Increasing aridity
2018
Methodology
This indicator measures the risk of increasing aridity on the basis of past trends in temperature and rainfall and the share of dryland (excluding deserts). Performance score from 0 to 100. The lowest score reflects the best situation.
Source: Ferdi from Climatic Research Unit, TS 3.22 database.
Score
- Africa55
- Sub-Saharan Africa52
- Middle East and North Africa80
- Southern Africa61
- Central Africa38
- East Africa52
- West Africa55
- North Africa80
- Brazil-India-China (BIC)46
- Least Developped Countries (LDC)53
- No LDC58
- High income non OECD33
- Upper middle income countries59
- Lower middle income55
- Low income countries52
- Outsize the Franc zone56
- Franc CFA zone50
- WAMEU58
- CEMAC40
- Algeria80
- Angola39
- Benin41
- Botswana82
- Brazil30
- Burkina Faso75
- Burundi33
- Cameroon35
- Cape Verde35
- Central African Republic35
- Chad81
- China53
- Comoros27
- Congo, Dem. Rep.34
- Congo, Rep29
- Cote d'Ivoire36
- Djibouti78
- Egypt79
- Equatorial Guinea33
- Eritrea84
- Ethiopia53
- Gabon28
- Gambia83
- Ghana36
- Guinea42
- Guinea-Bissau47
- India54
- Kenya67
- Lesotho54
- Liberia43
- Libya80
- Madagascar33
- Malawi38
- Mali74
- Mauritania81
- Mauritius49
- Morocco78
- Mozambique40
- Namibia78
- Niger81
- Nigeria49
- Rwanda35
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic-
- Sao Tome and Principe29
- Senegal74
- Seychelles31
- Sierra Leone42
- Somalia75
- South Africa73
- South Sudan67
- Sudan87
- Swaziland50
- Tanzania46
- Togo34
- Tunisia85
- Uganda43
- Zambia42
- Zimbabwe72