List of countries by natural disaster risk

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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 disaster

Rankings by country

RankCountry2022 [1] 2016 [2] [3] 2013 [4] 2012 [5] 2011 [6]
1Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 0.26%
1Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 0.26%
2Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 0.38%
3Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.48%
4Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 0.52%2.43%2.68%2.65%2.70%
5Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 0.79%
6Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 0.81%2.27%2.49%2.54%2.85%
7Malaysia0.83%3.11%3.31%3.32%2.98%
8Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 0.94%0.60%0.61%0.61%0.72%
9Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 0.95%1.69%1.81%1.81%1.66%
10Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0.97%5.32%5.69%5.87%5.49%
11Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 1.00%3.37%3.61%3.67%4.15%
11Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru 1.00%
11Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1.00%3.39%3.63%3.69%3.38%
12Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 1.02%
13Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1.03%2.89%3.10%3.09%2.86%
13Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1.03%2.37%2.61%2.59%2.55%
14Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 1.09%7.51%7.98%8.17%13.65%
15Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1.14%3.39%3.80%3.75%3.41%
16Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 1.17%0.08%0.11%0.10%0.02%
17Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 1.25%
18Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 1.26%5.87%6.28%6.10%6.80%
19Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 1.27%10.39%10.80%10.88%9.47%
20Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 1.29%6.44%6.57%6.64%7.18%
21Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1.30%2.21%2.28%2.24%2.06%
21Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1.30%4.79%5.05%5.23%4.78%
22Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 1.32%6.84%7.09%7.22%7.86%
22Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 1.32%10.36%10.34%10.64%10.40%
23Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 1.34%17.00%15.58%15.92%14.08%
24Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1.44%5.14%5.37%5.21%5.56%
24Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1.44%3.41%3.69%3.81%3.72%
25Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu 1.46%
26Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 1.61%11.39%11.32%11.42%10.90%
27Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1.65%1.52%1.55%1.53%1.56%
28Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 1.74%3.48%3.85%3.84%4.12%
28Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 1.74%8.59%8.66%8.71%9.37%
29Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1.82%2.36%2.52%2.50%2.25%
29Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 1.82%7.52%7.65%7.84%7.37%
30Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1.84%7.12%7.53%7.67%5.44%
31Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 1.85%1.42%1.44%1.44%2.29%
32Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 2.06%1.32%1.16%1.15%2.44%
32Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 2.06%9.54%9.72%9.74%11.58%
32Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2.06%2.12%2.26%2.15%2.00%
33Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.07%
34Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 2.08%8.88%8.86%9.00%9.03%
34Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 2.08%3.08%3.10%3.24%3.43%
35Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2.14%3.31%3.48%3.51%3.09%
36Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2.15%4.22%4.43%4.56%4.08%
37Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 2.17%11.24%11.62%11.93%14.03%
38Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2.18%3.56%3.84%3.87%4.04%
39Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 2.20%5.54%6.19%6.25%5.86%
39Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 2.20%7.86%8.43%8.50%8.48%
40Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2.24%2.92%3.18%3.23%2.89%
41Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 2.25%8.39%8.65%8.76%11.51%
42Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 2.29%
43Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.30%
44Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 2.38%6.72%7.35%7.40%7.47%
45Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2.44%10.06%9.96%9.87%9.63%
46Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.51%6.10%6.42%6.63%6.25%
47Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 2.54%2.55%2.58%2.60%2.68%
48Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 2.56%7.29%7.52%7.45%6.93%
48Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2.56%3.28%3.70%3.71%3.71%
49Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 2.62%5.12%5.53%5.69%6.15%
50Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati 2.64%1.78%1.78%1.78%1.88%
51Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 2.69%
52Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 2.70%7.09%7.43%7.60%8.68%
53Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 2.72%6.07%6.91%7.05%6.36%
54Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 2.78%2.68%2.77%2.81%3.46%
55Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2.81%6.52%6.69%6.75%7.57%
56Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 2.91%5.59%5.71%5.73%5.80%
57Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 2.92%10.85%11.06%11.13%12.25%
58Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 2.93%7.50%7.65%7.68%6.70%
59Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2.94%7.25%7.46%7.44%8.41%
60Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 3.03%10.28%10.46%10.49%11.56%
61Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 3.05%8.39%8.81%8.85%9.35%
62Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 3.07%4.58%5.08%5.13%5.16%
63Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3.10%4.60%4.69%4.50%4.15%
64Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 3.15%
65Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3.16%2.19%2.35%2.31%2.28%
66Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 3.19%5.92%6.61%6.78%6.43%
67Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 3.27%
68Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 3.30%7.98%8.02%8.18%8.99%
68Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 3.30%
69Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 3.34%7.03%6.57%6.55%6.95%
70Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 3.36%4.46%4.49%4.47%6.72%
71Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 3.48%4.58%4.88%4.90%5.13%
72Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 3.50%15.53%14.89%15.36%15.74%
73Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 3.52%5.01%5.05%5.10%5.01%
74Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 3.75%4.14%3.99%4.17%4.52%
85Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 3.79%6.27%6.83%6.75%6.97%
86Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 3.84%
87Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3.89%2.97%3.14%3.19%3.02%
88Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3.92%2.95%3.24%3.27%2.96%
89Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 3.94%29.33%28.23%28.62%29.08%
90Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4.04%8.24%8.76%8.49%7.71%
91Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan 4.05%9.50%9.93%9.79%14.06%
92Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 4.11%7.84%7.71%7.86%9.20%
93Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 4.14%13.56%13.09%13.34%13.12%
94Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4.16%3.07%3.42%3.48%3.51%
95Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 4.21%
96Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Micronesia 4.36%
97Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 4.45%12.07%11.71%11.84%13.90%
98Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4.63%3.20%3.46%3.53%3.42%
99Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 4.65%2.30%2.49%2.43%2.60%
99Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 4.65%11.83%12.15%12.15%12.89%
100Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 4.72%6.04%5.93%6.20%6.30%
101Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 4.80%7.04%7.36%7.35%7.09%
102Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 4.85%7.19%7.57%7.38%7.71%
103Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 4.86%3.97%4.24%4.35%3.71%
104Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 4.87%8.44%8.55%8.62%9.25%
105Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 4.92%4.03%4.09%4.12%3.94%
106Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 4.98%9.50%10.01%9.96%9.98%
107Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 5.00%10.21%10.37%10.58%11.25%
108Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 5.08%3.45%3.80%3.82%3.62%
109Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 5.42%10.38%10.99%11.08%11.76%
110Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5.78%3.54%3.71%3.65%3.61%
111Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 5.93%5.37%5.68%5.72%6.63%
111Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 5.93%7.32%7.67%7.79%7.84%
112Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 6.52%1.97%2.10%2.07%4.09%
113Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 6.54%13.15%14.10%13.53%11.13%
114Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 6.64%11.39%11.65%11.77%9.02%
115Flag of France.svg  France 6.67%2.62%2.79%2.78%2.76%
116Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 6.84%8.20%8.32%8.55%9.49%
117Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 7.27%2.64%2.74%2.72%2.80%
118Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 7.65%6.55%6.62%6.63%5.93%
119Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 7.70%6.35%6.35%6.44%7.22%
120Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7.97%6.13%6.51%6.55%5.99%
120Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor 7.97%15.69%16.37%17.13%17.45%
121Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 8.42%16.58%16.90%17.17%16.58%
122Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8.55%6.70%7.38%7.81%8.27%
123Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 8.65%4.49%4.83%4.95%5.77%
124Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 9.12%7.98%8.32%8.28%9.03%
125Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 9.34%7.95%8.26%8.43%9.70%
126Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.37%4.42%4.88%4.82%4.74%
127Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 9.42%5.58%5.80%5.90%5.71%
128Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 9.58%7.36%8.13%8.15%8.06%
129Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 9.64%1.14%1.32%1.31%1.26%
130Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 9.65%
131Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9.68%3.05%3.38%3.40%3.29%
132Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 9.87%5.40%5.90%5.90%5.72%
133Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 9.99%11.68%11.88%11.96%11.45%
134Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 10.12%7.99%7.87%7.88%9.25%
135Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 10.29%6.45%7.13%7.21%7.17%
136Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 10.51%4.59%4.94%4.89%4.14%
137Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 10.64%36.28%36.43%36.31%32.00%
138Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 10.66%10.30%9.84%9.96%7.05%
139Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 11.02%6.52%6.45%6.56%8.02%
140Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 11.17%10.91%11.09%10.96%14.46%
141Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 11.18%19.88%20.88%20.75%20.88%
142Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 11.82%
143Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 12.15%4.09%4.26%4.30%4.26%
144Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 12.16%5.69%5.67%5.68%6.19%
145Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 13.05%4.55%4.69%4.44%4.28%
146Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 13.23%10.96%11.28%11.63%12.00%
147Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 13.84%11.65%12.28%12.26%11.97%
148Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13.92%6.77%7.08%7.18%7.24%
149Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 14.20%17.00%16.94%17.38%16.74%
150Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 14.31%3.79%3.93%3.80%3.67%
151Belarus14.36%6.39%6.45%6.53%6.69%
152Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 14.37%16.05%16.85%16.89%16.49%
153Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 14.62%19.14%18.11%18.15%23.51%
154Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 15.61%3.56%3.76%3.80%3.77%
155Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 16.00%10.68%10.91%11.02%12.10%
156Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 16.23%5.20%5.52%5.68%5.38%
157Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 16.38%7.65%7.99%8.11%8.64%
158Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 17.03%12.99%13.56%13.69%13.57%
159Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 18.38%7.26%7.49%7.69%7.70%
160Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 18.48%4.73%4.92%4.98%5.11%
161Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 18.99%3.01%3.18%3.18%2.57%
162Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 20.65%2.29%2.34%2.33%2.38%
163Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 20.91%6.19%6.34%6.44%6.86%
164Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 21.36%4.22%4.51%4.57%4.28%
165Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 22.35%14.62%15.18%15.39%11.91%
166Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 22.42%7.53%7.77%7.94%8.69%
167Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 22.45%5.93%6.16%6.13%6.11%
168Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.73%3.76%3.99%3.99%3.72%
169Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 23.48%11.15%11.23%11.50%10.27%
170Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 24.10%16.43%15.90%15.81%15.45%
171Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 24.26%5.97%6.03%5.98%6.83%
172Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 25.07%
173Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 25.41%6.59%7.02%6.96%7.82%
174Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 25.85%12.81%12.88%11.21%
175Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 26.54%3.58%3.78%3.83%3.56%
176Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 26.75%6.96%7.21%7.25%7.84%
177Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 27.90%19.17%19.81%20.22%17.45%
178Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 28.70%6.39%6.97%7.04%6.90%
179Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 34.37%8.69%8.89%9.09%9.98%
180Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 35.49%8.90%9.10%9.15%8.54%
181Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 37.55%5.97%6.39%6.39%6.53%
182Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 38.37%6.45%6.90%6.89%6.86%
183Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 41.46%10.24%10.54%10.74%11.69%
184Flag of India.svg  India 42.31%26.64%27.17%22.28%17.68%
185Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 46.82%26.70%27.52%27.98%24.32%

See also

References

  1. "2022 World Risk Index" (PDF). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. "2016 World Risk Index". unu.edu. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  3. "2016 World Risk Index" (PDF).
  4. 2013 World Risk Index Archived 2014-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
  5. 2012 World Risk Index
  6. 2011 World Risk Index