Data for 2006

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2006

Name: ND-GAIN Country Index, 2006
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2006, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2006 covers 190 countries. Norway is highest, at 76.459; Chad is lowest, at 27.795. The middle country reads 45.627. Against 2005, 190 values changed (102 up, 88 down), the same countries are covered.

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ND-GAIN Country Index · Data for 2006

HighestNorway

76.459

LowestChad

27.795

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

190countries
1measure
2006the 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, 2006, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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ND-GAIN Country Index, 2006: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	76.459
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	74.745
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	74.440
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	74.077
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	72.955
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	72.254
7	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	71.853
8	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	71.746
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	71.277
10	United States`USA`Northern America	70.480
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	70.237
=12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	69.912
=12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	69.927
14	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	68.674
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	66.967
16	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	66.728
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	66.280
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.016
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	65.271
20	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	64.813
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	63.573
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	63.048
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	62.731
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.687
25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	61.635
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	60.394
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59.680
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	59.427
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	59.175
30	Chile`CHL`South America	58.818
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	58.388
32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	58.321
=33	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	58.070
=33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	58.064
=33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	58.055
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	57.798
=37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	57.232
=37	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	57.186
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	56.787
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	56.383
41	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	56.286
42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	55.027
=43	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	54.712
=43	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	54.675
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	54.173
=46	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	53.756
=46	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	53.837
48	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	53.645
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	53.497
50	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	52.840
51	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	52.679
=52	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.458
=52	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	52.472
54	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	52.155
55	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	51.653
=56	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	51.608
=56	Uruguay`URY`South America	51.576
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	51.238
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	51.069
=60	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	50.896
=60	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	50.922
62	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.779
63	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	50.384
64	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	50.199
65	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	49.603
66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	49.464
67	Brazil`BRA`South America	49.298
=68	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	49.050
=68	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	49.048
70	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	48.660
=71	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.632
=71	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	48.603
=71	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	48.601
=71	Panama`PAN`Central America	48.644
75	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	48.368
=76	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	48.300
=76	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	48.319
=78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48.104
=78	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	48.085
80	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	48.025
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	47.932
82	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	47.469
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	47.430
84	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	46.999
85	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46.891
86	Peru`PER`South America	46.689
87	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	46.609
=88	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	46.354
=88	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	46.383
90	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	46.251
=91	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	45.994
=91	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	45.970
93	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	45.872
=94	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	45.719
=94	Suriname`SUR`South America	45.664
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	45.590
=97	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.350
=97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.347
=99	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.223
=99	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	45.169
=99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.240
=99	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	45.162
103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.973
104	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	44.606
105	Colombia`COL`South America	44.173
=106	Belize`BLZ`Central America	44.044
=106	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	44.028
108	Venezuela`VEN`South America	43.677
109	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.594
110	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	43.500
=111	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.418
=111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	43.374
=113	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	43.313
=113	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	43.262
115	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	43.133
116	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.006
117	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	42.728
118	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	42.307
119	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.217
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	42.123
=121	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	41.840
=121	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41.815
=121	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41.794
124	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	41.580
125	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	41.450
=126	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	41.382
=126	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	41.422
=128	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41.279
=128	Ecuador`ECU`South America	41.283
=128	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	41.302
131	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	40.821
=132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	40.604
=132	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.645
=132	Honduras`HND`Central America	40.576
135	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	40.388
136	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.147
137	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	39.894
=138	India`IND`Southern Asia	39.801
=138	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	39.803
=140	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	39.697
=140	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	39.700
142	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	39.418
143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	39.313
144	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	39.204
145	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	39.031
146	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.915
=147	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.668
=147	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	38.684
149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.556
=150	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	38.474
=150	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	38.539
=150	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.532
=153	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.187
=153	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	38.178
155	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	37.884
156	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	37.774
=157	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.468
=157	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	37.503
159	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.269
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	37.166
161	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	37.033
162	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	36.900
163	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	36.640
164	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	36.277
165	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	36.234
166	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	35.864
=167	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	35.757
=167	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	35.833
169	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	35.501
170	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	35.411
171	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.144
172	Niger`NER`Western Africa	34.966
=173	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	34.832
=173	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	34.839
175	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	34.388
176	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	34.328
177	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	33.559
178	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.417
179	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	33.298
=180	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	32.239
=180	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	32.218
182	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	32.090
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	31.481
184	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	31.432
185	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	31.248
186	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.472
187	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	30.421
188	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	29.896
189	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	28.417
190	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	27.795

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Norway76.459
#2New Zealand74.745
#3Finland74.440
#4Denmark74.077
#5Sweden72.955

Lowest

#190Chad27.795
#189Somalia28.417
#188Eritrea29.896
#187Central African Republic30.421
#186DR Congo30.472

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 45.627. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
102 · 88rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Monaco59.474 → 64.813+5.339
Cuba42.359 → 45.169+2.809
Serbia43.756 → 45.872+2.115
Comoros37.791 → 39.418+1.628
Saint Kitts and Nevis52.594 → 53.837+1.244

Fell most

Timor-Leste38.715 → 36.277−2.438
Bhutan43.524 → 41.840−1.684
Solomon Islands39.160 → 37.774−1.386
Kiribati41.769 → 40.388−1.381
Guinea39.716 → 38.539−1.177

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 2006.
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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Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (2006). ND-GAIN Country Index, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nd-gain-index/2006

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