ND-GAIN releases latest Country Index update
The lastest update to the University of Notre Dame’s Global Adaptation Initiative's (ND-GAIN) Country Index is now live. The ND-GAIN team will release a second Country Index update in late Fall, which includes the integration of B-Ready data for the Economic Readiness indicator.
Free and open-source, the ND-GAIN Country Index ranks 185 nations according to how vulnerable they are to climate change and how prepared they are to deal with climate change’s effects. The Index aggregates 45 core indicators using more than 25 years of data.
The Country Index provides data and insights to enable governments, businesses, and communities for more informed adaptation planning and to better prioritize investments across critical environmental, economic, and social sectors. It has been cited by more than 2,000 peer-reviewed publications and used in hundreds of government reports.
ND-GAIN is a program within Notre Dame’s Environmental Change Initiative, with more than 60 faculty across several disciplines pursuing research solutions for some of the key environmental challenges of our time.
Originally published by at gain.nd.edu on June 25, 2025.
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