List of countries by natural disaster risk
Rankings
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[edit] Very low chance of disasters
Low chance of disasters
Medium chance of disasters
High chance of disasters
Very high chance of disaster
Rankings by country
[edit]| Rank | Country | 2022[1] | 2016[2][3] | 2013[4] | 2012[5] | 2011[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | 26.64% | 27.17% | 22.28% | 17.68% |
| 185 |  Philippines
|
46.82% | 26.70% | 27.52% | 27.98% | 24.32% |
See also
[edit]- Effects of climate change on humans
- Gamma-ray burst
- Emergency management
- Environmental disaster
- Environmental emergency
- List of natural disasters by death toll
- Property insurance against natural disasters
- Survivalism
- World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
References
[edit]- ^ "2022 World Risk Index" (PDF). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "2016 World Risk Index". unu.edu. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ^ "2016 World Risk Index" (PDF).
- ^ 2013 World Risk Index Archived 2014-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2012 World Risk Index
- ^ 2011 World Risk Index
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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.
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- "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.
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