Equatorial Guinea

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 17,940.52 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 1,402,985 HDI (2020): 0.59
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 140
Score: 39.7
Vulnerability 0.444
Readiness 0.237

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Equatorial Guinea 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. Equatorial Guinea is the 81st most vulnerable country and the 182nd 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
130
129
129
133
133
136
137
132
128
128
121
134
130
132
134
137
137
136
136
134
135
138
140
141
141
140
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.444
Food
0.481
Projected change of cereal yields
0.940
Projected population change
0.552
Food import dependency
-
Rural population
0.290
Agriculture capacity
-
Child malnutrition
0.141
Water
0.143
Projected change of annual runoff
0.289
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.283
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0
Water dependency ratio
0
Dam capacity
-
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.544
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.333
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
0.723
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.033
Slum population
0.666
Medical staff
0.967
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.426
Projected change of biome distribution
0.459
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.323
Natural capital dependency
-
Ecological footprint
0.144
Protected biome
0.409
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.797
Human Habitat
0.624
Projected change of warm periods
0.194
Projected change of flood hazard
0.773
Urban concentration
0.710
Age dependency ratio
0.643
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.800
Paved roads
-
Infrastructure
-
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
-
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.024
Dependency on imported energy
-
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.055
Electricity access
0.336
Disaster preparedness
-