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GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 1,625.51 Int. Dollar | Population (2020): 3,213,969 | HDI (2020): 0.46 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
178
Score: 31.1
Vulnerability
0.591
Readiness
0.212
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Eritrea 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. Eritrea is the 9th most vulnerable country and the 188th 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 | 154 | 154 | 151 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 152 | 158 | 171 | 171 | 174 | 177 | 177 | 177 | 177 | 177 | 178 | 177 | 177 | 177 | 177 | 178 | 178 | 178 | 178 | 178 |
Indicator | 2001 to 2020 | Score |
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Vulnerability | 0.591 | |
Food | 0.777 | |
Projected change of cereal yields | 0.807 | |
Projected population change | - | |
Food import dependency | 0.728 | |
Rural population | 0.692 | |
Agriculture capacity | 0.994 | |
Child malnutrition | 0.664 | |
Water | 0.465 | |
Projected change of annual runoff | 0 | |
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.534 | |
Fresh water withdrawal rate | 0.176 | |
Water dependency ratio | 0.617 | |
Dam capacity | 0.997 | |
Access to reliable drinking water | - | |
Health | 0.759 | |
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.364 | |
Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.723 | |
Dependency on external resource for health services | 1.000 | |
Slum population | - | |
Medical staff | 0.948 | |
Access to improved sanitation facilities | - | |
Ecosystem Services | 0.567 | |
Projected change of biome distribution | 0.694 | |
Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0.231 | |
Natural capital dependency | - | |
Ecological footprint | 0.124 | |
Protected biome | 0.851 | |
Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.935 | |
Human Habitat | 0.637 | |
Projected change of warm periods | 0.349 | |
Projected change of flood hazard | 0.800 | |
Urban concentration | 0.308 | |
Age dependency ratio | 0.771 | |
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.805 | |
Paved roads | 0.786 | |
Infrastructure | 0.341 | |
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | - | |
Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0.091 | |
Dependency on imported energy | 0.746 | |
Population living under 5m above sea level | 0.044 | |
Electricity access | 0.483 | |
Disaster preparedness | - |