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| GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): - | Population (2020): 17,500,657 | HDI (2020): 0.57 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
153
Score: 38.1
Vulnerability
0.466
Readiness
0.227
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Syria 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. Syria is the 66th most vulnerable country and the 185th 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 | 106 | 106 | 104 | 101 | 101 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 100 | 106 | 111 | 115 | 116 | 119 | 115 | 114 | 121 | 129 | 134 | 136 | 139 | 141 | 148 | 150 | 151 | 153 |
| Indicator | 2001 to 2020 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability | 0.466 | |
| Food | 0.547 | |
| Projected change of cereal yields | 0.651 | |
| Projected population change | 0.317 | |
| Food import dependency | 0.332 | |
| Rural population | 0.480 | |
| Agriculture capacity | 0.978 | |
| Child malnutrition | 0.523 | |
| Water | 0.564 | |
| Projected change of annual runoff | 0.249 | |
| Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.133 | |
| Fresh water withdrawal rate | 1.000 | |
| Water dependency ratio | 0.724 | |
| Dam capacity | 0.713 | |
| Access to reliable drinking water | - | |
| Health | 0.439 | |
| Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.212 | |
| Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.658 | |
| Dependency on external resource for health services | 0.037 | |
| Slum population | 0.389 | |
| Medical staff | 0.898 | |
| Access to improved sanitation facilities | - | |
| Ecosystem Services | 0.481 | |
| Projected change of biome distribution | 0.682 | |
| Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0.416 | |
| Natural capital dependency | 0.331 | |
| Ecological footprint | 0.224 | |
| Protected biome | 0.445 | |
| Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.785 | |
| Human Habitat | 0.457 | |
| Projected change of warm periods | 0.092 | |
| Projected change of flood hazard | 0.581 | |
| Urban concentration | 0.520 | |
| Age dependency ratio | 0.554 | |
| Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.638 | |
| Paved roads | 0.354 | |
| Infrastructure | 0.307 | |
| Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | 0.472 | |
| Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0 | |
| Dependency on imported energy | 0.830 | |
| Population living under 5m above sea level | 0.008 | |
| Electricity access | 0.110 | |
| Disaster preparedness | 0.425 |