Population below five meters above sea level — all countries

Population below five meters above sea level — Georgia

Population below five meters above sea level in Georgia in 2015 — 3.85%. Ranked 121 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.84 pp.

2015 3.85% +0.59 pp vs 2000
World rank 121of 215
Period maximum 3.85%2015
Period minimum 3.01%1990

Trend over time

1990–2015 · % of population

Population below five meters above sea level — Georgia, 1990–201533.253.53.7541990199319961999200220052008201120141990: 3.01%2000: 3.26%2015: 3.85%
Change over the period: +0.84 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2015

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Georgia

Georgia 3.85%
World 4.06%
Western Asia computed 3.49%
Population below five meters above sea level — Georgia, by year Georgia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2015 3.85
2000 3.26
1990 3.01

About the indicator

The share of the population living less than five meters above sea level. The threshold is not arbitrary: this is the zone already threatened by storm surges and, over the coming century, by sea level rise. In absolute numbers the densely populated deltas of Asia come first; by share, island states and the Netherlands — and the latter show that a high share does not equal high risk, since everything depends on whether coastal defenses are in place.

Important: The series is not annual: the World Bank computes it from a digital elevation model for individual benchmark years, the latest of which is 2015, and has not updated it since. No one has fresher data of this kind; the values are best read as an order-of-magnitude estimate.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.