Increasing aridity
2020
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
- Africa57
- Sub-Saharan Africa54
- Middle East and North Africa81
- Southern Africa64
- Central Africa41
- East Africa54
- West Africa58
- North Africa82
- Brazil-India-China (BIC)49
- Least Developped Countries (LDC)56
- No LDC60
- High income non OECD39
- Upper middle income countries62
- Lower middle income58
- Low income countries55
- Outsize the Franc zone59
- Franc CFA zone54
- WAMEU61
- CEMAC44
- Algeria80
- Angola40
- Benin45
- Botswana82
- Brazil36
- Burkina Faso78
- Burundi34
- Cameroon38
- Cape Verde38
- Central African Republic37
- Chad81
- China56
- Comoros31
- Congo, Dem. Rep.35
- Congo, Rep31
- Cote d'Ivoire41
- Djibouti79
- Egypt82
- Equatorial Guinea39
- Eritrea84
- Ethiopia56
- Gabon35
- Gambia87
- Ghana39
- Guinea48
- Guinea-Bissau54
- India56
- Kenya68
- Lesotho61
- Liberia44
- Libya80
- Madagascar37
- Malawi43
- Mali76
- Mauritania81
- Mauritius47
- Morocco82
- Mozambique44
- Namibia80
- Niger82
- Nigeria52
- Rwanda34
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic-
- Sao Tome and Principe35
- Senegal77
- Seychelles40
- Sierra Leone49
- Somalia76
- South Africa77
- South Sudan63
- Sudan89
- Swaziland54
- Tanzania47
- Togo39
- Tunisia85
- Uganda39
- Zambia45
- Zimbabwe76