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| GDP (PPP) per capita (2024): 5,928.08 Int. Dollar | Population (2024): 16,634,373 | HDI (2024): 0.60 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
172
Score: 35.4
Vulnerability
0.511
Readiness
0.220
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Zimbabwe 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. Zimbabwe is the 44th most vulnerable country and the 182nd 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 | 24 |
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| Ranking | 152 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 164 | 166 | 169 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 170 | 173 | 173 | 178 | 179 | 179 | 180 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 175 | 179 | 177 | 176 | 174 | 176 | 176 | 168 | 171 | 172 |
| Indicator | 2005 to 2024 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability | 0.511 | |
| Food | 0.575 | |
| Projected change of cereal yields | 0.902 | |
| Projected population change | 0.440 | |
| Food import dependency | 0.298 | |
| Rural population | 0.647 | |
| Agriculture capacity | 0.950 | |
| Child malnutrition | 0.211 | |
| Water | 0.435 | |
| Projected change of annual runoff | 0.560 | |
| Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.565 | |
| Fresh water withdrawal rate | 0.343 | |
| Water dependency ratio | 0.387 | |
| Dam capacity | 0 | |
| Access to reliable drinking water | 0.755 | |
| Health | 0.765 | |
| 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 | 0.554 | |
| Medical staff | 0.893 | |
| Access to improved sanitation facilities | 0.780 | |
| Ecosystem Services | 0.434 | |
| Projected change of biome distribution | 0.706 | |
| Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0 | |
| Natural capital dependency | 0.787 | |
| Ecological footprint | 0.216 | |
| Protected biome | 0.060 | |
| Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.838 | |
| Human Habitat | 0.560 | |
| Projected change of warm periods | 0.084 | |
| Projected change of flood hazard | 0.688 | |
| Urban concentration | 0.353 | |
| Age dependency ratio | 0.753 | |
| Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.667 | |
| Paved roads | 0.817 | |
| Infrastructure | 0.297 | |
| Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | 0.626 | |
| Projected change of sea level rise impacts | - | |
| Dependency on imported energy | 0.166 | |
| Population living under 5m above sea level | 0 | |
| Electricity access | 0.384 | |
| Disaster preparedness | 0.308 |