Guinea-Bissau

GDP (PPP) per capita (2021): 2,011.95 Int. Dollar Population (2021): 2,060,721 HDI (2021): 0.48
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 181
Score: 32.5
Vulnerability 0.626
Readiness 0.275

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Guinea-Bissau 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. Guinea-Bissau is the 4th most vulnerable country and the 169th most ready country.

ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995

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181
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2002 to 2021 Score
Vulnerability
0.626
Food
0.697
Projected change of cereal yields
0.973
Projected population change
0.458
Food import dependency
0.811
Rural population
0.597
Agriculture capacity
0.988
Child malnutrition
0.355
Water
0.488
Projected change of annual runoff
0.339
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.317
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.009
Water dependency ratio
0.490
Dam capacity
1.000
Access to reliable drinking water
0.775
Health
0.779
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.333
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
1.000
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.860
Slum population
0.614
Medical staff
0.967
Access to improved sanitation facilities
0.897
Ecosystem Services
0.615
Projected change of biome distribution
0.506
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.371
Natural capital dependency
1.000
Ecological footprint
0.116
Protected biome
0.697
Engagement in international environmental conventions
1.000
Human Habitat
0.598
Projected change of warm periods
0.331
Projected change of flood hazard
0.557
Urban concentration
0.403
Age dependency ratio
0.742
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.826
Paved roads
0.727
Infrastructure
0.579
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
-
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.370
Dependency on imported energy
-
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.274
Electricity access
0.674
Disaster preparedness
1.000