Country risk and governance profiles

Uncover the trends of disaster risk and learn more about country-level capacities to prevent disasters.

Understanding disaster risk is crucial for effectively preventing disasters. This page provides comprehensive and up-to-date risk profiles for countries around the world. The profiles offer in-depth information on risk for each country; they help identify and prioritize risk, guiding risk management.

Access detailed reports on each country's vulnerability, exposure, and resilience to various hazard types, explore informative maps that visualize disaster risks, and understand key indicators and metrics used to assess disaster risk.

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Malta: Rapid emergency response and readiness assessment thumbnail
Documents and publications

The objective of this report is to support Malta in strengthening its resilience to disasters and other crises by providing a rapid assessment of emergency preparedness and response (EP and R) structures and capabilities.

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
World Bank, the
Kyrgyz Republic crisis preparedness gap analysis: technical report thumbnail
Documents and publications

This technical report presents the findings of the Crisis Preparedness Gap Analysis (CPGA) conducted in the Kyrgyz Republic.

World Bank, the
cfe-dm-dmrh-rmi2026.pdf thumbnail
Documents and publications

This handbook provides a disaster management (DM) profile of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) as a resource for civilian and military personnel.

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DMHA)
Zambia crisis and disaster risk financing diagnostic thumbnail
Documents and publications

The objective of this report is to summarize Zambia’s financial preparedness to crises and disasters at the sovereign, firm, and household levels. In this context, the focus is on the fiscal implications of the emergency response to shocks for the GRZ.

World Bank, the
Nigeria country climate and development report thumbnail
Documents and publications

This report explores the ways in which Nigeria can pursue its development objectives while considering the challenges of climate change and the opportunities of low-emission technologies.

World Bank, the
Disaster–Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) nexus diagnostic for Myanmar (Summary) thumbnail
Documents and publications

This report examines the current state of disaster risk management (DRM) efforts in Myanmar through October 2025, exploring the compounded risks arising from the intersection of hazards, conflict, and poverty.

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
World Bank, the
Mapping coastal flood risk in China thumbnail
Documents and publications

This study quantitatively assessed the risk of casualties and economic losses in China’s coastal areas under different return period scenarios.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
Timor-Leste - Rising risks, resilient futures: Climate and health vulnerability assessment thumbnail
Documents and publications

The Climate and Health Vulnerability Assessment provides an evidence base to guide climate-resilient health investments. It integrates climate modeling, geospatial exposure mapping, and disease burden analysis and economic projections

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