Pakistan

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 4,812.89 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 220,892,331 HDI (2020): 0.56
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 146
Score: 39.0
Vulnerability 0.530
Readiness 0.311

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 149th 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
136
135
138
138
137
137
138
139
138
137
129
101
103
107
106
100
102
99
97
148
150
152
153
153
152
146
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.530
Food
0.568
Projected change of cereal yields
0.865
Projected population change
0.367
Food import dependency
0.234
Rural population
0.677
Agriculture capacity
0.940
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
0.968
Access to reliable drinking water
0.657
Health
0.605
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
0.256
Slum population
0.411
Medical staff
0.942
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.558
Projected change of biome distribution
0.624
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.738
Natural capital dependency
0.491
Ecological footprint
0.213
Protected biome
0.653
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.627
Human Habitat
0.437
Projected change of warm periods
0.104
Projected change of flood hazard
0.556
Urban concentration
0.323
Age dependency ratio
0.643
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.718
Paved roads
0.276
Infrastructure
0.325
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
0.399
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.124
Dependency on imported energy
0.752
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.062
Electricity access
0.249
Disaster preparedness
0.363