Antigua and Barbuda

GDP (PPP) per capita (2024): 33,386.19 Int. Dollar Population (2024): 93,772 HDI (2024): 0.85
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 88
Score: 47.8
Vulnerability 0.485
Readiness 0.441

The high vulnerability score and high readiness score of Antigua and Barbuda places it in the upper-right quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It is on the road to responding effectively to climate change, but the adaptation needs and urgency to act are greater. Antigua and Barbuda is the 64th most vulnerable country and the 73rd 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 21 22 23 24
Ranking
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60
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61
66
64
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88
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2005 to 2024 Score
Vulnerability
0.485
Food
0.664
Projected change of cereal yields
0.904
Projected population change
0.211
Food import dependency
0.439
Rural population
0.814
Agriculture capacity
0.954
Child malnutrition
-
Water
0.466
Projected change of annual runoff
-
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.807
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.072
Water dependency ratio
0
Dam capacity
0.986
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.312
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.303
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
0.658
Dependency on external resource for health services
0
Slum population
0.027
Medical staff
0.575
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.540
Projected change of biome distribution
-
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.468
Natural capital dependency
-
Ecological footprint
0.454
Protected biome
0.485
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.753
Human Habitat
0.389
Projected change of warm periods
0.346
Projected change of flood hazard
0.163
Urban concentration
0.186
Age dependency ratio
0.376
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.590
Paved roads
0.675
Infrastructure
0.537
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
-
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
1.000
Dependency on imported energy
-
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.736
Electricity access
0
Disaster preparedness
0.410