Data for 2012

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2012

Name: ND-GAIN Country Index, 2012
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2012, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2012 covers 190 countries. Norway is highest, at 76.2387; Chad is lowest, at 27.0847. The middle country reads 46.4112. Against 2011, 190 values changed (95 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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ND-GAIN Country Index · Data for 2012

HighestNorway

76.2387

LowestChad

27.0847

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

190countries
1measure
2012the 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, 2012, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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ND-GAIN Country Index, 2012: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	76.2387
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	75.2895
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	74.1614
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	73.8188
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	72.4389
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	71.6479
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.9421
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	70.8414
=9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	70.4622
=9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	70.5215
11	United States`USA`Northern America	70.0607
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	69.9989
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	69.0428
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	68.6706
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	68.3520
16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	68.0225
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	67.3450
18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	67.0315
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.9172
20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	64.4831
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	63.8403
22	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	63.1314
23	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	62.9062
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	62.5817
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	61.5259
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.2011
27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	60.9438
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	59.9633
29	Chile`CHL`South America	59.8212
30	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	59.5775
31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	59.2226
32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	58.8957
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	58.1298
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	57.9254
35	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	57.6566
=36	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	57.3547
=36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	57.4152
38	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.3257
39	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	57.0855
40	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	56.8622
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	56.5646
42	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	56.4701
=43	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	55.5634
=43	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	55.6121
=45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	55.5442
=45	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	55.5191
47	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	55.3115
=48	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	55.2419
=48	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	55.1806
50	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	55.0138
51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	54.6370
52	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	54.4712
53	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	54.1081
54	Uruguay`URY`South America	54.0090
55	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	53.8665
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	53.7072
57	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	53.2661
=58	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	53.0693
=58	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	53.0741
60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	52.6032
61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	52.2689
=62	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	52.0843
=62	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	52.1204
64	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	51.7830
65	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	51.3998
66	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.2569
67	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	51.2342
68	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	51.0360
69	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	50.9123
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	50.0662
71	Brazil`BRA`South America	49.8508
72	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	49.3533
=73	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	49.2113
=73	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	49.2293
=75	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	49.0730
=75	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	49.0799
=75	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	49.0555
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	49.0340
79	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	48.8757
=80	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	48.7985
=80	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	48.7932
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	48.7145
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48.3755
84	Peru`PER`South America	48.2834
85	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.0923
86	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	48.0313
87	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	47.6327
=88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	47.5481
=88	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	47.5020
90	Colombia`COL`South America	47.3895
91	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	47.2219
92	Paraguay`PRY`South America	46.9626
=93	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	46.6923
=93	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	46.6724
95	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	46.5775
96	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46.2449
=97	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	46.1030
=97	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46.1277
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.8996
100	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.8484
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.6122
102	Suriname`SUR`South America	44.8918
103	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	44.8454
104	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	44.5730
105	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	44.4839
106	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	44.3577
107	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	44.3469
=108	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.1272
=108	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	44.0850
=110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.8277
=110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	43.7567
112	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	43.6685
113	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	43.6056
=114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	43.4999
=114	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	43.4998
=114	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	43.5417
117	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	43.2366
118	Belize`BLZ`Central America	43.1216
119	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.9327
120	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.6635
=121	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.4156
=121	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	42.3736
123	Venezuela`VEN`South America	42.0434
124	Ecuador`ECU`South America	41.7521
125	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	41.6457
126	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	41.4535
127	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41.3979
128	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	41.2306
129	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.1411
130	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	40.8722
131	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	40.7838
132	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.2511
133	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	40.1199
134	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	39.9716
=135	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	39.8918
=135	Honduras`HND`Central America	39.9353
=135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.8988
=138	Guyana`GUY`South America	39.8249
=138	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	39.8256
=140	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	39.6888
=140	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	39.7234
142	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.6336
143	India`IND`Southern Asia	39.4705
=144	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	39.3288
=144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	39.2569
=144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	39.3494
147	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	39.0157
148	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	38.9414
=149	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.7719
=149	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	38.7785
151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	38.4183
152	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	38.2371
=153	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	37.9032
=153	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	37.8725
=153	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.8976
156	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37.3603
=157	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.1574
=157	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	37.1733
159	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	36.9434
=160	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	36.8150
=160	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	36.7986
162	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.6831
163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36.4262
164	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	36.1922
165	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	36.0995
=166	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	35.6061
=166	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	35.6244
168	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	35.4275
169	Niger`NER`Western Africa	35.2712
170	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.2229
=171	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.1043
=171	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	35.0672
173	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	34.7954
=174	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	34.6111
=174	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	34.6127
176	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	34.4504
177	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	34.4279
178	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	34.2387
179	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	34.0234
180	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	33.7095
181	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.0970
182	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	30.9718
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	30.8711
184	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	30.5767
185	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	29.8462
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	29.2412
187	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	29.0766
188	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	28.7017
189	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	28.4656
190	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	27.0847

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Norway76.2387
#2New Zealand75.2895
#3Finland74.1614
#4Denmark73.8188
#5Sweden72.4389

Lowest

#190Chad27.0847
#189Eritrea28.4656
#188Central African Republic28.7017
#187Somalia29.0766
#186Burundi29.2412

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 46.4112. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
95 · 95rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Malaysia53.9571 → 55.5442+1.5871
North Macedonia50.6215 → 52.1204+1.4989
São Tomé and Príncipe39.9736 → 41.4535+1.4799
Bahamas50.3660 → 51.7830+1.4170
Nicaragua42.3863 → 43.7567+1.3704

Fell most

Monaco65.4771 → 63.1314−2.3458
North Korea44.0749 → 42.3736−1.7013
Mali35.9840 → 34.4504−1.5336
Syria41.1222 → 39.6888−1.4334
Romania53.4912 → 52.2689−1.2223

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 2012.
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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 (2012). ND-GAIN Country Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nd-gain-index/2012

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