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| GDP (PPP) per capita (2024): 6,252.12 Int. Dollar | Population (2024): 251,269,164 | HDI (2024): 0.54 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
147
Score: 39.3
Vulnerability
0.525
Readiness
0.310
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 40th most vulnerable country and the 142nd 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 | 156 | 156 | 158 | 160 | 159 | 158 | 156 | 159 | 156 | 154 | 154 | 149 | 149 | 159 | 154 | 160 | 163 | 162 | 160 | 158 | 159 | 159 | 159 | 161 | 159 | 152 | 153 | 150 | 150 | 147 |
| Indicator | 2005 to 2024 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability | 0.525 | |
| Food | 0.550 | |
| Projected change of cereal yields | 0.865 | |
| Projected population change | 0.367 | |
| Food import dependency | 0.220 | |
| Rural population | 0.655 | |
| Agriculture capacity | 0.902 | |
| Child malnutrition | 0.293 | |
| Water | 0.764 | |
| Projected change of annual runoff | 0.561 | |
| Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.718 | |
| Fresh water withdrawal rate | 1.000 | |
| Water dependency ratio | 0.777 | |
| Dam capacity | 0.971 | |
| Access to reliable drinking water | 0.557 | |
| Health | 0.651 | |
| 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 | 0.327 | |
| Slum population | 0.565 | |
| Medical staff | 0.945 | |
| Access to improved sanitation facilities | - | |
| Ecosystem Services | 0.556 | |
| Projected change of biome distribution | 0.624 | |
| Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0.738 | |
| Natural capital dependency | 0.491 | |
| Ecological footprint | 0.209 | |
| Protected biome | 0.645 | |
| 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 | 0.345 | |
| Age dependency ratio | 0.664 | |
| Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.718 | |
| Paved roads | 0.276 | |
| Infrastructure | 0.186 | |
| Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | 0.399 | |
| Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0.124 | |
| Dependency on imported energy | 0.317 | |
| Population living under 5m above sea level | 0.027 | |
| Electricity access | 0.044 | |
| Disaster preparedness | 0.205 |