Bangladesh

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 5,138.65 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 164,689,383 HDI (2020): 0.63
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 164
Score: 36.9
Vulnerability 0.541
Readiness 0.278

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 29th 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
Ranking
156
156
156
152
153
153
153
151
157
161
148
118
120
119
120
108
107
107
106
169
167
165
164
163
164
164
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.541
Food
0.574
Projected change of cereal yields
0.979
Projected population change
0.223
Food import dependency
0.260
Rural population
0.666
Agriculture capacity
0.872
Child malnutrition
0.445
Water
0.554
Projected change of annual runoff
0.406
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.302
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.289
Water dependency ratio
0.914
Dam capacity
0.990
Access to reliable drinking water
0.425
Health
0.660
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
0.221
Slum population
0.484
Medical staff
0.963
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
0.208
Protected biome
0.783
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.802
Human Habitat
0.543
Projected change of warm periods
0.026
Projected change of flood hazard
0.854
Urban concentration
0.334
Age dependency ratio
0.462
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.669
Paved roads
0.912
Infrastructure
0.423
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
0.434
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.547
Dependency on imported energy
0.728
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.515
Electricity access
0.038
Disaster preparedness
0.275