Data for 2014

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2014

Name: ND-GAIN Country Index, 2014
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2014, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2014 covers 190 countries. Norway is highest, at 76.756; Central African Republic is lowest, at 26.428. The middle country reads 46.740. Against 2013, 190 values changed (117 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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ND-GAIN Country Index · Data for 2014

HighestNorway

76.756

LowestCentral African Republic

26.428

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

190countries
1measure
2014the 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, 2014, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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ND-GAIN Country Index, 2014: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	76.756
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	75.075
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.317
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	72.830
5	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	71.885
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	71.559
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	71.398
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	71.293
9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	70.778
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	70.690
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	69.358
=12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	68.799
=12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	68.844
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	68.609
15	United States`USA`Northern America	68.253
16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	67.892
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	67.740
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	67.365
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	66.711
20	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	65.512
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.978
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	64.159
23	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	63.975
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	63.209
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	62.891
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	61.147
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	60.810
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	60.619
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	60.319
30	Chile`CHL`South America	59.923
31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	59.538
32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	58.658
33	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	58.492
34	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	57.975
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	57.720
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	57.521
37	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.448
38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	57.295
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	57.174
40	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	56.814
41	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	56.628
=42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	56.534
=42	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	56.514
44	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	56.154
=45	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	56.010
=45	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	56.027
47	Uruguay`URY`South America	54.940
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	54.658
=49	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	54.623
=49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	54.595
51	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	54.437
52	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	54.229
=53	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	54.033
=53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	53.953
55	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	53.921
56	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	53.726
57	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	53.636
58	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	53.292
=59	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	53.213
=59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	53.245
61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	53.148
62	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	52.788
63	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	52.208
=64	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.764
=64	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	51.792
66	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	51.348
=67	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	50.689
=67	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	50.733
69	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.474
70	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	50.239
71	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	50.105
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	49.956
73	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	49.688
74	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	49.610
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	49.420
=76	Brazil`BRA`South America	49.272
=76	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	49.260
=78	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	49.131
=78	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	49.088
=80	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	48.845
=80	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	48.762
=82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	48.668
=82	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	48.674
=82	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	48.683
=85	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	48.524
=85	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	48.539
=85	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48.484
=88	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	48.392
=88	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	48.402
90	Peru`PER`South America	48.209
91	Colombia`COL`South America	47.735
=92	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	47.590
=92	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	47.562
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	47.506
95	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	46.850
96	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	46.629
97	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	46.424
=98	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.294
=98	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46.327
100	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.687
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.488
=102	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	45.164
=102	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.157
104	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	44.975
105	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	44.704
106	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	44.581
107	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	44.539
108	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	44.306
=109	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	44.107
=109	Suriname`SUR`South America	44.134
=109	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	44.050
112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	43.655
=113	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	43.586
=113	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	43.633
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.435
=116	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.701
=116	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.735
118	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.361
119	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.299
=120	Ecuador`ECU`South America	42.227
=120	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.225
122	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	42.145
123	Belize`BLZ`Central America	41.836
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.671
125	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	41.567
126	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	41.456
127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	41.184
=128	Bolivia`BOL`South America	40.998
=128	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	40.966
130	Venezuela`VEN`South America	40.902
131	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.770
132	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	40.373
=133	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.273
=133	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	40.320
135	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	40.245
136	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	40.149
137	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	39.991
138	Honduras`HND`Central America	39.747
139	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	39.643
=140	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	39.456
=140	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	39.465
=142	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	39.411
=142	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	39.378
144	India`IND`Southern Asia	39.290
145	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.180
=146	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	39.099
=146	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	39.055
148	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.891
149	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	38.733
150	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	38.561
=151	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.155
=151	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	38.224
=151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	38.211
154	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	38.147
155	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	37.999
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	37.772
157	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	37.574
=158	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	37.018
=158	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.983
=160	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	36.773
=160	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	36.788
162	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	36.665
163	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	36.389
164	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	35.856
165	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	35.428
166	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	35.350
=167	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.219
=167	Niger`NER`Western Africa	35.226
=169	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	35.119
=169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	35.051
171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	34.760
172	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	34.550
173	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	34.528
174	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	34.319
=175	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	34.160
=175	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	34.198
177	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	34.051
=178	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	34.037
=178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	33.986
=180	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.782
=180	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	33.757
182	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	33.102
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	31.174
184	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	30.691
185	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	30.475
186	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	29.727
187	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	29.278
188	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	27.939
189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	26.769
190	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	26.428

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Norway76.756
#2New Zealand75.075
#3Finland73.317
#4Denmark72.830
#5Iceland71.885

Lowest

#190Central African Republic26.428
#189Chad26.769
#188Eritrea27.939
#187DR Congo29.278
#186Somalia29.727

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 46.740. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
117 · 73rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Burundi31.005 → 33.102+2.097
Ukraine47.068 → 48.683+1.615
Côte d’Ivoire36.465 → 37.999+1.534
Tuvalu40.680 → 42.145+1.465
Iran47.257 → 48.668+1.411

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis55.746 → 53.292−2.455
Belize43.329 → 41.836−1.493
Antigua and Barbuda50.616 → 49.131−1.486
Barbados55.395 → 54.033−1.362
United States69.576 → 68.253−1.323

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 2014.
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Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
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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 (2014). ND-GAIN Country Index, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nd-gain-index/2014

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