Africa: countries with the highest disaster risk 2022

Mozambique presented the highest natural disaster risk in Africa as of 2022. The country scored 34.37 in the WorldRiskIndex assessment and ranked among the 10 nations in the world under very high risk of being confronted with disasters due to extreme natural events. To follow, Somalia, Madagascar, Egypt and Tanzania recorded the largest risk levels on the African continent. Africa has been found to be the third world region most endangered by natural disasters.

Countries with the highest natural disaster risk in Africa in 2022, by index score

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Release date

September 2022

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Region

Africa

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

The WorldRiskIndex (WRI) 2022 is based on a total of 100 indicators, which evaluate exposure and vulnerability, susceptibilities, adaptative and coping capacities.
Countries are classified as follows: WRI (0.00 - 1.84) = very low risk; WRI (1.85 - 3.20) = low risk risk; WRI (3.21 - 5.87) = medium risk; WRI (5.88 - 12.88) = high risk; WRI (12.89 - 100.00) = very high risk;

The source adds the following: "the WorldRiskIndex provides an assessment of the risk of countries to be confronted with disasters resulting from extreme natural events. It does not, however, indicate probabilities for the emergence of disasters, nor does it forecast the timing of future disasters".

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