Global disaster risk index 2022, by region

Published by
Erick Burgueño Salas,
Apr 17, 2023
The Americas has been found to be the region most affected by natural disasters. According to a 2022 study, the Americas had a disaster risk index (WRI) of 9.99, due to the high vulnerability and lack of adaptive capacities.

Regions with the highest disaster risk worldwide in 2022

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Release date

September 2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2022

Special properties

values are medians of the country group

Supplementary notes

The WorldRiskIndex 2022 assesses the natural disaster risk for 192 countries and is based on a total of 100 indicators.

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