List of countries by natural disaster risk

Risky countries with natural disasters
Maps of the 2022 WorldRiskIndex and its components.

The report systematically considers a country's vulnerability and its exposure to natural hazards to determine a ranking of countries around the world based on their natural disaster risk. The WorldRiskIndex (WRI), developed by the Institute for Environment and Human Security (EHS) of the United Nations University (UNU) and Bündnis Entwicklung hilft (BEH), is the main feature of the World Risk Report (WRR). It determines the risk of becoming a victim of a disaster as a result of vulnerability and natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, storms, floods, droughts and sea level rise for 172 countries worldwide. The WRI is based on 28 indicators and research data which are globally freely available and results in a global risk ranking and maps which allow for comparison between countries. Risk is at its highest where a high level of exposure to natural hazards coincides with very vulnerable societies.[1]

Rankings

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  Very low chance of disasters
  Low chance of disasters
  Medium chance of disasters
  High chance of disasters
  Very high chance of disasters

Rankings by country

Rank Country 2022[2] 2016[3][4] 2013[5] 2012[6] 2011[7]
1  Andorra 0.26%
1  Monaco 0.26%
2  San Marino 0.38%
3  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.48%
4  Luxembourg 0.52% 2.43% 2.68% 2.65% 2.70%
5  Liechtenstein 0.79%
6  Singapore 0.81% 2.27% 2.49% 2.54% 2.85%
7  Belarus 0.83% 3.11% 3.31% 3.32% 2.98%
8  Malta 0.94% 0.60% 0.61% 0.61% 0.72%
9  Bahrain 0.95% 1.69% 1.81% 1.81% 1.66%
10  Hungary 0.97% 5.32% 5.69% 5.87% 5.49%
11  Czechia 1.00% 3.37% 3.61% 3.67% 4.15%
11  Nauru 1.00%
11  Slovakia 1.00% 3.39% 3.63% 3.69% 3.38%
12  Maldives 1.02%
13  Denmark 1.03% 2.89% 3.10% 3.09% 2.86%
13   Switzerland 1.03% 2.37% 2.61% 2.59% 2.55%
14  Bhutan 1.09% 7.51% 7.98% 8.17% 13.65%
15  Austria 1.14% 3.39% 3.80% 3.75% 3.41%
16  Qatar 1.17% 0.08% 0.11% 0.10% 0.02%
17  Palau 1.25%
18  North Macedonia 1.26% 5.87% 6.28% 6.10% 6.80%
19  Cape Verde 1.27% 10.39% 10.80% 10.88% 9.47%
20  Turkmenistan 1.29% 6.44% 6.57% 6.64% 7.18%
21  Finland 1.30% 2.21% 2.28% 2.24% 2.06%
21  Moldova 1.30% 4.79% 5.05% 5.23% 4.78%
22  Lesotho 1.32% 6.84% 7.09% 7.22% 7.86%
22  Togo 1.32% 10.36% 10.34% 10.64% 10.40%
23  Brunei 1.34% 17.00% 15.58% 15.92% 14.08%
24  Botswana 1.44% 5.14% 5.37% 5.21% 5.56%
24  Slovenia 1.44% 3.41% 3.69% 3.81% 3.72%
25  Tuvalu 1.46%
26  Benin 1.61% 11.39% 11.32% 11.42% 10.90%
27  Iceland 1.65% 1.52% 1.55% 1.53% 1.56%
28  Paraguay 1.74% 3.48% 3.85% 3.84% 4.12%
28  Uzbekistan 1.74% 8.59% 8.66% 8.71% 9.37%
29  Estonia 1.82% 2.36% 2.52% 2.50% 2.25%
29  Eswatini 1.82% 7.52% 7.65% 7.84% 7.37%
30  Serbia 1.84% 7.12% 7.53% 7.67% 5.44%
31  Grenada 1.85% 1.42% 1.44% 1.44% 2.29%
32  Barbados 2.06% 1.32% 1.16% 1.15% 2.44%
32  Burkina Faso 2.06% 9.54% 9.72% 9.74% 11.58%
32  Sweden 2.06% 2.12% 2.26% 2.15% 2.00%
33  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.07%
34  Ivory Coast 2.08% 8.88% 8.86% 9.00% 9.03%
34  Mongolia 2.08% 3.08% 3.10% 3.24% 3.43%
35  Latvia 2.14% 3.31% 3.48% 3.51% 3.09%
36  Bulgaria 2.15% 4.22% 4.43% 4.56% 4.08%
37  Niger 2.17% 11.24% 11.62% 11.93% 14.03%
38  Kazakhstan 2.18% 3.56% 3.84% 3.87% 4.04%
39  Azerbaijan 2.20% 5.54% 6.19% 6.25% 5.86%
39  Kyrgyzstan 2.20% 7.86% 8.43% 8.50% 8.48%
40  Lithuania 2.24% 2.92% 3.18% 3.23% 2.89%
41  Mali 2.25% 8.39% 8.65% 8.76% 11.51%
42  Marshall Islands 2.29%
43  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.30%
44  Tajikistan 2.38% 6.72% 7.35% 7.40% 7.47%
45  Zimbabwe 2.44% 10.06% 9.96% 9.87% 9.63%
46  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.51% 6.10% 6.42% 6.63% 6.25%
47  Seychelles 2.54% 2.55% 2.58% 2.60% 2.68%
48  Comoros 2.56% 7.29% 7.52% 7.45% 6.93%
48  Kuwait 2.56% 3.28% 3.70% 3.71% 3.71%
49    Nepal 2.62% 5.12% 5.53% 5.69% 6.15%
50  Kiribati 2.64% 1.78% 1.78% 1.78% 1.88%
51  Saint Lucia 2.69%
52  Rwanda 2.70% 7.09% 7.43% 7.60% 8.68%
53  Armenia 2.72% 6.07% 6.91% 7.05% 6.36%
54  Cyprus 2.78% 2.68% 2.77% 2.81% 3.46%
55  Uganda 2.81% 6.52% 6.69% 6.75% 7.57%
56  Laos 2.91% 5.59% 5.71% 5.73% 5.80%
57  Chad 2.92% 10.85% 11.06% 11.13% 12.25%
58  Trinidad and Tobago 2.93% 7.50% 7.65% 7.68% 6.70%
59  Zambia 2.94% 7.25% 7.46% 7.44% 8.41%
60  Burundi 3.03% 10.28% 10.46% 10.49% 11.56%
61  Ghana 3.05% 8.39% 8.81% 8.85% 9.35%
62  Bolivia 3.07% 4.58% 5.08% 5.13% 5.16%
63  Ireland 3.10% 4.60% 4.69% 4.50% 4.15%
64  Samoa 3.15%
65  Norway 3.16% 2.19% 2.35% 2.31% 2.28%
66  Romania 3.19% 5.92% 6.61% 6.78% 6.43%
67  Dominica 3.27%
68  Malawi 3.30% 7.98% 8.02% 8.18% 8.99%
68  Montenegro 3.30%
69  Central African Republic 3.34% 7.03% 6.57% 6.55% 6.95%
70  Equatorial Guinea 3.36% 4.46% 4.49% 4.47% 6.72%
71  Jordan 3.48% 4.58% 4.88% 4.90% 5.13%
72  Mauritius 3.50% 15.53% 14.89% 15.36% 15.74%
73  Lebanon 3.52% 5.01% 5.05% 5.10% 5.01%
74  Bahamas 3.75% 4.14% 3.99% 4.17% 4.52%
85  Georgia 3.79% 6.27% 6.83% 6.75% 6.97%
86  Antigua and Barbuda 3.84%
87  Ukraine 3.89% 2.97% 3.14% 3.19% 3.02%
88  Germany 3.92% 2.95% 3.24% 3.27% 2.96%
89  Tonga 3.94% 29.33% 28.23% 28.62% 29.08%
90  Netherlands 4.04% 8.24% 8.76% 8.49% 7.71%
91  Afghanistan 4.05% 9.50% 9.93% 9.79% 14.06%
92  Liberia 4.11% 7.84% 7.71% 7.86% 9.20%
93  Guinea-Bissau 4.14% 13.56% 13.09% 13.34% 13.12%
94  Belgium 4.16% 3.07% 3.42% 3.48% 3.51%
95  South Sudan 4.21%
96  Micronesia 4.36%
97  Gambia 4.45% 12.07% 11.71% 11.84% 13.90%
98  Poland 4.63% 3.20% 3.46% 3.53% 3.42%
99  Israel 4.65% 2.30% 2.49% 2.43% 2.60%
99  Jamaica 4.65% 11.83% 12.15% 12.15% 12.89%
100  Gabon 4.72% 6.04% 5.93% 6.20% 6.30%
101  Ethiopia 4.80% 7.04% 7.36% 7.35% 7.09%
102  Congo 4.85% 7.19% 7.57% 7.38% 7.71%
103  Croatia 4.86% 3.97% 4.24% 4.35% 3.71%
104  Suriname 4.87% 8.44% 8.55% 8.62% 9.25%
105  Uruguay 4.92% 4.03% 4.09% 4.12% 3.94%
106  Albania 4.98% 9.50% 10.01% 9.96% 9.98%
107  Sierra Leone 5.00% 10.21% 10.37% 10.58% 11.25%
108  Portugal 5.08% 3.45% 3.80% 3.82% 3.62%
109  Senegal 5.42% 10.38% 10.99% 11.08% 11.76%
110  United Kingdom 5.78% 3.54% 3.71% 3.65% 3.61%
111  Namibia 5.93% 5.37% 5.68% 5.72% 6.63%
111  Sri Lanka 5.93% 7.32% 7.67% 7.79% 7.84%
112  United Arab Emirates 6.52% 1.97% 2.10% 2.07% 4.09%
113  Fiji 6.54% 13.15% 14.10% 13.53% 11.13%
114  Guyana 6.64% 11.39% 11.65% 11.77% 9.02%
115  France 6.67% 2.62% 2.79% 2.78% 2.76%
116  Guinea 6.84% 8.20% 8.32% 8.55% 9.49%
117  Oman 7.27% 2.64% 2.74% 2.72% 2.80%
118  Belize 7.65% 6.55% 6.62% 6.63% 5.93%
119  Eritrea 7.70% 6.35% 6.35% 6.44% 7.22%
120  Cuba 7.97% 6.13% 6.51% 6.55% 5.99%
120  East Timor 7.97% 15.69% 16.37% 17.13% 17.45%
121  Cambodia 8.42% 16.58% 16.90% 17.17% 16.58%
122  Greece 8.55% 6.70% 7.38% 7.81% 8.27%
123  Iraq 8.65% 4.49% 4.83% 4.95% 5.77%
124  Nigeria 9.12% 7.98% 8.32% 8.28% 9.03%
125  Mauritania 9.34% 7.95% 8.26% 8.43% 9.70%
126  Italy 9.37% 4.42% 4.88% 4.82% 4.74%
127  South Africa 9.42% 5.58% 5.80% 5.90% 5.71%
128  Algeria 9.58% 7.36% 8.13% 8.15% 8.06%
129  Saudi Arabia 9.64% 1.14% 1.32% 1.31% 1.26%
130  DR Congo 9.65%
131  Spain 9.68% 3.05% 3.38% 3.40% 3.29%
132  Tunisia 9.87% 5.40% 5.90% 5.90% 5.72%
133  Haiti 9.99% 11.68% 11.88% 11.96% 11.45%
134  Sudan 10.12% 7.99% 7.87% 7.88% 9.25%
135  Morocco 10.29% 6.45% 7.13% 7.21% 7.17%
136  South Korea 10.51% 4.59% 4.94% 4.89% 4.14%
137  Vanuatu 10.64% 36.28% 36.43% 36.31% 32.00%
138  Djibouti 10.66% 10.30% 9.84% 9.96% 7.05%
139  Angola 11.02% 6.52% 6.45% 6.56% 8.02%
140  Cameroon 11.17% 10.91% 11.09% 10.96% 14.46%
141  Guatemala 11.18% 19.88% 20.88% 20.75% 20.88%
142  North Korea 11.82%
143  Brazil 12.15% 4.09% 4.26% 4.30% 4.26%
144  Syria 12.16% 5.69% 5.67% 5.68% 6.19%
145  New Zealand 13.05% 4.55% 4.69% 4.44% 4.28%
146  Dominican Republic 13.23% 10.96% 11.28% 11.63% 12.00%
147  Chile 13.84% 11.65% 12.28% 12.26% 11.97%
148  Kenya 13.92% 6.77% 7.08% 7.18% 7.24%
149  Costa Rica 14.20% 17.00% 16.94% 17.38% 16.74%
150  Libya 14.31% 3.79% 3.93% 3.80% 3.67%
151  Malaysia 14.36% 6.39% 6.45% 6.53% 6.69%
152  El Salvador 14.37% 16.05% 16.85% 16.89% 16.49%
153  Solomon Islands 14.62% 19.14% 18.11% 18.15% 23.51%
154  Argentina 15.61% 3.56% 3.76% 3.80% 3.77%
155  Honduras 16.00% 10.68% 10.91% 11.02% 12.10%
156  Turkey 16.23% 5.20% 5.52% 5.68% 5.38%
157  Tanzania 16.38% 7.65% 7.99% 8.11% 8.64%
158  Japan 17.03% 12.99% 13.56% 13.69% 13.57%
159  Panama 18.38% 7.26% 7.49% 7.69% 7.70%
160  Iran 18.48% 4.73% 4.92% 4.98% 5.11%
161  Canada 18.99% 3.01% 3.18% 3.18% 2.57%
162  Egypt 20.65% 2.29% 2.34% 2.33% 2.38%
163  Thailand 20.91% 6.19% 6.34% 6.44% 6.86%
164  Australia 21.36% 4.22% 4.51% 4.57% 4.28%
165  Nicaragua 22.35% 14.62% 15.18% 15.39% 11.91%
166  Ecuador 22.42% 7.53% 7.77% 7.94% 8.69%
167  Venezuela 22.45% 5.93% 6.16% 6.13% 6.11%
168  United States 22.73% 3.76% 3.99% 3.99% 3.72%
169  Madagascar 23.48% 11.15% 11.23% 11.50% 10.27%
170  Papua New Guinea 24.10% 16.43% 15.90% 15.81% 15.45%
171  Yemen 24.26% 5.97% 6.03% 5.98% 6.83%
172  Somalia 25.07%
173  Peru 25.41% 6.59% 7.02% 6.96% 7.82%
174  Vietnam 25.85% 12.81% 12.88% 11.21%
175  Russia 26.54% 3.58% 3.78% 3.83% 3.56%
176  Pakistan 26.75% 6.96% 7.21% 7.25% 7.84%
177  Bangladesh 27.90% 19.17% 19.81% 20.22% 17.45%
178  China 28.70% 6.39% 6.97% 7.04% 6.90%
179  Mozambique 34.37% 8.69% 8.89% 9.09% 9.98%
180  Myanmar 35.49% 8.90% 9.10% 9.15% 8.54%
181  Mexico 37.55% 5.97% 6.39% 6.39% 6.53%
182  Colombia 38.37% 6.45% 6.90% 6.89% 6.86%
183  Indonesia 41.46% 10.24% 10.54% 10.74% 11.69%
184  India 42.31% 6.64% 7.17% 7.28% 7.68%
185  Philippines 46.82% 26.70% 27.52% 27.98% 24.32%

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2014-05-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "2022 World Risk Index" (PDF). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  3. ^ "2016 World Risk Index". unu.edu. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  4. ^ "2016 World Risk Index" (PDF).
  5. ^ 2013 World Risk Index Archived 2014-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ 2012 World Risk Index
  7. ^ 2011 World Risk Index

External links

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  • "Disaster News Network". Archived from the original on 2006-11-05. Retrieved 2006-11-05. US news site focused on disaster-related news.
  • "EM-DAT International Disaster Database". Archived from the original on 2008-08-11. Retrieved 2006-11-05. Includes country profiles, disaster profiles and a disaster list.
  • "Natural Hazard Information from the Coastal Ocean Institute". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Retrieved 2006-11-05. Particularly including articles on tsunamis, hurricanes and other storms.
  • "Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System". European Commission and United Nations website initiative.
  • "What the Development Programme of the United Nations (UN) does to reduce the human risks linked to Natural Disasters". United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original on 2015-01-13.
  • "Pioneering Disaster Risk Index (DRI) Tool". United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Provides key information on all countries in the world.
  • "World's Worst Natural Disasters". Retrieved 2009-07-01. Includes list of world's deadliest disasters in history.
  • "Natural Disaster and Extreme Weather. Searchable Information Center". Ebrary.
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