Pakistan

GDP (PPP) per capita (2021): 5,748.01 Int. Dollar Population (2021): 231,402,117 HDI (2021): 0.54
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 150
Score: 39.6
Vulnerability 0.521
Readiness 0.313

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Pakistan 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. Pakistan is the 35th most vulnerable country and the 146th 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
Ranking
140
139
142
145
142
142
142
142
142
141
130
101
102
112
109
104
105
100
96
150
152
157
156
157
156
151
150
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2002 to 2021 Score
Vulnerability
0.521
Food
0.557
Projected change of cereal yields
0.865
Projected population change
0.367
Food import dependency
0.200
Rural population
0.674
Agriculture capacity
0.912
Child malnutrition
0.323
Water
0.687
Projected change of annual runoff
0.439
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.282
Fresh water withdrawal rate
1.000
Water dependency ratio
0.777
Dam capacity
0.969
Access to reliable drinking water
0.657
Health
0.630
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.667
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
0.749
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.226
Slum population
0.565
Medical staff
0.945
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.557
Projected change of biome distribution
0.624
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.738
Natural capital dependency
0.491
Ecological footprint
0.208
Protected biome
0.653
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.627
Human Habitat
0.444
Projected change of warm periods
0.104
Projected change of flood hazard
0.556
Urban concentration
0.326
Age dependency ratio
0.686
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.718
Paved roads
0.276
Infrastructure
0.249
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
0.399
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.124
Dependency on imported energy
0.332
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.027
Electricity access
0.249
Disaster preparedness
0.363