Data for 2009

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2009

Name: ND-GAIN Country Index, 2009
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2009, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The ND-GAIN Country Index weighs how vulnerable a country is to climate change against how ready it is to put investment to work adapting to it, on a scale from 0 to 100 where higher is better placed. Built at the University of Notre Dame, it scores 192 UN member states back to 1995.

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2009 covers 190 countries. Norway is highest, at 76.22; Chad is lowest, at 27.61. The middle country reads 45.82. Against 2008, 190 values changed (96 up, 94 down), the same countries are covered.

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ND-GAIN Country Index · Data for 2009

HighestNorway

76.22

LowestChad

27.61

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

190countries
1measure
2009the 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, 2009, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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ND-GAIN Country Index, 2009: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	76.22
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	75.14
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.82
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	73.49
5	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	73.23
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	72.24
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	71.99
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	70.74
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	70.42
10	United States`USA`Northern America	70.13
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	69.90
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	69.52
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	69.06
14	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	68.64
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	67.40
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	67.09
=17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	66.63
=17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.65
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	65.67
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.65
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	63.56
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	63.49
23	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	61.65
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	61.64
=25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	60.73
=25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	60.68
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	59.74
28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	59.27
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	59.05
30	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	58.99
31	Chile`CHL`South America	58.85
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.55
33	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.40
=34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	58.23
=34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	58.17
=36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	57.81
=36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	57.82
38	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	57.57
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	57.42
40	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	57.20
41	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	56.32
42	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	55.89
43	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	54.94
44	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	54.76
45	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	54.39
46	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	54.14
47	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	54.00
=48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	53.95
=48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	53.87
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	53.77
51	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	53.69
52	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	53.48
53	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	53.41
54	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	52.80
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	52.69
56	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	52.62
57	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	52.30
58	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	52.08
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	51.99
60	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	51.73
61	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	51.63
62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	51.52
63	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	50.76
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	50.67
=65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	50.58
=65	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	50.56
67	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.45
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	50.43
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	50.33
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	49.79
71	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	49.64
72	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	49.44
73	Panama`PAN`Central America	49.07
74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	48.99
75	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	48.69
76	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	48.49
77	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	48.35
=78	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	48.32
=78	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	48.34
80	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	48.20
81	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.13
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	47.74
83	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	47.46
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	47.43
85	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	46.96
=86	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	46.86
=86	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	46.90
88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	46.71
89	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	46.57
90	Peru`PER`South America	46.39
=91	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.28
=91	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	46.29
93	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46.06
94	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	45.88
=95	Colombia`COL`South America	45.81
=95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.83
=95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	45.78
=98	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.59
=98	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	45.63
100	Suriname`SUR`South America	45.41
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.18
102	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	45.06
103	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.02
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	44.87
=105	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	44.69
=105	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	44.65
=105	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44.66
108	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	44.08
=109	Belize`BLZ`Central America	43.92
=109	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	43.93
111	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	43.80
=112	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	43.40
=112	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	43.41
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.19
115	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	43.08
116	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.96
117	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.70
=118	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.59
=118	Venezuela`VEN`South America	42.57
=120	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.48
=120	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	42.46
=120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.49
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.39
124	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.07
125	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	41.49
=126	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	41.37
=126	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	41.35
=128	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41.25
=128	Ecuador`ECU`South America	41.22
=128	Honduras`HND`Central America	41.21
131	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	41.05
=132	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.80
=132	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.81
134	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	40.60
135	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	40.24
136	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.91
=137	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	39.68
=137	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	39.67
139	India`IND`Southern Asia	39.59
=140	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	39.53
=140	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	39.48
142	Guyana`GUY`South America	39.39
=143	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	39.15
=143	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.18
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	39.02
146	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.65
147	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	38.36
=148	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	38.30
=148	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	38.27
150	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	38.05
=151	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.97
=151	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	38.01
153	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37.87
=154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	37.64
=154	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.57
=156	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	37.49
=156	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.46
158	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	37.35
=159	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	37.28
=159	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	37.31
=161	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.08
=161	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	37.12
=163	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	36.90
=163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36.87
=165	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	36.46
=165	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	36.49
=167	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.20
=167	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	36.21
169	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	35.60
170	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	35.39
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	35.27
172	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	35.24
173	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	35.10
174	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	34.55
=175	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	34.40
=175	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	34.39
177	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34.01
178	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	33.71
179	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	33.44
180	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	32.71
181	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	32.26
182	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	31.73
183	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	31.00
184	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	30.84
185	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	30.48
186	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.02
187	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	28.97
188	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	28.56
189	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	28.41
190	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	27.61

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Norway76.22
#2New Zealand75.14
#3Finland73.82
#4Denmark73.49
#5Iceland73.23

Lowest

#190Chad27.61
#189Central African Republic28.41
#188Somalia28.56
#187Eritrea28.97
#186DR Congo30.02

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 45.82. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
96 · 94rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Belarus50.67 → 52.80+2.12
Azerbaijan45.57 → 47.46+1.89
Tonga39.32 → 41.05+1.73
Senegal38.27 → 39.91+1.65
Nauru50.82 → 52.08+1.26

Fell most

Monaco66.00 → 61.65−4.35
Iran48.43 → 46.86−1.57
Moldova47.16 → 45.78−1.38
Russia57.00 → 55.89−1.11
Madagascar37.45 → 36.49−0.96

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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Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (2009). ND-GAIN Country Index, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nd-gain-index/2009

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