Drought risk in Latin America & Caribbean by country

Haiti is one of the countries with the highest drought risk in the world. Based on an index that reflects where droughts are likely to occur and the vulnerability of the population, Haiti received a score of 0.73 on a scale from zero to one, where one shows the highest level of risk. Cuba and the Dominican Republic ranked second in Latin America and the Caribbean, with 0.66 points.

Drought risk score in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019, by country

Characteristic	Drought risk index score
Haiti	0.73
Cuba	0.66
Dominican Republic	0.66
Nicaragua	0.62
Jamaica	0.59
El Salvador	0.58
Guatemala	0.57
Paraguay	0.57
Uruguay	0.55
Honduras	0.54
Mexico	0.53
Ecuador	0.52
Argentina	0.51
Brazil	0.51
Peru	0.47
Guyana	0.46
Panama	0.43
Venezuela	0.43
Colombia	0.41
Chile	0.4
Costa Rica	0.4
Bolivia	0.37
Suriname	0.25

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Release date

November 2019

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Region

LAC

Survey time period

2019

Special properties

scale from 0.0 (lowest risk) to 1.0 (highest risk)*

Supplementary notes

* The drought risk index measures where droughts are likely to occur, the population and assets exposed, and the vulnerability of the population and assets to suffering adverse effects. Higher values indicate higher risk of drought.
Countries excluded from this statistic were not surveyed or did not have available data.

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