Liberia

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 1,468.36 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 5,057,677 HDI (2020): 0.48
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 173
Score: 33.8
Vulnerability 0.603
Readiness 0.278

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Liberia 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. Liberia is the 6th most vulnerable country and the 167th 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
171
172
171
171
170
167
168
169
168
165
154
124
173
173
173
172
172
171
170
170
172
172
172
171
173
173
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.603
Food
0.628
Projected change of cereal yields
0.963
Projected population change
0.510
Food import dependency
-
Rural population
0.516
Agriculture capacity
0.994
Child malnutrition
0.155
Water
0.399
Projected change of annual runoff
0.594
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.276
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0
Water dependency ratio
0.138
Dam capacity
0.988
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.749
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.333
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
0.817
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.891
Slum population
0.721
Medical staff
0.981
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.554
Projected change of biome distribution
0.365
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.361
Natural capital dependency
1.000
Ecological footprint
0.120
Protected biome
0.761
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.717
Human Habitat
0.685
Projected change of warm periods
0.361
Projected change of flood hazard
0.769
Urban concentration
0.484
Age dependency ratio
0.756
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.792
Paved roads
0.948
Infrastructure
-
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
-
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.020
Dependency on imported energy
-
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.368
Electricity access
0.732
Disaster preparedness
-