Congo

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 3,622.32 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 5,518,092 HDI (2020): 0.57
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 169
Score: 34.8
Vulnerability 0.523
Readiness 0.219

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 186th 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
161
162
162
164
162
159
157
158
153
158
166
164
162
162
164
164
167
171
168
167
169
160
166
165
169
169
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.523
Food
0.621
Projected change of cereal yields
0.945
Projected population change
0.563
Food import dependency
0.498
Rural population
0.347
Agriculture capacity
0.998
Child malnutrition
0.373
Water
0.486
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
0.554
Health
0.551
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
0.301
Slum population
0.490
Medical staff
0.963
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
0.786
Projected change of warm periods
1.000
Projected change of flood hazard
0.611
Urban concentration
0.653
Age dependency ratio
0.765
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.751
Paved roads
0.936
Infrastructure
0.187
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
0.028
Electricity access
0.510
Disaster preparedness
-