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

Europe: tsunami hazard map

This map classifies coastal areas in Europe according to the probability of a tsunami occurrence.

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10 October 2008

Europe: extreme temperature hazard map

This map shows hot days and waves and cold days and waves hazards in Europe.

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10 October 2008

Asia and the Pacific: seismic hazard map

This map shows earthquake intensity zones in accordance with the 1956 version of the Modified Mercalli Scale (MMS)

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10 October 2008

Afghanistan: composite hazard map

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

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10 October 2008

Bangladesh: composite hazard map

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

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10 October 2008

China: composite hazard map

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

Documents and publications

10 October 2008

Democratic People's Republic of Korea: composite hazard map

This map illustrates the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's exposure to seismic, volcanic and tropical storm hazard.

Documents and publications

10 October 2008

Europe: avalanche hazard map

The map shows that the avalanche hazard is widespread among all European mountain regions famous for winter sport activities, without displaying a general local frequency or probability.