The standard Gibbs energies of formation, Δ f G m,T °, below and above the critical temperatures of polymorphs, magnetic, and superconductive phase transitions are necessary to clarify the driving forces for such phase transitions. However, they have remained unsolved due to experimental difficulties. In the present study, the Δ f G m,T °values of the ferro-and paramagnetic phases of AlNd 3 were directly determined. The standard entropy of formation, Δ f S m,T °, was determined from the heat capacity, C p,m °, from 2 to 300 K. The standard enthalpies of formation, Δ f H m,T °, were determined by combining C p,m °with the standard enthalpy of formation at 298 K, Δ f H m,298 °, obtained by acid-solution calorimetry. The magnetization, M, was measured by a magnetic balance. The Δ f G m,T °values obtained by combining the Δ f S m,T °and Δ f H m,T °values indicate that the phase transition occurs at 73.47 K, i.e., the Curie point, consistent with the spontaneous magnetization from para-to ferromagnetic phases clarified by measuring M. The Δ f G m,T °function for the ferromagnetic phase is more stable than the paramagnetic phase below the Curie point and conversely over the Curie point, indicating that the driving force for the magnetic phase transition can be defined by the difference in Δ f G m,T °between the former and the latter. Such a driving force appears to be a measure for materials design for magnetic refrigerants.