Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index

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*Rank*	Country	Income group	Score
1	Norway	Upper	82.7
2	New Zealand	Upper	82.2
3	Sweden	Upper	81.6
4	Finland	Upper	81.5
5	Denmark	Upper	81.4
6	Australia	Upper	80.1
7	United Kingdom	Upper	80.0
8	United States	Upper	78.9
9	Germany	Upper	78.8
9	Iceland	Upper	78.8
11	Canada	Upper	78.2
12	Switzerland	Upper	77.8
13	Austria	Upper	77.6
14	Japan	Upper	76.1
15	Singapore	Upper	76.0
16	France	Upper	75.6
17	Ireland	Upper	74.8
17	Republic of Korea	Upper	74.8
19	Luxembourg	Upper	73.8
20	Slovenia	Upper	73.7
21	Netherlands	Upper	73.3
22	United Arab Emirates	Upper	70.5
23	Poland	Upper	70.3
24	Czech Republic	Upper	70.0
25	Spain	Upper	69.9
26	Estonia	Upper	69.8
27	Belgium	Upper	69.5
28	Chile	Upper middle	68.5
29	Portugal	Upper	68.0
30	Italy	Upper	67.9
31	Lithuania	Upper middle	67.6
32	Russian Federation	Upper middle	67.2
33	Israel	Upper	67.0
34	Barbados	Upper	66.8
35	Slovakia	Upper	66.7
36	Hungary	Upper	66.4
37	Antigua and Barbuda	Upper middle	66.3
38	Cyprus	Upper	66.1
39	Malaysia	Upper middle	65.2
40	Oman	Upper	65.1
41	Bahamas	Upper	64.6
41	Greece	Upper	64.6
41	Latvia	Upper middle	64.6
44	Belarus	Upper middle	64.5
45	Bulgaria	Upper middle	64.3
46	Croatia	Upper	63.5
47	Brunei Darussalam	Upper	63.4
48	Kazakhstan	Upper middle	62.8
48	Qatar	Upper	62.8
50	Uruguay	Upper middle	62.6
51	Turkey	Upper middle	61.8
52	Dominica	Upper middle	61.6
52	Malta	Upper	61.6
54	Botswana	Upper middle	61.5
55	Saudi Arabia	Upper	61.1
56	China	Upper middle	61.0
57	Mauritius	Upper middle	60.7
58	St Vincent & Grenadines	Upper middle	60.4
59	Thailand	Upper middle	60.1
60	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Upper	60.0
61	Ukraine	Lower middle	59.6
62	Saint Lucia	Upper middle	59.5
63	Romania	Upper middle	59.4
64	Seychelles	Upper middle	59.3
65	Macedonia	Upper middle	59.2
66	Armenia	Lower middle	59.0
67	Montenegro	Upper middle	58.9
68	Georgia	Lower middle	58.3
69	Costa Rica	Upper middle	58.2
70	Grenada	Upper middle	58.1
71	Bahrain	Upper	58.0
71	Mongolia	Lower middle	58.0
73	Colombia	Upper middle	57.7
74	Mexico	Upper middle	57.5
74	Serbia	Upper middle	57.5
74	South Africa	Upper middle	57.5
77	Argentina	Upper middle	57.3
78	Brazil	Upper middle	56.8
79	Panama	Upper middle	56.6
80	Tunisia	Upper middle	56.5
81	Kuwait	Upper	56.4
82	Peru	Upper middle	56.0
83	Albania	Lower middle	55.2
84	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Upper middle	55.1
85	Trinidad & Tobago	Upper	55.0
86	Moldova	Lower middle	54.7
87	Tonga	Lower middle	54.6
88	Jordan	Upper middle	54.4
88	Kyrgyzstan	Low	54.4
90	Iran	Upper middle	54.1
91	Sri Lanka	Lower middle	53.4
92	Jamaica	Upper middle	53.1
93	Azerbaijan	Upper middle	53.0
93	Morocco	Lower middle	53.0
95	Fiji	Lower middle	52.9
96	Cape Verde	Lower middle	52.8
96	Egypt	Lower middle	52.8
98	Paraguay	Lower middle	52.4
99	Indonesia	Lower middle	52.1
99	Suriname	Upper middle	52.1
101	Vanuatu	Lower middle	51.9
102	Ghana	Lower middle	51.2
103	Venezuela	Upper middle	51.1
103	Viet Nam	Lower middle	51.1
105	Cuba	Upper middle	51.0
106	Lebanon	Upper middle	50.7
106	Philippines	Lower middle	50.7
108	Ecuador	Upper middle	50.6
109	Gabon	Upper middle	50.4
110	Belize	Lower middle	50.3
110	Dominican Republic	Upper middle	50.3
112	Algeria	Upper middle	50.1
113	Namibia	Upper middle	49.8
114	El Salvador	Lower middle	49.5
115	Uzbekistan	Lower middle	49.4
116	Nicaragua	Lower middle	49.1
117	India	Lower middle	48.7
118	Guatemala	Lower middle	48.5
119	Bolivia	Lower middle	48.2
120	Bhutan	Lower middle	47.8
121	Tajikistan	Low	47.4
122	Pakistan	Lower middle	46.8
123	Equatorial Guinea	Upper	46.7
124	Guyana	Lower middle	46.0
125	Libya	Upper middle	45.8
126	Nepal	Low	45.4
126	Zambia	Lower middle	45.4
128	Honduras	Lower middle	45.3
129	Syria	Lower middle	45.0
130	Cameroon	Lower middle	44.8
131	Rwanda	Low	44.6
132	Turkmenistan	Upper middle	44.3
133	Cambodia	Low	44.0
134	Sao Tome & Principe	Low	43.9
135	Iraq	Lower middle	43.8
135	Tanzania	Low	43.8
137	Laos	Lower middle	43.5
138	Senegal	Lower middle	43.0
139	Bangladesh	Low	42.3
140	Nigeria	Lower middle	42.0
141	Solomon Islands	Lower middle	41.9
142	Mozambique	Low	41.8
143	Timor-Leste	Lower middle	41.6
144	Swaziland	Lower middle	41.5
145	Lesotho	Lower middle	41.4
146	Zimbabwe	Low	41.1
147	Comoros	Low	41.0
148	Ethiopia	Low	40.7
149	Djibouti	Lower middle	40.6
150	Togo	Low	40.4
151	Benin	Low	40.3
152	Angola	Upper middle	40.1
153	Gambia	Low	40.0
154	Côte d'Ivoire	Lower middle	39.9
155	Kenya	Low	39.7
156	Burkina Faso	Low	39.6
156	Malawi	Low	39.6
158	Myanmar	Low	39.4
159	Uganda	Low	39.1
160	Sierra Leone	Low	38.6
161	Madagascar	Low	38.3
161	Mali	Low	38.3
163	Guinea	Low	38.2
163	Mauritania	Low	38.2
165	Yemen	Lower middle	37.9
166	Congo	Lower middle	37.6
166	Papua New Guinea	Lower middle	37.6
168	Liberia	Low	37.4
169	Guinea-Bissau	Low	37.3
170	Afghanistan	Low	35.6
170	Haiti	Low	35.6
170	Niger	Low	35.6
173	Sudan	Lower middle	35.5
174	Central African Rep.	Low	34.0
174	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Low	34.0
176	Burundi	Low	33.8
176	Eritrea	Low	33.8
178	Chad	Low	31.6

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