List of countries by natural disaster risk

The list of countries by natural disaster risk presents the relative vulnerability of nations to extreme natural events by ranking them according to the WorldRiskIndex, a standardized measure developed by the United Nations University and Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft. This index combines exposure—such as earthquakes, storms, floods, droughts, and sea-level rise—with societal vulnerability, comprising susceptibility, coping capacity, and adaptive capacity. The table ranks 193 UN member states (along with several others) to show which countries face the greatest overall disaster risk. For example, the Philippines typically scores highest, reflecting its high exposure and limited societal resilience, while nations like Monaco and Andorra have the lowest risk. This list is a crucial resource for comparing disaster preparedness and guiding policy and humanitarian efforts.

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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 disaster

Rankings by country

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	Malaysia	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	Belarus	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

• Effects of climate change on humans
• Gamma-ray burst
• Emergency management
  • Civil defence
  • 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 Risk Reduction