Data for 2023

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2023

Name: ND-GAIN Country Index, 2023
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2023, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2023 covers 190 countries. Norway is highest, at 71.969; Somalia is lowest, at 27.461. The middle country reads 47.252. Against 2022, 190 values changed (119 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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ND-GAIN Country Index · Data for 2023

HighestNorway

71.969

LowestSomalia

27.461

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

190countries
1measure
2023the 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, 2023, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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ND-GAIN Country Index, 2023: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	71.969
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	70.956
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	69.459
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	68.997
5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	68.775
=6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	68.538
=6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	68.451
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	68.393
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	68.236
=10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	68.000
=10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	67.984
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	67.908
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	66.709
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	66.096
15	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	65.873
=16	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	65.843
=16	United States`USA`Northern America	65.829
18	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	65.592
19	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	64.996
=20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.558
=20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.565
22	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	64.518
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	63.209
=24	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	62.733
=24	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	62.679
=26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	62.372
=26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	62.449
28	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	62.058
=29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	61.856
=29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.906
=31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	60.130
=31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	60.092
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	60.039
34	Chile`CHL`South America	59.800
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	59.698
36	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	58.811
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	58.496
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	58.359
=39	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	57.540
=39	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	57.473
=41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	57.387
=41	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	57.359
43	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	57.141
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	57.004
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	56.691
46	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	56.473
47	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	56.069
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	55.800
49	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	55.118
50	Uruguay`URY`South America	54.633
51	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	54.485
52	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	54.116
=53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	53.914
=53	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	53.945
55	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	53.603
=56	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	53.202
=56	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	53.239
=56	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	53.184
=56	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	53.211
60	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	52.922
61	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	52.813
62	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	52.496
63	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	52.291
=64	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	52.038
=64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	52.026
=66	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	51.872
=66	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	51.901
68	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	51.717
69	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	51.318
70	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	50.908
71	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	50.771
72	Colombia`COL`South America	50.720
=73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.562
=73	Brazil`BRA`South America	50.565
75	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	50.357
76	Argentina`ARG`South America	50.195
=77	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	49.697
=77	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	49.728
=77	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	49.658
80	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	49.583
81	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	49.053
82	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	48.984
83	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	48.869
84	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	48.790
85	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	48.715
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48.491
87	Peru`PER`South America	48.185
=88	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	48.024
=88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	47.965
90	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	47.883
91	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	47.794
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	47.655
93	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	47.506
94	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	47.390
95	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	47.267
=96	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	47.150
=96	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	47.237
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.910
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	46.831
100	Suriname`SUR`South America	46.546
101	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	46.296
102	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.932
103	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	45.771
=104	Guyana`GUY`South America	45.625
=104	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.608
106	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	45.421
107	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	45.309
108	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	45.244
=109	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.057
=109	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	45.070
111	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	44.823
=112	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.282
=112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	44.280
=114	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	44.130
=114	India`IND`Southern Asia	44.110
=116	Belize`BLZ`Central America	43.993
=116	Ecuador`ECU`South America	43.971
=116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.957
119	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.925
120	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	43.791
121	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	43.681
122	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	43.350
=123	Bolivia`BOL`South America	43.246
=123	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.247
125	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	43.115
126	Venezuela`VEN`South America	43.001
127	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	42.900
128	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.613
=129	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	42.348
=129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.288
131	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	42.098
132	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	42.012
=133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	41.944
=133	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	41.887
135	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	41.666
=136	Honduras`HND`Central America	41.596
=136	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	41.639
=138	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	41.487
=138	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41.533
=138	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.490
141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	40.936
142	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	40.553
143	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	39.880
144	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	39.796
145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	39.648
146	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	39.341
=147	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	39.167
=147	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	39.249
=147	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	39.152
150	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.624
151	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	38.387
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	38.263
153	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	37.882
=154	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	37.811
=154	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	37.750
156	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.684
157	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	37.536
=158	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	37.395
=158	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	37.372
160	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	36.781
=161	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	36.606
=161	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.580
=163	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.521
=163	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	36.510
165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.336
=166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	36.117
=166	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.096
168	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36.031
169	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	35.800
170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	35.702
171	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.588
172	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	35.540
173	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	34.972
174	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34.379
175	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	33.994
176	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.905
=177	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.696
=177	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	33.651
179	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	33.435
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	33.059
181	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	33.047
182	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	32.311
183	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	31.969
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.471
185	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.512
186	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	28.571
187	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	28.137
188	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	27.857
189	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	27.586
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.461

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Norway71.969
#2Finland70.956
#3Germany69.459
#4Switzerland68.997
#5United Kingdom68.775

Lowest

#190Somalia27.461
#189Eritrea27.586
#188Chad27.857
#187Central African Republic28.137
#186Sudan28.571

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 47.252. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
119 · 71rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Myanmar34.794 → 36.580+1.786
Andorra61.364 → 62.733+1.369
Laos40.218 → 41.487+1.268
Mongolia48.331 → 49.583+1.253
Oman47.572 → 48.790+1.218

Fell most

Jamaica48.853 → 47.506−1.346
Ecuador44.743 → 43.971−0.772
Namibia42.161 → 41.533−0.628
Vietnam46.270 → 45.771−0.499
Honduras42.094 → 41.596−0.498

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 2023.
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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 (2023). ND-GAIN Country Index, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nd-gain-index/2023

0630 held

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