Data for 2024

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2024

Name: ND-GAIN Country Index, 2024
Creator: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
License: https://gain-new.crc.nd.edu/about/download

2024, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2024 covers 190 countries. Norway is highest, at 71.8486; Chad is lowest, at 26.4154. The middle country reads 47.4415. Against 2023, 190 values changed (87 up, 103 down), the same countries are covered.

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ND-GAIN Country Index · Data for 2024

HighestNorway

71.8486

LowestChad

26.4154

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

190countries
1measure
2024the 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, 2024, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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ND-GAIN Country Index, 2024: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	71.8486
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	71.0954
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	69.2346
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	68.8776
5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	68.5989
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	68.4991
=7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	68.2780
=7	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	68.2909
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	68.0500
=10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	67.9174
=10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	67.9129
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	67.7973
=13	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	66.2251
=13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	66.2470
15	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	65.9562
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	65.9104
=17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	65.7182
=17	United States`USA`Northern America	65.7472
19	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	65.0870
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.6864
=21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.3547
=21	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	64.3957
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	63.1558
24	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	63.0180
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	62.7917
26	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	62.4077
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	62.1606
28	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	61.9667
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.7084
30	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	60.9850
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	60.4158
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	60.2466
=33	Chile`CHL`South America	60.0737
=33	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	60.0960
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	59.7633
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	58.6198
37	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	58.4978
38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	58.2980
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	57.4745
40	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	57.4105
41	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	57.3468
42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	57.1481
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	56.7936
44	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	56.4374
=45	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	56.2548
=45	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	56.3362
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	55.9918
48	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	55.2647
49	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	55.1606
=50	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	54.9812
=50	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	55.0034
52	Uruguay`URY`South America	54.6745
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	54.4822
54	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	53.9591
55	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	53.8099
56	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	53.6932
57	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	53.6134
58	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	53.5319
59	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	53.4393
60	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	53.1623
61	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	53.0425
62	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	52.7389
63	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	52.5828
64	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	52.4708
65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	52.4405
66	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	52.2011
67	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	52.1004
68	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	51.6986
69	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	51.3986
70	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	51.1880
71	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	51.1188
72	Brazil`BRA`South America	50.7342
=73	Colombia`COL`South America	50.4541
=73	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	50.4689
75	Argentina`ARG`South America	50.3762
76	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	50.1378
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	49.9908
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	49.9245
79	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	49.6770
80	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	49.6410
81	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	49.3130
82	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	49.1509
=83	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	48.7101
=83	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	48.6773
=85	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	48.3281
=85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	48.3473
=85	Peru`PER`South America	48.2760
=88	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	47.7961
=88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	47.8268
90	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	47.6713
91	Mexico`MEX`Central America	47.5747
=92	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	47.4544
=92	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	47.5134
=92	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	47.5275
=92	Panama`PAN`Central America	47.4848
=96	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	47.4122
=96	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	47.4286
=98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	47.1050
=98	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	47.0706
100	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	46.7405
101	Suriname`SUR`South America	46.4212
102	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	46.0523
=103	Guyana`GUY`South America	45.9239
=103	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	45.8992
105	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.4895
=106	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	45.4233
=106	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.3680
=108	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	45.1473
=108	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	45.1072
=110	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	44.9869
=110	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	44.9929
112	India`IND`Southern Asia	44.3611
113	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	44.3071
114	Belize`BLZ`Central America	44.1645
115	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	44.1104
116	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.9664
117	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	43.8641
118	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	43.8050
119	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.7473
=120	Ecuador`ECU`South America	43.6119
=120	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.6422
=120	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	43.5552
123	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	43.4483
124	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	43.3326
125	Bolivia`BOL`South America	42.9378
126	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.6248
=127	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	42.4479
=127	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	42.3681
=129	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	42.2901
=129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.3347
=129	Venezuela`VEN`South America	42.2963
132	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	42.2374
133	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41.8692
134	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	41.6174
135	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	41.5406
136	Honduras`HND`Central America	41.3281
137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.1428
138	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	40.9950
139	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	40.9496
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	40.6955
141	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	40.6073
142	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	40.0996
143	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	39.9789
144	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	39.8975
=145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	39.4245
=145	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	39.3775
=147	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	39.2940
=147	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	39.2673
149	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	39.1002
150	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	38.4546
151	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	38.3763
=152	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	38.0023
=152	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	38.0078
154	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	37.9236
=155	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.7233
=155	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	37.6972
157	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	37.6046
158	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	37.3845
=159	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	37.0372
=159	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	37.0027
=159	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	37.0374
162	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.4885
=163	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.4470
=163	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	36.4416
=165	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	36.0843
=165	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	36.1284
167	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	35.9408
=168	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	35.7269
=168	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	35.7280
=170	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	35.5532
=170	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	35.6493
=172	Niger`NER`Western Africa	35.4056
=172	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.4242
174	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34.9941
175	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	34.0673
=176	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.6639
=176	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.7334
178	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	33.2699
179	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	33.1871
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	33.0241
181	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	32.7033
182	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	31.9629
183	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	31.9032
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.3326
185	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.3676
186	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	28.2513
=187	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	27.4280
=187	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	27.3601
189	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	26.9955
190	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	26.4154

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1Norway71.8486
#2Finland71.0954
#3Germany69.2346
#4Switzerland68.8776
#5United Kingdom68.5989

Lowest

#190Chad26.4154
#189Somalia26.9955
#187Eritrea27.3601
#187Central African Republic27.4280
#186Sudan28.2513

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 47.4415. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
87 · 103rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Palau52.4962 → 55.0034+2.5072
Vanuatu36.3361 → 37.6972+1.3611
Laos41.4865 → 42.3681+0.8816
Marshall Islands45.2439 → 46.0523+0.8084
Saudi Arabia50.3573 → 51.1188+0.7615

Fell most

Nepal42.9004 → 41.1428−1.7576
Chad27.8575 → 26.4154−1.4420
Samoa41.4901 → 40.0996−1.3906
Bangladesh38.3868 → 37.0372−1.3496
Rwanda41.9440 → 40.6073−1.3366

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

Read before you use

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 2024.
The rank is ND-GAIN’s
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 (2024). ND-GAIN Country Index, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nd-gain-index/2024

0630 held

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