Country risk and governance profiles

Uncover the trends of disaster risk and learn more about country-level capacities to prevent disasters.

Understanding disaster risk is crucial for effectively preventing disasters. This page provides comprehensive and up-to-date risk profiles for countries around the world. The profiles offer in-depth information on risk for each country; they help identify and prioritize risk, guiding risk management.

Access detailed reports on each country's vulnerability, exposure, and resilience to various disasters, explore informative maps that visualize disaster risks, and understand key indicators and metrics used to assess disaster risk.

Documents and publications

Papua New Guinea: composite hazard map

This map illustrates Papua New Guinea's exposure to seismic, volcanic and tropical storm hazard.
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Mongolia: composite hazard map

This map illustrates Mongolia's exposure to seismic, volcanic and tropical storm hazard.
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Myanmar: composite hazard map

This map illustrates Myanmar's exposure to seismic, volcanic and tropical storm hazard.
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Bhutan: composite hazard map

This map illustrates Bhutan's exposure to seismic, volcanic and tropical storm hazard.
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Lao People's Democratic Republic: composite hazard map

This map illustrates Lao PDR's exposure to seismic, volcanic and tropical storm hazard.
Documents and publications

Sri Lanka: composite hazard map

This map illustrates Sri Lanka's exposure to seismic, volcanic and tropical storm hazard.
Documents and publications

Maldives: composite hazard map

This map illustrates the Maldives's exposure to seismic, volcanic and tropical storm hazard.
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Europe: flood recurrence map

This map illustrates flood recurrence in Europe, based on the frequency of floods in the time span of 1987-2002.
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