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GDP (PPP) per capita (2021): 2,467.90 Int. Dollar | Population (2021): 45,853,778 | HDI (2021): 0.53 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
173
Score: 35.1
Vulnerability
0.581
Readiness
0.284
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Uganda 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. Uganda is the 14th most vulnerable country and the 163rd 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 |
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Ranking | 165 | 165 | 168 | 168 | 172 | 175 | 176 | 174 | 171 | 174 | 173 | 171 | 169 | 172 | 173 | 173 | 172 | 172 | 175 | 176 | 174 | 170 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 173 | 173 |
Indicator | 2002 to 2021 | Score |
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Vulnerability | 0.581 | |
Food | 0.633 | |
Projected change of cereal yields | 0.963 | |
Projected population change | 0.694 | |
Food import dependency | 0.178 | |
Rural population | 0.802 | |
Agriculture capacity | 0.998 | |
Child malnutrition | 0.164 | |
Water | 0.434 | |
Projected change of annual runoff | 0.432 | |
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.388 | |
Fresh water withdrawal rate | 0.014 | |
Water dependency ratio | 0.351 | |
Dam capacity | 0.565 | |
Access to reliable drinking water | 0.853 | |
Health | 0.769 | |
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 | 0.545 | |
Medical staff | 0.938 | |
Access to improved sanitation facilities | - | |
Ecosystem Services | 0.511 | |
Projected change of biome distribution | 0.529 | |
Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0 | |
Natural capital dependency | 1.000 | |
Ecological footprint | 0.217 | |
Protected biome | 0.571 | |
Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.749 | |
Human Habitat | 0.559 | |
Projected change of warm periods | 0.122 | |
Projected change of flood hazard | 0.707 | |
Urban concentration | 0.198 | |
Age dependency ratio | 0.830 | |
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.721 | |
Paved roads | 0.776 | |
Infrastructure | - | |
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | - | |
Projected change of sea level rise impacts | - | |
Dependency on imported energy | 0.285 | |
Population living under 5m above sea level | 0 | |
Electricity access | 0.585 | |
Disaster preparedness | - |