=60	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	50.5989
=60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	50.5756
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.4522
63	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	50.2730
64	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	50.2440
65	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	50.1452
66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	49.9993
67	Brazil`BRA`South America	49.3288
=68	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	49.0276
=68	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	49.0177
=70	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	48.9013
=70	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	48.9319
=70	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	48.8607
73	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	48.7503
=74	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.5611
=74	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	48.6232
=74	Panama`PAN`Central America	48.6263
77	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	48.3930
78	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	48.1030
=79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	47.9679
=79	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	48.0132
=81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	47.3985
=81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	47.3949
83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	47.1756
=84	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.7479
=84	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46.7405
=86	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	46.4987
=86	Peru`PER`South America	46.4794
=86	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	46.5348
=89	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	46.3093
=89	Suriname`SUR`South America	46.3214
=91	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	46.0807
=91	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	46.1383
93	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	45.9513
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.9433
=95	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.7584
=95	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	45.7719
97	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.4962
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	45.4238
99	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	45.2683
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.2397
101	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	44.8839
102	Colombia`COL`South America	44.5002
103	Belize`BLZ`Central America	44.4114
104	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	43.9910
105	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	43.9361
106	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	43.7565
107	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	43.6741
108	Venezuela`VEN`South America	43.5711
=109	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.5090
=109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	43.5244
=109	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	43.4692
112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	43.3771
113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.2731
114	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.1099
115	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	42.9440
=116	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	42.7129
=116	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	42.7084
118	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.6304
119	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	42.4950
=120	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	42.3594
=120	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	42.4160
122	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	42.3419
=123	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	41.7693
=123	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	41.8071
125	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41.4510
126	Ecuador`ECU`South America	41.3951
127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	41.3162
128	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41.1734
=129	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	41.0576
=129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41.1158
=131	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.6854
=131	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.6749
=133	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	40.5916
=133	Honduras`HND`Central America	40.5852
135	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.5215
136	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	40.2218
137	India`IND`Southern Asia	39.9935
138	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	39.8582
139	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	39.7600
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	39.7156
=141	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	39.5873
=141	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	39.5641
=143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	39.3586
=143	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	39.3521
145	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	39.3180
=146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.2074
=146	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	39.1598
148	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	38.8901
149	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	38.8436
=150	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	38.7231
=150	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	38.7150
152	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.4524
153	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	38.4397
154	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.2015
=155	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	38.0090
=155	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	37.9742
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.7907
158	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	37.6552
159	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.4946
160	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	37.2070
=161	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	36.9391
=161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36.9386
163	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.8140
164	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	36.3817
165	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	36.3335
166	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	36.1432
167	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	36.0373
168	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	35.6956
169	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	35.4828
170	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	34.9698
171	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	34.6688
172	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	34.6256
173	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	34.4318
=174	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	34.3432
=174	Niger`NER`Western Africa	34.3179
176	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	34.2207
177	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	33.0840
178	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	32.9199
179	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	32.5738
180	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	32.2101
181	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	32.0313
182	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	31.8653
183	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	31.7220
184	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	31.5765
185	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	30.9190
186	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.8277
187	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	30.6240
188	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	30.4467
189	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	28.7119
190	Chad`TCD`Middle 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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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 2005.
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 (2005). ND-GAIN Country Index, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nd-gain-index/2005

0630 held

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