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

10 October 2008

Indonesia: composite hazard map

This map illustrates Indonesia's exposure to seismic, volcanic and tropical storm hazard.

Documents and publications

10 October 2008

Japan: composite hazard map

This map illustrates Japan's exposure to seismic, volcanic and typhoon hazard.

Documents and publications

10 October 2008

India: composite hazard map

This map illustrates India's exposure to seismic, volcanic and tropical storm hazard.

Documents and publications

10 October 2008

Horn of Africa: earthquake hazard map

This map illustrates where there is a 20% chance that the Peak Ground Acceleration assigned value for every cell will be exceeded in the next 50 years.