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GDP (PPP) per capita (2022): 13,299.60 Int. Dollar | Population (2022): 17,357,886 | HDI (2022): 0.63 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
120
Score: 43.7
Vulnerability
0.435
Readiness
0.309
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Guatemala 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. Guatemala is the 85th most vulnerable country and the 147th 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 | 142 | 142 | 140 | 139 | 138 | 137 | 138 | 134 | 136 | 129 | 134 | 140 | 138 | 139 | 139 | 129 | 130 | 130 | 127 | 121 | 121 | 117 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 123 | 123 | 120 |
Indicator | 2003 to 2022 | Score |
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Vulnerability | 0.435 | |
Food | 0.454 | |
Projected change of cereal yields | 0.941 | |
Projected population change | 0.381 | |
Food import dependency | 0.247 | |
Rural population | 0.510 | |
Agriculture capacity | 0.612 | |
Child malnutrition | 0.033 | |
Water | 0.373 | |
Projected change of annual runoff | 0.410 | |
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.219 | |
Fresh water withdrawal rate | 0.026 | |
Water dependency ratio | 0.146 | |
Dam capacity | 0.994 | |
Access to reliable drinking water | 0.443 | |
Health | 0.473 | |
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.364 | |
Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.663 | |
Dependency on external resource for health services | 0.081 | |
Slum population | 0.379 | |
Medical staff | 0.877 | |
Access to improved sanitation facilities | - | |
Ecosystem Services | 0.605 | |
Projected change of biome distribution | 0.553 | |
Projected change of marine biodiversity | 1.000 | |
Natural capital dependency | 0.781 | |
Ecological footprint | 0.237 | |
Protected biome | 0.408 | |
Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.652 | |
Human Habitat | 0.511 | |
Projected change of warm periods | 0.251 | |
Projected change of flood hazard | 0.512 | |
Urban concentration | 0.490 | |
Age dependency ratio | 0.589 | |
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.667 | |
Paved roads | 0.556 | |
Infrastructure | 0.197 | |
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | 0.431 | |
Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0.027 | |
Dependency on imported energy | 0.403 | |
Population living under 5m above sea level | 0.012 | |
Electricity access | 0.009 | |
Disaster preparedness | 0.300 |