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20 per cent of their total social expenditure, compared to only 1.19 per cent in North America and less than 1 per cent in Europe and Central Asia.

Individual countries such as the Bahamas and Antigua and Barbuda have an extraordinarily high ratio of AAL to social expenditure (Figure 3.23). In five SIDS, the AAL is equivalent to over 100 per cent of what these countries are currently able or willing to spend on education, health and social protection.

In the case of earthquakes, the AAL in Trinidad and Tobago represents over 20 per cent of the islands’ capital investment, and in Saint Kitts and Nevis the figure is over 10 per cent. Over a 50-year period, both countries face a 10 per cent probability of losing around 27 per cent of their total capital stock in an earthquake (Figure 3.24).

In the case of tropical cyclones, nearly all of the countries with the highest AAL relative to capital

(Source: UNISDR with data from Global Risk Assessment and the World Bank.)

Figure 3.23 Top 15 SIDS: Multi-hazard AAL in relation to social expenditure

Figure 3.24 Top 15 SIDS: Earthquake PML500 in relation to capital stock

(Source: UNISDR with data from Global Risk Assessment and the World Bank.)

	75 20 per cent of their total social expenditure, compared to only 1.19 per cent in North America and less than 1 per cent in Europe and Central Asia. Individual countries such as the Bahamas and Antigua and Barbuda have an extraordinarily high ratio of AAL to social expenditure (Figure 3.23). In five SIDS, the AAL is equivalent to over 100 per cent of what these countries are currently able or willing to spend on education, health and social protection. In the case of earthquakes, the AAL in Trinidad and Tobago represents over 20 per cent of the islands’ capital investment, and in Saint Kitts and Nevis the figure is over 10 per cent. Over a 50-year period, both countries face a 10 per cent probability of losing around 27 per cent of their total capital stock in an earthquake (Figure 3.24). In the case of tropical cyclones, nearly all of the countries with the highest AAL relative to capital (Source: UNISDR with data from Global Risk Assessment and the World Bank.) Figure 3.23 Top 15 SIDS: Multi-hazard AAL in relation to social expenditure Figure 3.24 Top 15 SIDS: Earthquake PML500 in relation to capital stock (Source: UNISDR with data from Global Risk Assessment and the World Bank.)	Page 1 Page 10 Page 20 Page 30 Page 40 Page 50 Page 60 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 ->Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 100 Page 110 Page 120 Page 130 Page 140 Page 150 Page 160 Page 170 Page 180 Page 190 Page 200 Page 210 Page 220 Page 230 Page 240 Page 250 Page 260 Page 270 Page 280 Page 290 Page 300 Page 310