Timor-Leste

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 4,141.29 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 1,318,442 HDI (2020): 0.61
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 117
Score: 43.5
Vulnerability 0.500
Readiness 0.370

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Timor-Leste 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. Timor-Leste is the 53rd most vulnerable country and the 110th 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
112
114
113
112
115
117
114
117
115
118
140
147
145
140
135
123
118
117
117
108
105
110
112
112
112
117
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.500
Food
0.720
Projected change of cereal yields
0.933
Projected population change
-
Food import dependency
0.480
Rural population
0.740
Agriculture capacity
0.996
Child malnutrition
0.450
Water
0.223
Projected change of annual runoff
0.394
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.380
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.120
Water dependency ratio
0
Dam capacity
-
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.716
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
1.000
Slum population
0.343
Medical staff
0.909
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.560
Projected change of biome distribution
0.812
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.250
Natural capital dependency
-
Ecological footprint
0.142
Protected biome
0.595
Engagement in international environmental conventions
1.000
Human Habitat
0.566
Projected change of warm periods
0.410
Projected change of flood hazard
0.613
Urban concentration
0.260
Age dependency ratio
0.692
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.854
Paved roads
-
Infrastructure
0.213
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
0.054
Electricity access
0.039
Disaster preparedness
0.638