Sudan

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 4,142.45 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 43,849,269 HDI (2020): 0.51
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 177
Score: 32.3
Vulnerability 0.618
Readiness 0.263

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Sudan 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. Sudan is the 5th most vulnerable country and the 176th 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
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176
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176
176
176
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176
176
176
177
177
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.618
Food
0.684
Projected change of cereal yields
0.962
Projected population change
0.467
Food import dependency
0.283
Rural population
0.698
Agriculture capacity
0.954
Child malnutrition
0.741
Water
0.719
Projected change of annual runoff
0.492
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.269
Fresh water withdrawal rate
1.000
Water dependency ratio
0.961
Dam capacity
0.874
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.737
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.667
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
0.919
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.237
Slum population
0.907
Medical staff
0.959
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.662
Projected change of biome distribution
0.600
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.672
Natural capital dependency
0.915
Ecological footprint
0.191
Protected biome
0.777
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.814
Human Habitat
0.553
Projected change of warm periods
0.203
Projected change of flood hazard
0.696
Urban concentration
0.302
Age dependency ratio
0.751
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.723
Paved roads
0.645
Infrastructure
0.349
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
0.548
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.006
Dependency on imported energy
0.644
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.018
Electricity access
0.451
Disaster preparedness
0.431