Timor-Leste

GDP (PPP) per capita (2023): 4,803.97 Int. Dollar Population (2023): 1,384,286 HDI (2023): 0.63
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 122
Score: 42.3
Vulnerability 0.538
Readiness 0.384

The high vulnerability score and high readiness score of Timor-Leste places it in the upper-right quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It is on the road to responding effectively to climate change, but the adaptation needs and urgency to act are greater. Timor-Leste is the 30th most vulnerable country and the 96th 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 21 22 23
Ranking
113
114
116
114
114
117
116
118
116
121
143
152
153
146
144
128
124
121
119
115
112
114
117
121
122
126
123
121
122
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2004 to 2023 Score
Vulnerability
0.538
Food
0.689
Projected change of cereal yields
0.933
Projected population change
-
Food import dependency
0.445
Rural population
0.728
Agriculture capacity
0.995
Child malnutrition
0.343
Water
0.224
Projected change of annual runoff
0.394
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.380
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.122
Water dependency ratio
0
Dam capacity
-
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.667
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
1.000
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
0.328
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.746
Slum population
0.342
Medical staff
0.920
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.555
Projected change of biome distribution
0.812
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.250
Natural capital dependency
-
Ecological footprint
0.118
Protected biome
0.595
Engagement in international environmental conventions
1.000
Human Habitat
0.555
Projected change of warm periods
0.410
Projected change of flood hazard
0.613
Urban concentration
0.272
Age dependency ratio
0.629
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.854
Paved roads
-
Infrastructure
-
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
-
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.119
Dependency on imported energy
-
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.179
Electricity access
0
Disaster preparedness
-