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| GDP (PPP) per capita (2024): 14,464.32 Int. Dollar | Population (2024): 46,042,015 | HDI (2024): 0.69 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
170
Score: 35.6
Vulnerability
0.497
Readiness
0.210
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Iraq 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. Iraq is the 56th most vulnerable country and the 184th 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 | 23 | 24 |
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| Ranking | 139 | 139 | 142 | 143 | 141 | 141 | 141 | 137 | 139 | 146 | 152 | 158 | 158 | 153 | 151 | 154 | 152 | 155 | 151 | 148 | 153 | 144 | 140 | 138 | 142 | 146 | 143 | 172 | 173 | 170 |
| Indicator | 2005 to 2024 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability | 0.497 | |
| Food | 0.457 | |
| Projected change of cereal yields | 0.656 | |
| Projected population change | 0.602 | |
| Food import dependency | 0.109 | |
| Rural population | 0.324 | |
| Agriculture capacity | 0.926 | |
| Child malnutrition | 0.124 | |
| Water | 0.660 | |
| Projected change of annual runoff | 1.000 | |
| Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.801 | |
| Fresh water withdrawal rate | 1.000 | |
| Water dependency ratio | 0.608 | |
| Dam capacity | 0.142 | |
| Access to reliable drinking water | 0.407 | |
| Health | 0.540 | |
| 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 | 0.039 | |
| Slum population | 0.498 | |
| Medical staff | 0.877 | |
| Access to improved sanitation facilities | 0.501 | |
| Ecosystem Services | 0.636 | |
| Projected change of biome distribution | 0.624 | |
| Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0.323 | |
| Natural capital dependency | - | |
| Ecological footprint | 0.284 | |
| Protected biome | 0.951 | |
| Engagement in international environmental conventions | 1.000 | |
| Human Habitat | 0.491 | |
| Projected change of warm periods | 0.134 | |
| Projected change of flood hazard | 0.621 | |
| Urban concentration | 0.676 | |
| Age dependency ratio | 0.640 | |
| Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.718 | |
| Paved roads | 0.158 | |
| Infrastructure | 0.198 | |
| Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | 0.471 | |
| Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0.286 | |
| Dependency on imported energy | 0 | |
| Population living under 5m above sea level | 0.277 | |
| Electricity access | 0 | |
| Disaster preparedness | 0.154 |