Antigua and Barbuda

GDP (PPP) per capita (2022): 29,711.56 Int. Dollar Population (2022): 93,763 HDI (2022): 0.83
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 90
Score: 49.1
Vulnerability 0.468
Readiness 0.450

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 61st most vulnerable country and the 78th 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
Ranking
65
65
67
69
69
68
69
66
65
63
64
66
70
70
69
70
72
71
75
84
83
87
95
91
89
90
91
90
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2003 to 2022 Score
Vulnerability
0.468
Food
0.666
Projected change of cereal yields
0.904
Projected population change
0.211
Food import dependency
0.449
Rural population
0.815
Agriculture capacity
0.952
Child malnutrition
-
Water
0.316
Projected change of annual runoff
-
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.193
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.072
Water dependency ratio
0
Dam capacity
1.000
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.382
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
0.004
Slum population
-
Medical staff
0.565
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.519
Projected change of biome distribution
-
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.468
Natural capital dependency
-
Ecological footprint
0.352
Protected biome
0.504
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.753
Human Habitat
0.390
Projected change of warm periods
0.346
Projected change of flood hazard
0.163
Urban concentration
0.185
Age dependency ratio
0.384
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.590
Paved roads
0.675
Infrastructure
0.534
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
0.400