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GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 3,502.82 Int. Dollar | Population (2020): 16,743,930 | HDI (2020): 0.51 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
134
Score: 40.9
Vulnerability
0.532
Readiness
0.350
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Senegal 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. Senegal is the 31st most vulnerable country and the 125th 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 |
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Ranking | 142 | 142 | 140 | 140 | 139 | 138 | 136 | 132 | 137 | 134 | 136 | 146 | 144 | 146 | 139 | 142 | 142 | 140 | 142 | 139 | 138 | 136 | 138 | 137 | 133 | 134 |
Indicator | 2001 to 2020 | Score |
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Vulnerability | 0.532 | |
Food | 0.649 | |
Projected change of cereal yields | 0.982 | |
Projected population change | 0.616 | |
Food import dependency | 0.380 | |
Rural population | 0.559 | |
Agriculture capacity | 0.988 | |
Child malnutrition | 0.368 | |
Water | 0.454 | |
Projected change of annual runoff | 0.482 | |
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.380 | |
Fresh water withdrawal rate | 0.073 | |
Water dependency ratio | 0.338 | |
Dam capacity | 0.996 | |
Access to reliable drinking water | - | |
Health | 0.653 | |
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.333 | |
Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.882 | |
Dependency on external resource for health services | 0.648 | |
Slum population | 0.303 | |
Medical staff | 0.977 | |
Access to improved sanitation facilities | 0.775 | |
Ecosystem Services | 0.407 | |
Projected change of biome distribution | 0.600 | |
Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0.343 | |
Natural capital dependency | 0.245 | |
Ecological footprint | 0.197 | |
Protected biome | 0.488 | |
Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.567 | |
Human Habitat | 0.563 | |
Projected change of warm periods | 0.325 | |
Projected change of flood hazard | 0.442 | |
Urban concentration | 0.441 | |
Age dependency ratio | 0.807 | |
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.713 | |
Paved roads | 0.650 | |
Infrastructure | 0.465 | |
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | 0.436 | |
Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0.314 | |
Dependency on imported energy | 0.845 | |
Population living under 5m above sea level | 0.581 | |
Electricity access | 0.299 | |
Disaster preparedness | 0.313 |