Somalia

GDP (PPP) per capita (2024): 1,601.96 Int. Dollar Population (2024): 19,009,151 HDI (2024): 0.40
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 189
Score: 27.0
Vulnerability 0.638
Readiness 0.178

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Somalia 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. Somalia is the 2nd most vulnerable country and the 187th 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
Ranking
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189
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2005 to 2024 Score
Vulnerability
0.638
Food
0.702
Projected change of cereal yields
0.845
Projected population change
0.605
Food import dependency
-
Rural population
0.489
Agriculture capacity
0.980
Child malnutrition
0.591
Water
0.713
Projected change of annual runoff
1.000
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.501
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.471
Water dependency ratio
0.592
Dam capacity
1.000
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.834
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.667
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
1.000
Dependency on external resource for health services
1.000
Slum population
0.491
Medical staff
0.992
Access to improved sanitation facilities
0.853
Ecosystem Services
0.656
Projected change of biome distribution
0.600
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.551
Natural capital dependency
-
Ecological footprint
0.196
Protected biome
1.000
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.931
Human Habitat
0.677
Projected change of warm periods
0.327
Projected change of flood hazard
0.668
Urban concentration
0.511
Age dependency ratio
0.872
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.795
Paved roads
0.887
Infrastructure
0.249
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
-
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.024
Dependency on imported energy
-
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.212
Electricity access
0.502
Disaster preparedness
0.256