Data for 2016

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2016

Name: ND-GAIN Country Index, 2016
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2016, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2016 covers 190 countries. Norway is highest, at 76.7341; Chad is lowest, at 25.9594. The middle country reads 47.5092. Against 2015, 190 values changed (108 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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ND-GAIN Country Index · Data for 2016

HighestNorway

76.7341

LowestChad

25.9594

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

190countries
1measure
2016the 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, 2016, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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ND-GAIN Country Index, 2016: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	76.7341
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	75.0834
=3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	72.9349
=3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	72.9277
5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	71.9929
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	71.8743
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	71.3673
8	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	70.8724
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	70.3140
10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.2428
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	69.6171
=12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	68.8792
=12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	68.8553
14	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	68.4827
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	68.2686
16	United States`USA`Northern America	68.1110
=17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	67.3652
=17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	67.4486
19	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	66.9189
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	66.7301
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	65.6011
=22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	63.9067
=22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	63.9235
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	63.4417
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	63.0484
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	61.9176
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.4607
=28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	60.9023
=28	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	60.9161
30	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	60.1799
31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	59.7722
32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	59.6262
33	Chile`CHL`South America	59.5109
34	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	58.7064
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	58.5444
=36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	57.8821
=36	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.8988
=38	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	56.9947
=38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	57.0346
=38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	56.9634
=38	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	56.9621
42	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	56.5404
=43	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	56.3612
=43	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	56.3993
45	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	55.6438
46	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	55.4992
=47	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	55.2345
=47	Uruguay`URY`South America	55.2072
49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	54.9694
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	54.7837
51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	54.6328
=52	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	54.4868
=52	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	54.5412
54	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	54.3759
=55	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	54.3337
=55	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	54.3157
57	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	54.1634
=58	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	53.9250
=58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	53.9354
60	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	53.8256
61	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	53.3193
62	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	52.9184
63	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	52.7583
64	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	51.9834
65	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	51.8169
66	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	51.6987
67	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	51.2385
68	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	51.0949
69	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	51.0135
70	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	50.3526
71	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	50.2588
=72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	50.1957
=72	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	50.1538
=74	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.1028
=74	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	50.1211
=74	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	50.1005
=77	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	49.8669
=77	Panama`PAN`Central America	49.8776
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	49.5515
80	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	49.2613
81	Brazil`BRA`South America	49.1913
=82	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	49.0092
=82	Peru`PER`South America	49.0480
=84	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	48.9367
=84	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	48.8628
86	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	48.8076
87	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48.5611
88	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	48.5395
89	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	48.2786
=90	Paraguay`PRY`South America	48.1706
=90	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	48.1986
92	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.0953
93	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.0490
94	Colombia`COL`South America	47.7721
95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	47.7081
96	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	47.3102
97	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	47.1583
98	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	46.8770
99	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46.8163
100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	46.5954
101	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	46.2826
=102	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	45.7780
=102	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	45.7855
104	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	45.6807
=105	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	45.1892
=105	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.2045
=105	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	45.1936
108	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	44.8610
109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	44.5778
=110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	44.2352
=110	Suriname`SUR`South America	44.2243
=112	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	43.5181
=112	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	43.5316
114	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	43.2830
=115	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.9259
=115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	42.8870
=117	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.7615
=117	Belize`BLZ`Central America	42.8304
119	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.7407
120	Ecuador`ECU`South America	42.4801
=121	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.3478
=121	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	42.3001
123	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	42.1691
=124	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.1051
=124	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.1317
126	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	41.4446
127	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	41.2610
=128	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41.0583
=128	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.0993
130	India`IND`Southern Asia	41.0043
131	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.8429
=132	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	40.4757
=132	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	40.4714
=134	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	40.3916
=134	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	40.3995
=134	Venezuela`VEN`South America	40.4161
137	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	40.2740
138	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	40.1706
139	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	40.0498
=140	Honduras`HND`Central America	39.9078
=140	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	39.8608
=140	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	39.9241
=140	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	39.9086
=140	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	39.9316
145	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	39.6795
=146	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	39.6361
=146	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	39.6249
148	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	39.5429
149	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.1607
150	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	38.9302
151	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	38.8282
=152	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.7166
=152	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	38.7127
154	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.4955
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	37.8912
156	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	37.7394
157	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	37.5308
158	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.3338
=159	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	37.2034
=159	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.2030
161	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	36.6639
162	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	36.6500
163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36.5417
=164	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	36.4145
=164	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	36.3627
166	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	36.0525
167	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	35.9212
=168	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	35.5240
=168	Niger`NER`Western Africa	35.4926
=170	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	35.1338
=170	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.1325
172	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	34.8536
=173	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	34.6348
=173	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34.6374
=175	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	34.4320
=175	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	34.3524
177	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	34.2495
178	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	34.0760
179	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	33.9588
180	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	33.9050
181	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32.4627
182	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	31.8507
=183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	30.9620
=183	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	31.0301
185	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	30.9333
186	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.3590
187	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	29.9742
188	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	28.1727
189	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	27.0090
190	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	25.9594

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Norway76.7341
#2New Zealand75.0834
#3Denmark72.9349
#3Finland72.9277
#5United Kingdom71.9929

Lowest

#190Chad25.9594
#189Central African Republic27.0090
#188Eritrea28.1727
#187Somalia29.9742
#186DR Congo30.3590

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 47.5092. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
108 · 82rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Monaco64.9427 → 66.9189+1.9762
India39.3614 → 41.0043+1.6429
Cambodia38.4485 → 40.0498+1.6012
Argentina46.6608 → 48.0953+1.4344
Myanmar36.1946 → 37.5308+1.3362

Fell most

Yemen33.3791 → 32.4627−0.9165
Türkiye52.8371 → 51.9834−0.8537
Syria37.1417 → 36.3627−0.7790
Mozambique38.4766 → 37.7394−0.7373
Malta57.7594 → 57.0346−0.7248

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
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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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Cite this edition

Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (2016). ND-GAIN Country Index, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nd-gain-index/2016

0630 held

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