Syria

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
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
Denotes worst scores
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