Disaster risk profile: Sint Maarten

This country disaster risk profile is an estimation of the potential economic losses to property caused by adverse natural hazards. This brief focuses on hurricanes and earthquakes risk profile of Sint Maarten.

Snapshots from the report:

• The hurricane risk in Sint Maarten is more significant than the earthquake risk.
• Annual Average Loss (AAL) from hurricanes is US$ 42.3M (3.6% of GDP) and from earthquakes is US$ 6.3M (0.5% of GDP).
• The Probable Maximum Loss for hurricanes (250 year return period) is US$ 1.5B (127% of GDP) and for earthquakes (250 year return period) is US$ 271.2M (23% of GDP).