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GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 12,607.00 Int. Dollar | Population (2020): 102,334,403 | HDI (2020): 0.71 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
107
Score: 45.1
Vulnerability
0.442
Readiness
0.344
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Egypt 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. Egypt is the 83rd most vulnerable country and the 129th 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 |
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Ranking | 91 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 92 | 92 | 97 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 116 | 115 | 105 | 103 | 104 | 108 | 107 | 107 | 104 | 107 | 111 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 107 |
Indicator | 2001 to 2020 | Score |
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Vulnerability | 0.442 | |
Food | 0.511 | |
Projected change of cereal yields | 0.706 | |
Projected population change | 0.366 | |
Food import dependency | 0.361 | |
Rural population | 0.617 | |
Agriculture capacity | 0.583 | |
Child malnutrition | 0.432 | |
Water | 0.512 | |
Projected change of annual runoff | 0 | |
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0 | |
Fresh water withdrawal rate | 1.000 | |
Water dependency ratio | 0.983 | |
Dam capacity | 0.577 | |
Access to reliable drinking water | - | |
Health | 0.454 | |
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.667 | |
Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.658 | |
Dependency on external resource for health services | 0.038 | |
Slum population | 0.053 | |
Medical staff | 0.973 | |
Access to improved sanitation facilities | 0.337 | |
Ecosystem Services | 0.393 | |
Projected change of biome distribution | 0.412 | |
Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0.526 | |
Natural capital dependency | 0.261 | |
Ecological footprint | 0.262 | |
Protected biome | 0.451 | |
Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.445 | |
Human Habitat | 0.345 | |
Projected change of warm periods | 0.075 | |
Projected change of flood hazard | 0.330 | |
Urban concentration | 0.383 | |
Age dependency ratio | 0.645 | |
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.559 | |
Paved roads | 0.079 | |
Infrastructure | 0.435 | |
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | 0.449 | |
Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0.134 | |
Dependency on imported energy | 0.649 | |
Population living under 5m above sea level | 1.000 | |
Electricity access | 0 | |
Disaster preparedness | 0.375 |