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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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
State of the UK Climate in 2025 thumbnail
Documents and publications

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

International Journal of Climatology (RMetS)
Fiji Country Climate and Development Report thumbnail
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
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.

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