Myanmar

GDP (PPP) per capita (2024): 5,997.47 Int. Dollar Population (2024): 54,500,091 HDI (2024): 0.61
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 162
Score: 36.5
Vulnerability 0.488
Readiness 0.217

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Myanmar 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. Myanmar is the 62nd most vulnerable country and the 183rd 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
Ranking
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181
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182
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176
171
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162
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2005 to 2024 Score
Vulnerability
0.488
Food
0.546
Projected change of cereal yields
0.926
Projected population change
0.185
Food import dependency
0.150
Rural population
0.749
Agriculture capacity
0.961
Child malnutrition
0.306
Water
0.440
Projected change of annual runoff
0.437
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.696
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.028
Water dependency ratio
0.141
Dam capacity
0.927
Access to reliable drinking water
0.408
Health
0.676
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
1.000
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
0.892
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.206
Slum population
0.588
Medical staff
0.970
Access to improved sanitation facilities
0.403
Ecosystem Services
0.579
Projected change of biome distribution
0.529
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.562
Natural capital dependency
-
Ecological footprint
0.170
Protected biome
0.804
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.830
Human Habitat
0.501
Projected change of warm periods
0.198
Projected change of flood hazard
0.808
Urban concentration
0.251
Age dependency ratio
0.427
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.772
Paved roads
0.547
Infrastructure
0.184
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
-
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.248
Dependency on imported energy
0
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.411
Electricity access
0.234
Disaster preparedness
0.026