Zimbabwe

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 3,537.35 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 14,862,927 HDI (2020): 0.57
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 174
Score: 33.1
Vulnerability 0.554
Readiness 0.216

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 24th most vulnerable country and the 187th 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
150
152
151
154
161
168
171
175
175
177
175
174
174
174
175
176
174
173
174
175
175
175
174
174
175
174
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.554
Food
0.577
Projected change of cereal yields
0.902
Projected population change
0.440
Food import dependency
0.307
Rural population
0.730
Agriculture capacity
0.951
Child malnutrition
0.132
Water
0.369
Projected change of annual runoff
0.440
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.435
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.230
Water dependency ratio
0.387
Dam capacity
0
Access to reliable drinking water
0.721
Health
0.732
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
0.344
Medical staff
0.923
Access to improved sanitation facilities
0.760
Ecosystem Services
0.516
Projected change of biome distribution
0.706
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0
Natural capital dependency
0.787
Ecological footprint
0.215
Protected biome
0.548
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.838
Human Habitat
0.577
Projected change of warm periods
0.084
Projected change of flood hazard
0.688
Urban concentration
0.270
Age dependency ratio
0.787
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.813
Paved roads
0.817
Infrastructure
-
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
0.626
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
-
Dependency on imported energy
0.723
Population living under 5m above sea level
-
Electricity access
0.477
Disaster preparedness
-