Data for 2013
Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2013
2013, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2013 covers 192 countries. Singapore is highest, at 0.809547; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.133763. The middle country reads 0.387118. Against 2012, 192 values changed (72 up, 120 down), the same countries are covered.
Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN) · Data for 2013
HighestSingapore
0.809547LowestCentral African Republic
0.133763Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.
01ND-GAIN’s rank
The table
Every country and every column of Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2013, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 192 countries · select a heading to sort
| 1 | 0.809547 | |
| =2 | 0.801987 | |
| =2 | 0.801958 | |
| 4 | 0.794079 | |
| 5 | 0.789824 | |
| 6 | 0.759224 | |
| 7 | 0.737766 | |
| 8 | 0.737232 | |
| 9 | 0.728346 | |
| 10 | 0.726034 | |
| 11 | 0.715055 | |
| 12 | 0.708027 | |
| 13 | 0.707445 | |
| 14 | 0.704402 | |
| 15 | 0.698959 | |
| 16 | 0.697661 | |
| 17 | 0.695524 | |
| 18 | 0.695136 | |
| 19 | 0.685303 | |
| 20 | 0.663722 | |
| 21 | 0.653581 | |
| 22 | 0.644201 | |
| 23 | 0.634147 | |
| 24 | 0.630173 | |
| 25 | 0.613135 | |
| 26 | 0.607663 | |
| 27 | 0.591780 | |
| 28 | 0.590382 | |
| 29 | 0.588374 | |
| =30 | 0.573568 | |
| =30 | 0.573649 | |
| 32 | 0.572573 | |
| 33 | 0.570965 | |
| 34 | 0.558388 | |
| 35 | 0.557482 | |
| 36 | 0.553789 | |
| 37 | 0.545884 | |
| =38 | 0.540472 | |
| =38 | 0.540053 | |
| 40 | 0.539161 | |
| 41 | 0.538399 | |
| 42 | 0.536760 | |
| 43 | 0.533739 | |
| 44 | 0.528990 | |
| 45 | 0.517250 | |
| 46 | 0.516185 | |
| =47 | 0.508550 | |
| =47 | 0.508994 | |
| 49 | 0.507882 | |
| 50 | 0.502451 | |
| =51 | 0.500883 | |
| =51 | 0.500706 | |
| 53 | 0.498903 | |
| 54 | 0.497300 | |
| 55 | 0.494273 | |
| 56 | 0.493424 | |
| 57 | 0.487978 | |
| =58 | 0.487455 | |
| =58 | 0.487041 | |
| 60 | 0.485361 | |
| 61 | 0.473641 | |
| 62 | 0.471326 | |
| 63 | 0.464414 | |
| 64 | 0.463195 | |
| =65 | 0.462473 | |
| =65 | 0.462219 | |
| 67 | 0.459313 | |
| 68 | 0.457175 | |
| 69 | 0.456108 | |
| 70 | 0.454981 | |
| 71 | 0.450615 | |
| 72 | 0.448008 | |
| 73 | 0.442190 | |
| 74 | 0.438971 | |
| =75 | 0.436689 | |
| =75 | 0.436805 | |
| =75 | 0.436767 | |
| =75 | 0.436985 | |
| 79 | 0.429031 | |
| 80 | 0.427834 | |
| 81 | 0.423319 | |
| =82 | 0.421760 | |
| =82 | 0.422255 | |
| 84 | 0.415652 | |
| 85 | 0.414625 | |
| 86 | 0.411291 | |
| 87 | 0.409434 | |
| 88 | 0.408470 | |
| 89 | 0.402950 | |
| 90 | 0.400779 | |
| 91 | 0.397739 | |
| 92 | 0.396222 | |
| 93 | 0.393615 | |
| 94 | 0.390360 | |
| 95 | 0.387586 | |
| =96 | 0.386846 | |
| =96 | 0.387390 | |
| 98 | 0.385116 | |
| 99 | 0.378983 | |
| 100 | 0.376857 | |
| 101 | 0.375302 | |
| 102 | 0.374271 | |
| 103 | 0.372546 | |
| =104 | 0.372374 | |
| =104 | 0.372082 | |
| =106 | 0.371224 | |
| =106 | 0.371213 | |
| 108 | 0.369666 | |
| 109 | 0.364643 | |
| 110 | 0.364006 | |
| =111 | 0.361096 | |
| =111 | 0.360841 | |
| =111 | 0.360698 | |
| 114 | 0.360214 | |
| =115 | 0.358108 | |
| =115 | 0.358341 | |
| 117 | 0.356529 | |
| 118 | 0.355446 | |
| 119 | 0.350768 | |
| 120 | 0.350401 | |
| 121 | 0.346386 | |
| 122 | 0.338827 | |
| 123 | 0.337963 | |
| 124 | 0.336945 | |
| 125 | 0.332700 | |
| 126 | 0.331853 | |
| =127 | 0.328164 | |
| =127 | 0.328158 | |
| 129 | 0.325896 | |
| 130 | 0.322286 | |
| 131 | 0.320487 | |
| 132 | 0.318888 | |
| 133 | 0.317597 | |
| 134 | 0.317344 | |
| 135 | 0.310045 | |
| 136 | 0.309196 | |
| 137 | 0.308119 | |
| 138 | 0.305790 | |
| 139 | 0.303855 | |
| =140 | 0.303428 | |
| =140 | 0.303290 | |
| =142 | 0.300571 | |
| =142 | 0.301320 | |
| =144 | 0.298408 | |
| =144 | 0.297888 | |
| 146 | 0.297310 | |
| =147 | 0.295584 | |
| =147 | 0.296371 | |
| =147 | 0.296318 | |
| 150 | 0.294817 | |
| 151 | 0.292898 | |
| 152 | 0.290281 | |
| 153 | 0.288790 | |
| 154 | 0.287346 | |
| 155 | 0.283257 | |
| 156 | 0.281695 | |
| 157 | 0.281331 | |
| 158 | 0.279854 | |
| 159 | 0.278953 | |
| 160 | 0.278125 | |
| 161 | 0.277349 | |
| 162 | 0.272904 | |
| 163 | 0.271105 | |
| 164 | 0.269549 | |
| 165 | 0.267634 | |
| =166 | 0.266857 | |
| =166 | 0.266538 | |
| 168 | 0.265037 | |
| =169 | 0.261238 | |
| =169 | 0.260671 | |
| 171 | 0.258861 | |
| =172 | 0.249750 | |
| =172 | 0.250126 | |
| 174 | 0.243350 | |
| =175 | 0.241869 | |
| =175 | 0.241867 | |
| 177 | 0.236291 | |
| 178 | 0.235075 | |
| 179 | 0.234335 | |
| 180 | 0.231721 | |
| 181 | 0.227459 | |
| 182 | 0.220568 | |
| 183 | 0.219212 | |
| 184 | 0.217899 | |
| 185 | 0.216698 | |
| =186 | 0.207286 | |
| =186 | 0.206561 | |
| 188 | 0.197692 | |
| 189 | 0.184399 | |
| 190 | 0.175735 | |
| 191 | 0.172192 | |
| 192 | 0.133763 |
02In 2013
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- #1
Singapore0.809547
- #2
Denmark0.801987
- #2
Norway0.801958
- #4
New Zealand0.794079
- #5
Finland0.789824
Lowest
- #192
Central African Republic0.133763
- #191
Chad0.172192
- #190
DR Congo0.175735
- #189
Zimbabwe0.184399
- #188
Eritrea0.197692
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.387118. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032012 → 2013
Since 2012
What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 192values changed, of 192 in both
- 72 · 120rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Monaco0.672611 → 0.695136+0.022525
Burundi0.217711 → 0.236291+0.018580
United Arab Emirates0.556191 → 0.573649+0.017458
Lesotho0.305775 → 0.320487+0.014711
Norway0.787594 → 0.801958+0.014364
Fell most
Nauru0.603088 → 0.572573−0.030515
Central African Republic0.163559 → 0.133763−0.029796
Yemen0.316373 → 0.288790−0.027582
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.530596 → 0.507882−0.022713
Mozambique0.283225 → 0.260671−0.022555
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.
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 2013.
The rank is ND-GAIN’s
Printed exactly as the publisher ranked the countries. This site does not re-rank them.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 192 countries has every column.
05The files
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ND-GAIN’s own file, on its own site.
resources-2026-14-07-13h00.zip
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (2013). Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/climate-readiness/2013
0630 held
Other years
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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2012192 countries
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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2014192 countries
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Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN): every year30 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2013: questions and answers
Which country has the highest climate adaptation readiness in Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2013?
Singapore, at 0.809547, of the 192 countries in the file.
What year does Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2013 describe?
2013.
How many countries does Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2013 cover?
192.
Where can I download Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2013?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2013 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), 2024.