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Data for 2003

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2003

2003, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2003 covers 190 countries. Norway is highest, at 75.5521; Somalia is lowest, at 27.8837. The middle country reads 45.0290. Against 2002, 190 values changed (124 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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ND-GAIN Country Index · Data for 2003

HighestNorway

75.5521

LowestSomalia

27.8837

Shaded 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 ND-GAIN Country Index, 2003, as published. The rank is ND-GAIN’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 190 countries · select a heading to sort

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2003: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe75.5521
2New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand74.1348
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.8144
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe73.3729
5SwedenSWENorthern Europe72.8071
6United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe72.3259
7IcelandISLNorthern Europe72.0031
8SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe71.8828
9GermanyDEUWestern Europe70.6012
10United StatesUSANorthern America70.2980
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand69.8402
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe69.4780
13CanadaCANNorthern America68.4366
14SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia68.3108
15JapanJPNEastern Asia65.9514
16NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe65.7325
17South KoreaKOREastern Asia65.5553
18FranceFRAWestern Europe65.1473
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe64.4547
=20LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe62.2857
=20MonacoMCOWestern Europe62.2636
22SpainESPSouthern Europe61.7443
23CzechiaCZEEastern Europe61.1804
=24EstoniaESTNorthern Europe60.7461
=24SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe60.7124

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. #1Norway75.5521
  2. #2New Zealand74.1348
  3. #3Finland73.8144
  4. #4Denmark73.3729
  5. #5Sweden72.8071

Lowest

  1. #190Somalia27.8837
  2. #189Chad28.2716
  3. #188DR Congo30.0877
  4. #186Burundi30.7346
  5. #186Guinea-Bissau30.7378

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 45.0290. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 190values changed, of 190 in both
  • 124 · 66rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Monaco64.2275 → 62.2636−1.9640
  • Luxembourg64.0625 → 62.2857−1.7768
  • Chad29.4817 → 28.2716−1.2101
  • Eritrea32.0949 → 30.8999−1.1950
  • Comoros38.3190 → 37.4013−0.9177

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.

The site’s method

  • 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 2003.

  • 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 190 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 Unported. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame (2003). ND-GAIN Country Index, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nd-gain-index/2003

0630 held

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07Questions

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ND-GAIN climate adaptation index in ND-GAIN Country Index, 2003?

Norway, at 75.5521, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does ND-GAIN Country Index, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does ND-GAIN Country Index, 2003 cover?

190.

Where can I download ND-GAIN Country Index, 2003?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is ND-GAIN Country Index, 2003 the newest?

No. The newest held here is ND-GAIN Country Index, 2024.

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