River flood risk in Latin America & Caribbean by country

Guyana is the country most exposed to the risk of river flooding in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to an index that measures the percentage of population expected to be affected by river floods in an average year, Guyana was graded 4.13 points on a scale from zero to five, where five shows the highest level of riverine flood. Suriname ranked second in the region, with a score of 4.02. Suriname is also one of the countries with the worst physical exposure to floods in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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

Characteristic	Riverine flood risk score
Guyana	4.13
Suriname	4.02
Honduras	3.53
Guatemala	3.51
Belize	3.14
Cuba	3.01
Panama	3.01
Nicaragua	3
Peru	2.95
Bolivia	2.72
El Salvador	2.5
Ecuador	2.09
Mexico	2.09
Argentina	1.63
Brazil	1.62
Venezuela	1.62
Costa Rica	1.35
Paraguay	1.32
Dominican Republic	1.15
Colombia	1.1
Chile	1.04
Jamaica	0.86
Haiti	0.79
Uruguay	0.41

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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 5.0 (highest risk)*

Supplementary notes

* The riverine flood risk index measures the percentage of population expected to be affected by river flooding in an average year, accounting for existing flood protection standards. Higher values indicate greater proportion of the population is expected to be impacted by this type of flood.
Countries excluded from this statistic were not surveyed or did not have available data.

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