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Data for 2017

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2017

2017, as ND-GAIN’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2017 covers 190 countries. Norway is highest, at 76.7597; Chad is lowest, at 26.2773. The middle country reads 47.6743. Against 2016, 190 values changed (122 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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ND-GAIN Country Index · Data for 2017

HighestNorway

76.7597

LowestChad

26.2773

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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe76.7597
2New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand75.1377
=3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe73.0373
=3FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.0222
=5SwedenSWENorthern Europe71.7817
=5United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe71.8037
7SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia71.1108
8SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe70.8796
=9GermanyDEUWestern Europe70.2525
=9IcelandISLNorthern Europe70.2545
11AustriaAUTWestern Europe68.9820
12AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand68.8949
13CanadaCANNorthern America68.6989
14South KoreaKOREastern Asia68.4255
15MonacoMCOWestern Europe68.2809
16LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe68.1044
17United StatesUSANorthern America67.9842
18JapanJPNEastern Asia67.6031
19NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe67.2745
20FranceFRAWestern Europe67.0236
21IrelandIRLNorthern Europe65.4827
22EstoniaESTNorthern Europe64.0091
23CzechiaCZEEastern Europe63.7979
24SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe63.5123
25PolandPOLEastern Europe62.8348

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. #1Norway76.7597
  2. #2New Zealand75.1377
  3. #3Denmark73.0373
  4. #3Finland73.0222
  5. #5United Kingdom71.8037

Lowest

  1. #190Chad26.2773
  2. #189Central African Republic26.8268
  3. #188Eritrea27.7250
  4. #186DR Congo30.2009
  5. #186Somalia30.2130

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 47.6743. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 190values changed, of 190 in both
  • 122 · 68rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 2017.

  • 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 (2017). ND-GAIN Country Index, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nd-gain-index/2017

0630 held

Other years

07Questions

ND-GAIN Country Index, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ND-GAIN climate adaptation index in ND-GAIN Country Index, 2017?

Norway, at 76.7597, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does ND-GAIN Country Index, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does ND-GAIN Country Index, 2017 cover?

190.

Where can I download ND-GAIN Country Index, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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