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GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 8,865.74 Int. Dollar | Population (2020): 1,160,164 | HDI (2020): 0.61 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
141
Score: 39.6
Vulnerability
0.519
Readiness
0.312
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Swaziland 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. Swaziland is the 46th most vulnerable country and the 147th 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 | 109 | 108 | 109 | 109 | 108 | 112 | 116 | 118 | 118 | 123 | 116 | 131 | 132 | 132 | 133 | 139 | 140 | 140 | 140 | 138 | 136 | 139 | 136 | 140 | 142 | 141 |
Indicator | 2001 to 2020 | Score |
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Vulnerability | 0.519 | |
Food | 0.535 | |
Projected change of cereal yields | 0.903 | |
Projected population change | 0.258 | |
Food import dependency | 0.322 | |
Rural population | 0.817 | |
Agriculture capacity | 0.821 | |
Child malnutrition | 0.091 | |
Water | 0.445 | |
Projected change of annual runoff | 0.209 | |
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.387 | |
Fresh water withdrawal rate | 0.342 | |
Water dependency ratio | 0.415 | |
Dam capacity | 0.873 | |
Access to reliable drinking water | - | |
Health | 0.630 | |
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.364 | |
Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.663 | |
Dependency on external resource for health services | 0.943 | |
Slum population | 0.329 | |
Medical staff | 0.850 | |
Access to improved sanitation facilities | - | |
Ecosystem Services | 0.510 | |
Projected change of biome distribution | 0.894 | |
Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0 | |
Natural capital dependency | 0.544 | |
Ecological footprint | 0.244 | |
Protected biome | 0.530 | |
Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.850 | |
Human Habitat | 0.474 | |
Projected change of warm periods | 0.072 | |
Projected change of flood hazard | 0.709 | |
Urban concentration | 0.183 | |
Age dependency ratio | 0.700 | |
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | - | |
Paved roads | 0.706 | |
Infrastructure | - | |
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | - | |
Projected change of sea level rise impacts | - | |
Dependency on imported energy | - | |
Population living under 5m above sea level | 0 | |
Electricity access | 0.205 | |
Disaster preparedness | 0.825 |