Afghanistan

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 2,078.65 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 38,928,341 HDI (2020): 0.51
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 175
Score: 33.0
Vulnerability 0.579
Readiness 0.239

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Afghanistan places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Afghanistan is the 14th most vulnerable country and the 181st most ready country.

ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995

Year 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ranking
167
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169
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168
166
163
153
158
171
175
176
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176
173
175
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175
176
174
175
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.579
Food
0.596
Projected change of cereal yields
0.702
Projected population change
0.439
Food import dependency
0.427
Rural population
0.797
Agriculture capacity
0.978
Child malnutrition
0.232
Water
0.500
Projected change of annual runoff
0.442
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.179
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.364
Water dependency ratio
0.287
Dam capacity
0.987
Access to reliable drinking water
0.741
Health
0.765
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.667
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
1.000
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.448
Slum population
0.725
Medical staff
0.984
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.509
Projected change of biome distribution
0.659
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0
Natural capital dependency
-
Ecological footprint
0.201
Protected biome
0.841
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.846
Human Habitat
0.526
Projected change of warm periods
0.073
Projected change of flood hazard
0.645
Urban concentration
0.203
Age dependency ratio
0.776
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.818
Paved roads
0.641
Infrastructure
-
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
-
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
-
Dependency on imported energy
-
Population living under 5m above sea level
-
Electricity access
0.023
Disaster preparedness
0.713