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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From Risk to Action: A systems diagnostic of disaster and climate risk management in Asia-Pacific thumbnail
Documents and publications

Developed by NORCAP and iMMAP, the study applies a "risk-to-action chain" framework to identify recurring structural bottlenecks that prevent risk information from translating into effective decisions, financing, interventions and measurable outcomes.

iMMAP
Norwegian Refugee Council
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Documents and publications

This Disaster Management Reference Handbook offers Palau’s disaster management (DM) partners a resource for understanding both the potential for disasters in the country and the network of people and institutions ready to respond.

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DMHA)
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Documents and publications

The report presents a disaster risk assessment of 75 public schools in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The study analyzes schools’ exposure to climate-related hazards and identifies priority areas for resilience-building measures.

World Bank, the
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Documents and publications

The report presents a comprehensive disaster risk assessment of school infrastructure in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

World Bank, the
Participatory climate risk assessment manual: Cameroon and Central Africa Republic thumbnail
Documents and publications

This manual aims to strengthen the capacity of facilitators, local authorities and community stakeholders to conduct participatory climate risk assessments and develop locally led climate adaptation actions.

World Bank, the
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Documents and publications

This report provides a summary of the state of the UK's climate in 2025

International Journal of Climatology (RMetS)
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Documents and publications

The Country Climate and Development Report: Fiji summary examines how climate change could affect Fiji's ambition to achieve high-income status by 2050 while identifying opportunities to strengthen resilience and support sustainable economic development.

World Bank, the
Managing disaster-related fiscal risks in a shock-prone world: Insights from the Cat DDO (Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option) experience thumbnail
Documents and publications

This evaluation addresses gaps related to the catastrophe deferred drawdown option (Cat DDO). espite its growing adoption, empirical evidence on the Cat DDO’s effectiveness remains limited, particularly regarding its role in post-disaster financing.

World Bank, the

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