List of countries by natural disaster risk

This is a list of countries by natural disaster risk, as measured in the World Risk Index, calculated by the United Nations University for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and featured in the 2013 World Risk Report (WRR 2013) published by the Alliance Development Works/Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft (BEH). 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 disaster risk.

The WRI developed by UNU-EHS and BEH the main feature of the WRR, determines the risk of becoming a victim of a disaster as a result of vulnerability and natural hazards such as earthquakes, storms, floods, droughts and sea level rise for 173 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.

2013 rankings

Key: ██ 0.10-3.61, ██ 3.62-5.68, ██ 5.69-7.43, ██ 7.44-10.37, ██ 10.38-36.43.

Country	Rank	Disaster risk
Qatar	1	0.11%
Malta	2	0.61%
Barbados	3	1.16%
Saudi Arabia	4	1.32%
Grenada	5	1.44%
Iceland	6	1.55%
Kiribati	7	1.78%
Bahrain	8	1.81%
United Arab Emirates	9	2.10%
Sweden	10	2.26%
Finland	11	2.28%
Egypt	12	2.34%
Norway	13	2.35%
Israel	14	2.49%
Singapore	15	2.49%
Estonia	16	2.52%
Seychelles	17	2.58%
Switzerland	18	2.61%
Luxembourg	19	2.68%
Oman	20	2.74%
Cyprus	21	2.77%
France	22	2.79%
Denmark	23	3.10%
Mongolia	24	3.10%
Ukraine	25	3.14%
Lithuania	26	3.18%
Canada	27	3.18%
Germany	28	3.24%
Belarus	29	3.31%
Sao Tome and Principe	30	3.35%
Spain	31	3.38%
Belgium	32	3.42%
Poland	33	3.46%
Latvia	34	3.48%
Czech Republic	35	3.61%
Slovakia	36	3.63%
Slovenia	37	3.69%
Kuwait	38	3.70%
United Kingdom	39	3.71%
Argentina	40	3.76%
Russia	41	3.78%
Austria	42	3.80%
Portugal	43	3.80%
Kazakhstan	44	3.84%
Paraguay	45	3.85%
Libya	46	3.93%
United States	47	3.99%
The Bahamas	48	3.99%
Uruguay	49	4.09%
Croatia	50	4.24%
Brazil	51	4.26%
Bulgaria	52	4.43%
Equatorial Guinea	53	4.49%
Samoa	54	4.51%
Australia	55	4.51%
New Zealand	56	4.69%
Ireland	57	4.69%
Iraq	58	4.83%
Italy	59	4.88%
Jordan	60	4.88%
Iran	61	4.92%
South Korea	62	4.94%
Moldova	63	5.05%
Lebanon	64	5.05%
Bolivia	65	5.08%
Botswana	66	5.37%
Turkey	67	5.52%
Nepal	68	5.53%
Syria	69	5.67%
Namibia	70	5.68%
Hungary	71	5.69%
Laos	72	5.71%
South Africa	73	5.80%
Tunisia	74	5.90%
Gabon	75	5.93%
Yemen	76	6.03%
Venezuela	77	6.16%
Macedonia	78	6.19%
Azerbaijan	79	6.28%
Thailand	80	6.34%
Eritrea	81	6.35%
Mexico	82	6.39%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	83	6.42%
Malaysia	84	6.45%
Angola	85	6.45%
Cuba	86	6.51%
Central African Republic	87	6.57%
Turkmenistan	88	6.57%
Romania	89	6.61%
Belize	90	6.62%
Uganda	91	6.69%
Georgia	92	6.83%
Colombia	93	6.90%
China	94	6.91%
Armenia	95	6.97%
Kenya	96	7.02%
Peru	97	7.08%
Lesotho	98	7.09%
Morocco	99	7.13%
India	100	7.17%
Pakistan	101	7.21%
Tajikistan	102	7.35%
Greece	103	7.36%
Ethiopia	104	7.38%
Rwanda	105	7.43%
Zambia	106	7.46%
Panama	107	7.49%
Comoros	108	7.52%
Serbia	109	7.53%
Congo	110	7.57%
Trinidad and Tobago	111	7.65%
Swaziland	112	7.65%
Sri Lanka	113	7.67%
Liberia	113	7.71%
Ecuador	114	7.77%
Sudan	115	7.87%
Bhutan	116	7.98%
Tanzania	117	7.99%
Malawi	118	8.02%
Algeria	119	8.13%
Mauritania	120	8.26%
Nigeria	121	8.32%
Guinea	122	8.32%
Kyrgyzstan	123	8.43%
Suriname	124	8.55%
Mali	125	8.65%
Uzbekistan	126	8.66%
Netherlands	127	8.76%
Ghana	128	8.81%
Mozambique	129	8.89%
Cote d'Ivoire	130	8.86%
Myanmar	131	9.10%
Burkina Faso	132	9.72%
Djibouti	133	9.84%
Afghanistan	134	9.93%
Zimbabwe	135	9.96%
Albania	136	10.01%
Togo	137	10.34%
Sierra Leone	138	10.37%
Burundi	139	10.46%
Indonesia	140	10.54%
Cape Verde	141	10.80%
Honduras	142	10.91%
Senegal	143	10.99%
Chad	144	11.06%
Madagascar	145	11.09%
Cameroon	146	11.23%
Dominican Republic	147	11.28%
Benin	148	11.32%
Niger	149	11.62%
Guyana	150	11.65%
Gambia	151	11.71%
Haiti	152	11.88%
Jamaica	153	12.15%
Chile	154	12.28%
Vietnam	155	12.81%
Guinea-Bissau	156	13.09%
Fiji	157	13.56%
Japan	158	14.10%
Nicaragua	159	14.89%
Mauritius	160	15.18%
Brunei Darussalam	161	15.58%
Papua New Guinea	162	15.90%
Timor-Leste	163	16.37%
El Salvador	164	16.85%
Cambodia	165	16.90%
Costa Rica	166	16.94%
Solomon Islands	167	18.11%
Bangladesh	168	19.81%
Guatemala	169	20.88%
Philippines	170	27.52%
Tonga	171	28.23%
Vanuatu	172	36.43%

See also

• List of countries by death rate due to natural disasters
• Effects of climate change on humans
• Act of God
• Gamma ray burst
• Emergency management
  • Civil defense
  • Disaster Risk Reduction
• Environmental disaster
  • List of environmental disasters
• Environmental emergency
• List of natural disasters by death toll
• Property insurance against natural disasters
• Survivalism
• World Conference on Disaster Reduction

External links

• Worldwide news site focused on natural disasters, mitigation and climate changes news
• US news site focused on disaster-related news.
• Includes country profiles, disaster profiles and a disaster list.
• Particularly including articles on tsunamis, hurricanes and other storms.
• Provides key information on all countries in the world.
• Includes list of world's deadliest disasters in history.