Timor-Leste

GDP (PPP) per capita (2022): 5,838.24 Int. Dollar Population (2022): 1,341,296 HDI (2022): 0.57
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 138
Score: 41.3
Vulnerability 0.549
Readiness 0.375

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 28th most vulnerable country and the 112th 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
Ranking
130
131
131
130
130
129
129
131
129
138
158
164
164
159
153
142
139
137
133
128
123
131
130
137
135
137
138
138
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2003 to 2022 Score
Vulnerability
0.549
Food
0.690
Projected change of cereal yields
0.933
Projected population change
-
Food import dependency
0.447
Rural population
0.732
Agriculture capacity
0.995
Child malnutrition
0.340
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
0.717
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
0.342
Medical staff
0.914
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
0.560
Projected change of warm periods
0.410
Projected change of flood hazard
0.613
Urban concentration
0.268
Age dependency ratio
0.655
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
0.003
Disaster preparedness
-