Burundi

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 771.16 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 11,890,781 HDI (2020): 0.43
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 165
Score: 35.5
Vulnerability 0.558
Readiness 0.268

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Burundi 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. Burundi is the 22nd most vulnerable country and the 173rd 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
165
165
166
166
164
164
169
168
168
170
169
171
170
172
172
173
173
175
172
155
158
167
167
169
165
165
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.558
Food
0.663
Projected change of cereal yields
0.938
Projected population change
0.674
Food import dependency
0.229
Rural population
0.930
Agriculture capacity
0.988
Child malnutrition
0.218
Water
0.170
Projected change of annual runoff
0.153
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.307
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.023
Water dependency ratio
0.198
Dam capacity
-
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.751
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.364
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
1.000
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.926
Slum population
0.489
Medical staff
0.976
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.561
Projected change of biome distribution
0.541
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0
Natural capital dependency
1.000
Ecological footprint
0.200
Protected biome
0.762
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.862
Human Habitat
0.643
Projected change of warm periods
0.435
Projected change of flood hazard
0.811
Urban concentration
0.070
Age dependency ratio
0.856
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.782
Paved roads
0.903
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
0.892
Disaster preparedness
0.575