Tanzania

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 2,779.91 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 59,734,213 HDI (2020): 0.53
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 145
Score: 39.1
Vulnerability 0.520
Readiness 0.302

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Tanzania 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. Tanzania is the 45th most vulnerable country and the 153rd 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
138
139
139
139
139
141
140
139
139
138
140
144
142
142
142
147
147
145
145
144
144
141
144
145
144
145
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.520
Food
0.595
Projected change of cereal yields
0.936
Projected population change
0.665
Food import dependency
0.124
Rural population
0.698
Agriculture capacity
0.990
Child malnutrition
0.159
Water
0.324
Projected change of annual runoff
0.586
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.310
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.052
Water dependency ratio
0.127
Dam capacity
0.542
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.751
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.364
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
1.000
Dependency on external resource for health services
1.000
Slum population
0.411
Medical staff
0.979
Access to improved sanitation facilities
0.753
Ecosystem Services
0.531
Projected change of biome distribution
0.588
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.310
Natural capital dependency
-
Ecological footprint
0.195
Protected biome
0.560
Engagement in international environmental conventions
1.000
Human Habitat
0.570
Projected change of warm periods
0.186
Projected change of flood hazard
0.691
Urban concentration
0.302
Age dependency ratio
0.819
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.561
Paved roads
0.858
Infrastructure
0.350
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
0.347
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.008
Dependency on imported energy
0.708
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.041
Electricity access
0.607
Disaster preparedness
0.388