Sri Lanka

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 13,224.61 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 21,919,000 HDI (2020): 0.78
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 104
Score: 46.0
Vulnerability 0.478
Readiness 0.398

The high vulnerability score and high readiness score of Sri Lanka places it in the upper-right quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It is on the road to responding effectively to climate change, but the adaptation needs and urgency to act are greater. Sri Lanka is the 60th most vulnerable country and the 100th 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
94
97
95
95
95
96
98
94
95
94
104
107
110
114
116
118
116
117
112
104
99
102
104
104
104
104
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.478
Food
0.624
Projected change of cereal yields
0.963
Projected population change
0.130
Food import dependency
0.246
Rural population
0.876
Agriculture capacity
0.841
Child malnutrition
0.686
Water
0.492
Projected change of annual runoff
0.952
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.369
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.207
Water dependency ratio
0
Dam capacity
0.931
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.472
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.303
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
0.658
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.049
Slum population
-
Medical staff
0.877
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.403
Projected change of biome distribution
0.471
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.367
Natural capital dependency
0.199
Ecological footprint
0.245
Protected biome
0.463
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.672
Human Habitat
0.549
Projected change of warm periods
0.353
Projected change of flood hazard
0.782
Urban concentration
0.124
Age dependency ratio
0.536
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.644
Paved roads
0.858
Infrastructure
0.328
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
0.386
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.259
Dependency on imported energy
0.838
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.172
Electricity access
0
Disaster preparedness
0.313