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GDP (PPP) per capita (2021): 6,493.81 Int. Dollar | Population (2021): 169,356,251 | HDI (2021): 0.66 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
163
Score: 37.5
Vulnerability
0.531
Readiness
0.281
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Bangladesh 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. Bangladesh is the 30th most vulnerable country and the 167th 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 |
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Ranking | 157 | 157 | 158 | 153 | 154 | 154 | 157 | 156 | 159 | 157 | 146 | 121 | 122 | 121 | 120 | 108 | 107 | 107 | 105 | 171 | 171 | 166 | 166 | 165 | 164 | 163 | 163 |
Indicator | 2002 to 2021 | Score |
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Vulnerability | 0.531 | |
Food | 0.573 | |
Projected change of cereal yields | 0.979 | |
Projected population change | 0.223 | |
Food import dependency | 0.260 | |
Rural population | 0.658 | |
Agriculture capacity | 0.871 | |
Child malnutrition | 0.445 | |
Water | 0.555 | |
Projected change of annual runoff | 0.406 | |
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.302 | |
Fresh water withdrawal rate | 0.293 | |
Water dependency ratio | 0.914 | |
Dam capacity | 0.990 | |
Access to reliable drinking water | 0.425 | |
Health | 0.662 | |
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 1.000 | |
Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.667 | |
Dependency on external resource for health services | 0.193 | |
Slum population | 0.523 | |
Medical staff | 0.961 | |
Access to improved sanitation facilities | 0.627 | |
Ecosystem Services | 0.489 | |
Projected change of biome distribution | 0.482 | |
Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0.304 | |
Natural capital dependency | 0.352 | |
Ecological footprint | 0.211 | |
Protected biome | 0.783 | |
Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.802 | |
Human Habitat | 0.544 | |
Projected change of warm periods | 0.026 | |
Projected change of flood hazard | 0.854 | |
Urban concentration | 0.342 | |
Age dependency ratio | 0.463 | |
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.669 | |
Paved roads | 0.912 | |
Infrastructure | 0.363 | |
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | 0.434 | |
Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0.547 | |
Dependency on imported energy | 0.379 | |
Population living under 5m above sea level | 0.506 | |
Electricity access | 0.038 | |
Disaster preparedness | 0.275 |