Burundi

GDP (PPP) per capita (2022): 917.51 Int. Dollar Population (2022): 12,889,576 HDI (2022): 0.42
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 174
Score: 35.9
Vulnerability 0.554
Readiness 0.272

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 24th most vulnerable country and the 171st 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
176
174
176
176
172
172
178
177
177
179
173
178
178
176
177
178
181
182
179
168
174
175
175
175
176
176
175
174
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2003 to 2022 Score
Vulnerability
0.554
Food
0.653
Projected change of cereal yields
0.938
Projected population change
0.674
Food import dependency
0.200
Rural population
0.922
Agriculture capacity
0.980
Child malnutrition
0.201
Water
0.170
Projected change of annual runoff
0.153
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.307
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.024
Water dependency ratio
0.198
Dam capacity
-
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.742
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
1.000
Slum population
0.371
Medical staff
0.974
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
0.198
Protected biome
0.762
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.862
Human Habitat
0.646
Projected change of warm periods
0.435
Projected change of flood hazard
0.811
Urban concentration
0.078
Age dependency ratio
0.865
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
0
Electricity access
0.906
Disaster preparedness
0.250