Country risk profile: Vanuatu

This country profile for Vanuatu highlights that the country is expected to incur, on average, 48 million USD per year in losses due to earthquakes and tropical cyclones. In the next 50 years, Vanuatu has a 50% chance of experiencing a loss exceeding 330 million USD and casualties larger than 725 people, and a 10% chance of experiencing a loss exceeding 540 million USD and casualties larger than 2,150 people.

This series of country risk profiles offer support to multiple applications that benefit both public and private stakeholders. These risk profiles can inform urban and development planning, the development of disaster risk financing and insurance solutions and ex ante budget planning options to increase the financial resilience, and in more targeted interventions for community-based disaster risk management and climate change adaptation actions.