Six Commonwealth countries have a Fragility Index13 of more than 90 (‘Warning’) or over 100 (‘Alert’), ie: Nigeria (101.6), Pakistan (98.9), Kenya (96.4), Uganda (96.0), Cameroon (95.6), and Rwanda (90.8). All of these countries are rapidly urbanising.
High rates of urbanisation are anticipated in some of the Commonwealth’s most fragile states. 5.30%
Uganda
3.19%
Bangladesh
3.07%
Ghana
2.77%
Pakistan
2.28%
India
2.19%
Malaysia Botswana
1.38%
Australia
1.37%
South Africa
1.33%
Canada
1.16%
Sri Lanka
1.11% 0.98%
New Zealand Cyprus
0.84%
United Kingdom
0.82%
Malta Antigua and Barbuda
0.32% -0.38% Figure 5 Projected annual rate of urbanisation among respondent countries
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