2015 RISK The overall risk index identifies countries at risk from humanitarian crises and disasters that could overwhelm national response capacity. It is made up of three dimensions—hazards and exposure, vulnerability and lack of coping capacity. This map shows details for the 12 countries with the highest overall risk.
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Iraq
Afghanistan
3-year trend: Hazard: 7.29 Vulnerability: 7.18 Lack of coping capacity: 7.26
3-year trend: Hazard: 8.39 Vulnerability: 5.99 Lack of coping capacity: 5.92
3-year trend: Hazard: 8.21 Vulnerability: 5.98 Lack of coping capacity: 7.02
3-year trend: Hazard: 8.71 Vulnerability: 6.87 Lack of coping capacity: 8.19
Risk: 7.24
Risk: 6.67
Risk: 7.01
Risk: 7.88
Chad
Risk: 6.84
3-year trend: Hazard: 4.58 Vulnerability: 7.80 Lack of coping capacity: 8.95
Mali
Risk: 6.73
3-year trend: Hazard: 6.01 Vulnerability: 6.51 Lack of coping capacity: 7.80
Central African Republic
Myanmar
Risk: 8.16
Risk: 6.77
3-year trend: Hazard: 7.78 Vulnerability: 8.15 Lack of coping capacity: 8.56
3-year trend: Hazard: 8.22 Vulnerability: 5.41 Lack of coping capacity: 7.00
Democratic Republic of Congo Risk: 7.00
South Sudan
Somalia
Yemen
3-year trend: Hazard: 6.96 Vulnerability: 7.72 Lack of coping capacity: 8.92
3-year trend: Hazard: 8.63 Vulnerability: 8.36 Lack of coping capacity: 9.55
3-year trend: Hazard: 7.95 Vulnerability: 5.65 Lack of coping capacity: 8.19
Risk: 7.83
3-year trend: Hazard: 5.42 Vulnerability: 7.60 Lack of coping capacity: 8.33
Risk: 8.83
Risk: 7.17
INFORM RISK INDEX 3.29
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4.64
10 KEY
Low
Medium
High
Very high
Not included
(INFORM, 2015)
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A FRAG I LE WO RLD
Increasing risk
Stable
Decreasing risk