The Philippines, India, and Indonesia had Highest Natural Disaster Risk
The Ruhr University Bochum’s Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) and Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft in Germany published the 2024 edition of their annual World Risk Report. The report’s “WorldRiskIndex,” calculates natural disaster risk of 193 countries based on their exposure (to disasters), vulnerability, susceptibility, lack of coping capacities, and lack of adaptive capacities*.
The Philippines had the highest risk, with a WorldRiskIndex of 46.91.
In contrast, Monaco had the lowest risk, with a WorldRiskIndex of 0.18.
China had the highest “exposure” value of 64.59, but it ranked 22nd overall with a WorldRiskIndex of 21.31.
Many countries in Africa had low exposure but high vulnerability, susceptibility, lack of coping capacities, and lack of adaptive capacities. For example, Central African Republic had the highest vulnerability of 73.86 but ranked 107th overall with a WorldRiskIndex of 3.44 due to a low exposure value.
Among G20 nations, Indonesia and India were ranked second and third high risk overall, with WorldRiskIndex values of 41.13 and 40.96, respectively.
The US ranked 19th overall with a WorldRiskIndex of 22.56.
The EU nation with the highest risk was Italy (48th overall) with a WorldRiskIndex of 11.11.
*See page 43 of the report for more details on each parameter.
**Risk is classified based on ranges of WorldRiskIndex values: very low (0.00–1.84), low (1.85–3.20), medium (3.21–5.87), high (5.88–12.88), and very high (12.99–100.00).
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