Nicaragua

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 5,569.72 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 6,624,554 HDI (2020): 0.66
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 132
Score: 41.3
Vulnerability 0.446
Readiness 0.272

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Nicaragua 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. Nicaragua is the 79th most vulnerable country and the 169th 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
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120
121
119
117
116
112
114
114
119
120
121
124
124
131
131
126
123
120
119
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120
129
130
132
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.446
Food
0.486
Projected change of cereal yields
0.958
Projected population change
0.227
Food import dependency
0.260
Rural population
0.442
Agriculture capacity
0.928
Child malnutrition
0.100
Water
0.225
Projected change of annual runoff
0.616
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.218
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.008
Water dependency ratio
0.051
Dam capacity
0
Access to reliable drinking water
0.455
Health
0.499
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.364
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
0.658
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.099
Slum population
0.433
Medical staff
0.940
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.559
Projected change of biome distribution
0.541
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.912
Natural capital dependency
0.499
Ecological footprint
0.158
Protected biome
0.482
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.765
Human Habitat
0.559
Projected change of warm periods
0.306
Projected change of flood hazard
0.430
Urban concentration
0.558
Age dependency ratio
0.542
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.641
Paved roads
0.874
Infrastructure
0.349
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
0.435
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.253
Dependency on imported energy
0.807
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.049
Electricity access
0.112
Disaster preparedness
0.438