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 natural disaster risk. The WorldRiskIndex (WRI), developed by the Institute for Environment and Human Security (EHS) of the United Nations University (UNU) and Bündnis Entwicklung hilft (BEH), is the main feature of the World Risk Report (WRR). It determines the risk of becoming a victim of a disaster as a result of vulnerability and natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, storms, floods, droughts and sea level rise for 172 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.^[1]

Rankings

Legend

Rankings by country

Rank	Country	2022[2]	2016[3][4]	2013[5]	2012[6]	2011[7]
1	Andorra	0.26%	—	—	—	—
1	Monaco	0.26%	—	—	—	—
2	San Marino	0.38%	—	—	—	—
3	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.48%	—	—	—	—
4	Luxembourg	0.52%	2.43%	2.68%	2.65%	2.70%
5	Liechtenstein	0.79%	—	—	—	—
6	Singapore	0.81%	2.27%	2.49%	2.54%	2.85%
7	Belarus	0.83%	3.11%	3.31%	3.32%	2.98%
8	Malta	0.94%	0.60%	0.61%	0.61%	0.72%
9	Bahrain	0.95%	1.69%	1.81%	1.81%	1.66%
10	Hungary	0.97%	5.32%	5.69%	5.87%	5.49%
11	Czechia	1.00%	3.37%	3.61%	3.67%	4.15%
11	Nauru	1.00%	—	—	—	—
11	Slovakia	1.00%	3.39%	3.63%	3.69%	3.38%
12	Maldives	1.02%	—	—	—	—
13	Denmark	1.03%	2.89%	3.10%	3.09%	2.86%
13	Switzerland	1.03%	2.37%	2.61%	2.59%	2.55%
14	Bhutan	1.09%	7.51%	7.98%	8.17%	13.65%
15	Austria	1.14%	3.39%	3.80%	3.75%	3.41%
16	Qatar	1.17%	0.08%	0.11%	0.10%	0.02%
17	Palau	1.25%	—	—	—	—
18	North Macedonia	1.26%	5.87%	6.28%	6.10%	6.80%
19	Cape Verde	1.27%	10.39%	10.80%	10.88%	9.47%
20	Turkmenistan	1.29%	6.44%	6.57%	6.64%	7.18%
21	Finland	1.30%	2.21%	2.28%	2.24%	2.06%
21	Moldova	1.30%	4.79%	5.05%	5.23%	4.78%
22	Lesotho	1.32%	6.84%	7.09%	7.22%	7.86%
22	Togo	1.32%	10.36%	10.34%	10.64%	10.40%
23	Brunei	1.34%	17.00%	15.58%	15.92%	14.08%
24	Botswana	1.44%	5.14%	5.37%	5.21%	5.56%
24	Slovenia	1.44%	3.41%	3.69%	3.81%	3.72%
25	Tuvalu	1.46%	—	—	—	—
26	Benin	1.61%	11.39%	11.32%	11.42%	10.90%
27	Iceland	1.65%	1.52%	1.55%	1.53%	1.56%
28	Paraguay	1.74%	3.48%	3.85%	3.84%	4.12%
28	Uzbekistan	1.74%	8.59%	8.66%	8.71%	9.37%
29	Estonia	1.82%	2.36%	2.52%	2.50%	2.25%
29	Eswatini	1.82%	7.52%	7.65%	7.84%	7.37%
30	Serbia	1.84%	7.12%	7.53%	7.67%	5.44%
31	Grenada	1.85%	1.42%	1.44%	1.44%	2.29%
32	Barbados	2.06%	1.32%	1.16%	1.15%	2.44%
32	Burkina Faso	2.06%	9.54%	9.72%	9.74%	11.58%
32	Sweden	2.06%	2.12%	2.26%	2.15%	2.00%
33	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.07%	—	—	—	—
34	Ivory Coast	2.08%	8.88%	8.86%	9.00%	9.03%
34	Mongolia	2.08%	3.08%	3.10%	3.24%	3.43%
35	Latvia	2.14%	3.31%	3.48%	3.51%	3.09%
36	Bulgaria	2.15%	4.22%	4.43%	4.56%	4.08%
37	Niger	2.17%	11.24%	11.62%	11.93%	14.03%
38	Kazakhstan	2.18%	3.56%	3.84%	3.87%	4.04%
39	Azerbaijan	2.20%	5.54%	6.19%	6.25%	5.86%
39	Kyrgyzstan	2.20%	7.86%	8.43%	8.50%	8.48%
40	Lithuania	2.24%	2.92%	3.18%	3.23%	2.89%
41	Mali	2.25%	8.39%	8.65%	8.76%	11.51%
42	Marshall Islands	2.29%	—	—	—	—
43	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.30%	—	—	—	—
44	Tajikistan	2.38%	6.72%	7.35%	7.40%	7.47%
45	Zimbabwe	2.44%	10.06%	9.96%	9.87%	9.63%
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.51%	6.10%	6.42%	6.63%	6.25%
47	Seychelles	2.54%	2.55%	2.58%	2.60%	2.68%
48	Comoros	2.56%	7.29%	7.52%	7.45%	6.93%
48	Kuwait	2.56%	3.28%	3.70%	3.71%	3.71%
49	Nepal	2.62%	5.12%	5.53%	5.69%	6.15%
50	Kiribati	2.64%	1.78%	1.78%	1.78%	1.88%
51	Saint Lucia	2.69%	—	—	—	—
52	Rwanda	2.70%	7.09%	7.43%	7.60%	8.68%
53	Armenia	2.72%	6.07%	6.91%	7.05%	6.36%
54	Cyprus	2.78%	2.68%	2.77%	2.81%	3.46%
55	Uganda	2.81%	6.52%	6.69%	6.75%	7.57%
56	Laos	2.91%	5.59%	5.71%	5.73%	5.80%
57	Chad	2.92%	10.85%	11.06%	11.13%	12.25%
58	Trinidad and Tobago	2.93%	7.50%	7.65%	7.68%	6.70%
59	Zambia	2.94%	7.25%	7.46%	7.44%	8.41%
60	Burundi	3.03%	10.28%	10.46%	10.49%	11.56%
61	Ghana	3.05%	8.39%	8.81%	8.85%	9.35%
62	Bolivia	3.07%	4.58%	5.08%	5.13%	5.16%
63	Ireland	3.10%	4.60%	4.69%	4.50%	4.15%
64	Samoa	3.15%	—	—	—	—
65	Norway	3.16%	2.19%	2.35%	2.31%	2.28%
66	Romania	3.19%	5.92%	6.61%	6.78%	6.43%
67	Dominica	3.27%	—	—	—	—
68	Malawi	3.30%	7.98%	8.02%	8.18%	8.99%
68	Montenegro	3.30%	—	—	—	—
69	Central African Republic	3.34%	7.03%	6.57%	6.55%	6.95%
70	Equatorial Guinea	3.36%	4.46%	4.49%	4.47%	6.72%
71	Jordan	3.48%	4.58%	4.88%	4.90%	5.13%
72	Mauritius	3.50%	15.53%	14.89%	15.36%	15.74%
73	Lebanon	3.52%	5.01%	5.05%	5.10%	5.01%
74	Bahamas	3.75%	4.14%	3.99%	4.17%	4.52%
85	Georgia	3.79%	6.27%	6.83%	6.75%	6.97%
86	Antigua and Barbuda	3.84%	—	—	—	—
87	Ukraine	3.89%	2.97%	3.14%	3.19%	3.02%
88	Germany	3.92%	2.95%	3.24%	3.27%	2.96%
89	Tonga	3.94%	29.33%	28.23%	28.62%	29.08%
90	Netherlands	4.04%	8.24%	8.76%	8.49%	7.71%
91	Afghanistan	4.05%	9.50%	9.93%	9.79%	14.06%
92	Liberia	4.11%	7.84%	7.71%	7.86%	9.20%
93	Guinea-Bissau	4.14%	13.56%	13.09%	13.34%	13.12%
94	Belgium	4.16%	3.07%	3.42%	3.48%	3.51%
95	South Sudan	4.21%	—	—	—	—
96	Micronesia	4.36%	—	—	—	—
97	Gambia	4.45%	12.07%	11.71%	11.84%	13.90%
98	Poland	4.63%	3.20%	3.46%	3.53%	3.42%
99	Israel	4.65%	2.30%	2.49%	2.43%	2.60%
99	Jamaica	4.65%	11.83%	12.15%	12.15%	12.89%
100	Gabon	4.72%	6.04%	5.93%	6.20%	6.30%
101	Ethiopia	4.80%	7.04%	7.36%	7.35%	7.09%
102	Congo	4.85%	7.19%	7.57%	7.38%	7.71%
103	Croatia	4.86%	3.97%	4.24%	4.35%	3.71%
104	Suriname	4.87%	8.44%	8.55%	8.62%	9.25%
105	Uruguay	4.92%	4.03%	4.09%	4.12%	3.94%
106	Albania	4.98%	9.50%	10.01%	9.96%	9.98%
107	Sierra Leone	5.00%	10.21%	10.37%	10.58%	11.25%
108	Portugal	5.08%	3.45%	3.80%	3.82%	3.62%
109	Senegal	5.42%	10.38%	10.99%	11.08%	11.76%
110	United Kingdom	5.78%	3.54%	3.71%	3.65%	3.61%
111	Namibia	5.93%	5.37%	5.68%	5.72%	6.63%
111	Sri Lanka	5.93%	7.32%	7.67%	7.79%	7.84%
112	United Arab Emirates	6.52%	1.97%	2.10%	2.07%	4.09%
113	Fiji	6.54%	13.15%	14.10%	13.53%	11.13%
114	Guyana	6.64%	11.39%	11.65%	11.77%	9.02%
115	France	6.67%	2.62%	2.79%	2.78%	2.76%
116	Guinea	6.84%	8.20%	8.32%	8.55%	9.49%
117	Oman	7.27%	2.64%	2.74%	2.72%	2.80%
118	Belize	7.65%	6.55%	6.62%	6.63%	5.93%
119	Eritrea	7.70%	6.35%	6.35%	6.44%	7.22%
120	Cuba	7.97%	6.13%	6.51%	6.55%	5.99%
120	East Timor	7.97%	15.69%	16.37%	17.13%	17.45%
121	Cambodia	8.42%	16.58%	16.90%	17.17%	16.58%
122	Greece	8.55%	6.70%	7.38%	7.81%	8.27%
123	Iraq	8.65%	4.49%	4.83%	4.95%	5.77%
124	Nigeria	9.12%	7.98%	8.32%	8.28%	9.03%
125	Mauritania	9.34%	7.95%	8.26%	8.43%	9.70%
126	Italy	9.37%	4.42%	4.88%	4.82%	4.74%
127	South Africa	9.42%	5.58%	5.80%	5.90%	5.71%
128	Algeria	9.58%	7.36%	8.13%	8.15%	8.06%
129	Saudi Arabia	9.64%	1.14%	1.32%	1.31%	1.26%
130	DR Congo	9.65%	—	—	—	—
131	Spain	9.68%	3.05%	3.38%	3.40%	3.29%
132	Tunisia	9.87%	5.40%	5.90%	5.90%	5.72%
133	Haiti	9.99%	11.68%	11.88%	11.96%	11.45%
134	Sudan	10.12%	7.99%	7.87%	7.88%	9.25%
135	Morocco	10.29%	6.45%	7.13%	7.21%	7.17%
136	South Korea	10.51%	4.59%	4.94%	4.89%	4.14%
137	Vanuatu	10.64%	36.28%	36.43%	36.31%	32.00%
138	Djibouti	10.66%	10.30%	9.84%	9.96%	7.05%
139	Angola	11.02%	6.52%	6.45%	6.56%	8.02%
140	Cameroon	11.17%	10.91%	11.09%	10.96%	14.46%
141	Guatemala	11.18%	19.88%	20.88%	20.75%	20.88%
142	North Korea	11.82%	—	—	—	—
143	Brazil	12.15%	4.09%	4.26%	4.30%	4.26%
144	Syria	12.16%	5.69%	5.67%	5.68%	6.19%
145	New Zealand	13.05%	4.55%	4.69%	4.44%	4.28%
146	Dominican Republic	13.23%	10.96%	11.28%	11.63%	12.00%
147	Chile	13.84%	11.65%	12.28%	12.26%	11.97%
148	Kenya	13.92%	6.77%	7.08%	7.18%	7.24%
149	Costa Rica	14.20%	17.00%	16.94%	17.38%	16.74%
150	Libya	14.31%	3.79%	3.93%	3.80%	3.67%
151	Malaysia	14.36%	6.39%	6.45%	6.53%	6.69%
152	El Salvador	14.37%	16.05%	16.85%	16.89%	16.49%
153	Solomon Islands	14.62%	19.14%	18.11%	18.15%	23.51%
154	Argentina	15.61%	3.56%	3.76%	3.80%	3.77%
155	Honduras	16.00%	10.68%	10.91%	11.02%	12.10%
156	Turkey	16.23%	5.20%	5.52%	5.68%	5.38%
157	Tanzania	16.38%	7.65%	7.99%	8.11%	8.64%
158	Japan	17.03%	12.99%	13.56%	13.69%	13.57%
159	Panama	18.38%	7.26%	7.49%	7.69%	7.70%
160	Iran	18.48%	4.73%	4.92%	4.98%	5.11%
161	Canada	18.99%	3.01%	3.18%	3.18%	2.57%
162	Egypt	20.65%	2.29%	2.34%	2.33%	2.38%
163	Thailand	20.91%	6.19%	6.34%	6.44%	6.86%
164	Australia	21.36%	4.22%	4.51%	4.57%	4.28%
165	Nicaragua	22.35%	14.62%	15.18%	15.39%	11.91%
166	Ecuador	22.42%	7.53%	7.77%	7.94%	8.69%
167	Venezuela	22.45%	5.93%	6.16%	6.13%	6.11%
168	United States	22.73%	3.76%	3.99%	3.99%	3.72%
169	Madagascar	23.48%	11.15%	11.23%	11.50%	10.27%
170	Papua New Guinea	24.10%	16.43%	15.90%	15.81%	15.45%
171	Yemen	24.26%	5.97%	6.03%	5.98%	6.83%
172	Somalia	25.07%	—	—	—	—
173	Peru	25.41%	6.59%	7.02%	6.96%	7.82%
174	Vietnam	25.85%	12.81%	12.88%	11.21%
175	Russia	26.54%	3.58%	3.78%	3.83%	3.56%
176	Pakistan	26.75%	6.96%	7.21%	7.25%	7.84%
177	Bangladesh	27.90%	19.17%	19.81%	20.22%	17.45%
178	China	28.70%	6.39%	6.97%	7.04%	6.90%
179	Mozambique	34.37%	8.69%	8.89%	9.09%	9.98%
180	Myanmar	35.49%	8.90%	9.10%	9.15%	8.54%
181	Mexico	37.55%	5.97%	6.39%	6.39%	6.53%
182	Colombia	38.37%	6.45%	6.90%	6.89%	6.86%
183	Indonesia	41.46%	10.24%	10.54%	10.74%	11.69%
184	India	42.31%	6.64%	7.17%	7.28%	7.68%
185	Philippines	46.82%	26.70%	27.52%	27.98%	24.32%