We are interested in your feedback about the index. We are also interested in your feedback about the website and/or any issue you have found navigating it:
Contact usUruguay
GDP (PPP) per capita (2021): 25,048.72 Int. Dollar | Population (2021): 3,426,260 | HDI (2021): 0.81 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
51
Score: 56.8
Vulnerability
0.373
Readiness
0.509
The low vulnerability score and high readiness score of Uruguay places it in the lower-right quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. Adaptation challenges still exist, but Uruguay is well positioned to adapt. Uruguay is the 129th most vulnerable country and the 53rd 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ranking | 48 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 50 | 48 | 50 | 54 | 53 | 58 | 58 | 64 | 61 | 62 | 60 | 58 | 57 | 54 | 50 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 49 | 52 | 51 |
Indicator | 2002 to 2021 | Score |
---|---|---|
Vulnerability | 0.373 | |
Food | 0.364 | |
Projected change of cereal yields | 0.868 | |
Projected population change | 0.129 | |
Food import dependency | 0.220 | |
Rural population | 0.047 | |
Agriculture capacity | 0.852 | |
Child malnutrition | 0.064 | |
Water | 0.275 | |
Projected change of annual runoff | 0.583 | |
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.292 | |
Fresh water withdrawal rate | 0.034 | |
Water dependency ratio | 0.465 | |
Dam capacity | 0 | |
Access to reliable drinking water | - | |
Health | 0.315 | |
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.303 | |
Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.658 | |
Dependency on external resource for health services | 0 | |
Slum population | 0.051 | |
Medical staff | 0.562 | |
Access to improved sanitation facilities | - | |
Ecosystem Services | 0.405 | |
Projected change of biome distribution | 0.824 | |
Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0.479 | |
Natural capital dependency | 0.198 | |
Ecological footprint | 0 | |
Protected biome | 0.350 | |
Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.579 | |
Human Habitat | 0.626 | |
Projected change of warm periods | 0 | |
Projected change of flood hazard | 0.706 | |
Urban concentration | 0.953 | |
Age dependency ratio | 0.528 | |
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.659 | |
Paved roads | 0.907 | |
Infrastructure | 0.254 | |
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | 0.431 | |
Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0.179 | |
Dependency on imported energy | 0.431 | |
Population living under 5m above sea level | 0.133 | |
Electricity access | 0 | |
Disaster preparedness | 0.350 |