This is a list of countries by natural disaster risk, as measured in the World Risk Index, calculated by the United Nations University for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and featured in the 2016 World Risk Report (WRR 2016) published by the Alliance Development Works/Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft (BEH). The report systematically considers a country’s vulnerability, and its exposure to natural hazards to determine a ranking of countries around the world based on their disaster risk.
The WRI developed by UNU-EHS and BEH the main feature of the WRR, determines the risk of becoming a victim of a disaster as a result of vulnerability and natural hazards such as earthquakes, storms, floods, droughts and sea level rise for 173 countries worldwide. The WRI is based on 28 indicators and research data which are globally freely available and results in a global risk ranking and maps which allow for comparison between countries. Risk is at its highest where a high level of exposure to natural hazards coincides with very vulnerable societies.
Rankings
Key: colors set from source document.
Countries unlisted in the WorldRiskIndex: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Kosovo, Micronesia, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Palau, San Marino, Somalia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tuvalu.
Countries unlisted in the 2016 WorldRiskIndex: São Tomé and Príncipe, Samoa.