Natural Disasters by Country 2025

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5 Countries with the Highest World Risk Index

Country
World Risk Index 2024
Philippines46.9
Indonesia41.1
India41
Colombia37.8
Mexico35.9
Myanmar35.9
Mozambique34.4
Russia28.1
Bangladesh27.7
Pakistan27
Peru27
Papua New Guinea26.4
Madagascar24.8
Somalia24.6
Yemen24.5
Vietnam24.2
Venezuela24.2
Ecuador23.8
United States22.6
Nicaragua21.9
Thailand21.7
China21.3
Australia21.1
Japan20.9
Canada18.9
Egypt18.8
Panama18.2
Iran17.5
Honduras16.8
Tanzania16
El Salvador14.9
Argentina14.8
Solomon Islands14.7
Malaysia14.5
Turkey14.5
New Zealand14.3
Libya13.9
Kenya13.8
Chile13.7
Dominican Republic13.3
Brazil13.2
Syria12.5
North Korea12.4
Guatemala11.8
Vanuatu11.6
Cameroon11.4
Costa Rica11.2
Italy11.1
Djibouti10.8
South Korea10.6
Morocco10.4
Angola10.4
Sudan10.3
Haiti9.96
Tunisia9.91
DR Congo9.87
Spain9.74
Algeria9.64
South Africa9.6
Saudi Arabia9.34
Nigeria9.33
Mauritania9.32
Iraq9.24
Greece8.61
Cambodia8.15
Oman8.06
Belize7.97
Cuba7.8
Timor-Leste7.55
France7.54
Eritrea7.47
Guyana7.35
Suriname6.76
Fiji6.7
Guinea6.55
Albania6.24
Sri Lanka6.16
Sierra Leone5.72
United Kingdom5.7
Senegal5.66
Republic of the Congo5.49
Namibia5.4
Belgium5.1
Portugal5.08
Gabon5.08
Uruguay4.97
Gambia4.89
Ethiopia4.86
Bahamas4.82
Croatia4.78
Poland4.74
United Arab Emirates4.54
Micronesia4.44
Ukraine4.41
South Sudan4.25
Afghanistan4.12
Netherlands4.11
Germany4.1
Tonga4.02
Lebanon3.87
Israel3.81
Georgia3.74
Jordan3.61
Mauritius3.58
Guinea-Bissau3.55
Cyprus3.5
Central African Republic3.44
Jamaica3.4
Malawi3.37
Equatorial Guinea3.25
Sweden3.23
Samoa3.23
Romania3.22
Bolivia3.2
Marshall Islands3.12
Liberia3.11
Laos3.03
Burundi3.02
Latvia3.01
Trinidad and Tobago3
Ghana2.94
Chad2.94
Zambia2.93
Montenegro2.9
Antigua and Barbuda2.9
Saint Lucia2.83
Uganda2.81
Kiribati2.81
Kuwait2.77
Nepal2.71
Dominica2.69
Comoros2.68
Rwanda2.63
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2.63
Zimbabwe2.62
Norway2.61
Armenia2.61
Seychelles2.57
Ireland2.55
Kyrgyzstan2.53
Bosnia and Herzegovina2.49
Barbados2.46
Bulgaria2.43
Tajikistan2.36
Lithuania2.32
Mali2.29
Azerbaijan2.23
Niger2.16
Saint Kitts and Nevis2.14
Slovenia2.1
Ivory Coast2.02
Palau2.02
Burkina Faso2.01
Iceland2.01
Mongolia1.95
Kazakhstan1.94
Eswatini1.93
Grenada1.82
Benin1.77
Estonia1.77
Serbia1.68
Paraguay1.65
Togo1.58
Finland1.54
Tuvalu1.53
Uzbekistan1.52
Botswana1.34
Lesotho1.33
Moldova1.29
North Macedonia1.29
Brunei1.29
Turkmenistan1.25
Bhutan1.18
Cape Verde1.17
Austria1.16
Maldives1.11
Czech Republic1.09
Switzerland1.05
Slovakia1.03
Malta1.03
Nauru1.02
Denmark0.98
Hungary0.95
Qatar0.94
Bahrain0.94
Singapore0.8
Belarus0.76
Liechtenstein0.71
Sao Tome and Principe0.67
Luxembourg0.61
San Marino0.35
Andorra0.28
Monaco0.18
  • As of the 2022 data year, the WorldRiskIndex comprises 100 indicators related to each country’s risk, frequency, and ability to react to natural disasters, including earthquakes, cyclones, coastal floods, internal “riverine” floods, droughts, persistent sea-level rise, and tsunamis.
  • Both the absolute number of exposed individuals and their share in the population are included to avoid distortions due to population size variances. For example, sea-level rise threatens 25.56% of Vanuatu’s population, but only 0.56% of China’s population. However, the two countries’ populations are quite different, so in absolute terms, those percentages equate to 65,000 people in Vanuatu and nearly 8,000,000 people in China. Only by considering both data points can accurate exposure levels be calculated.