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GDP (PPP) per capita (2022): 6,713.96 Int. Dollar | Population (2022): 5,970,424 | HDI (2022): 0.59 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
174
Score: 35.9
Vulnerability
0.518
Readiness
0.235
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Congo 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. Congo is the 41st most vulnerable country and the 184th 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 |
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Ranking | 170 | 170 | 170 | 175 | 171 | 168 | 165 | 167 | 168 | 171 | 171 | 175 | 175 | 174 | 174 | 171 | 176 | 178 | 175 | 176 | 176 | 168 | 174 | 173 | 174 | 176 | 174 | 174 |
Indicator | 2003 to 2022 | Score |
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Vulnerability | 0.518 | |
Food | 0.612 | |
Projected change of cereal yields | 0.945 | |
Projected population change | 0.563 | |
Food import dependency | 0.504 | |
Rural population | 0.337 | |
Agriculture capacity | 0.986 | |
Child malnutrition | 0.336 | |
Water | 0.485 | |
Projected change of annual runoff | 0.401 | |
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.228 | |
Fresh water withdrawal rate | 0 | |
Water dependency ratio | 0.733 | |
Dam capacity | 1.000 | |
Access to reliable drinking water | 0.547 | |
Health | 0.530 | |
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.364 | |
Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.637 | |
Dependency on external resource for health services | 0.235 | |
Slum population | 0.446 | |
Medical staff | 0.966 | |
Access to improved sanitation facilities | - | |
Ecosystem Services | 0.505 | |
Projected change of biome distribution | 0.482 | |
Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0.213 | |
Natural capital dependency | 0.988 | |
Ecological footprint | 0 | |
Protected biome | 0.544 | |
Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.802 | |
Human Habitat | 0.784 | |
Projected change of warm periods | 1.000 | |
Projected change of flood hazard | 0.611 | |
Urban concentration | 0.663 | |
Age dependency ratio | 0.752 | |
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.744 | |
Paved roads | 0.936 | |
Infrastructure | 0.190 | |
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | 0.395 | |
Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0.001 | |
Dependency on imported energy | 0 | |
Population living under 5m above sea level | 0.057 | |
Electricity access | 0.499 | |
Disaster preparedness | - |