NXS-GRX · TH-02 · Thematic series

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

Hazard, exposure, vulnerability, capacity, preparedness, redundancy and recovery readings for planning and learning, aligned to the Sendai Framework targets.

Construction Indicators

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FIG 1 · Series at a glance

Domain indices

3

Multi-hazard exposure · Lack of coping capacity · Infrastructure fragility

Indicators

156

4 index domains

Hazard families

28

Atmosphere and weather · Water systems · Solid Earth

Methods

74

Hazard science · Vulnerability, fragility and resilience

Counts from the indicator, hazard and model registries.

domain indices

156

indicators in scope

hazard domains

client groups

01Scope

Scope and questions

This thematic series comes from the NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk) mechanism (Nexus, DRR, DRF and DRI architecture).

Where would prevention reduce the most risk?
Which preparedness gaps are largest?
How is each country tracking against Sendai targets?

02Construction

Domain indices to the series index

The series index is the expert-weighted geometric mean of its domain indices, with the intervals and class rule of the methodology.

computation

How the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) index is built

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01Domain indices

02Series index

03Readings

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Multi-hazard exposure
Domain index · IDX · HAZ
INFORM-style 0-10 index of natural-hazard exposure: the geophysical, flood and coastal, storm and climatological sub-indices plus the multi-hazard population share, combined by a geometric mean of complements (10 minus each score) so that one severe hazard is not averaged away.
Lack of coping capacity
Domain index · IDX · CRS
Index on a 0-10 scale of the absence of DRR governance, early warning, risk financing and response capacity (each inverted), together with transport and digital connectivity deficits; higher means less able to cope.
Infrastructure fragility
Domain index · IDX · INF
Index of transport and digital connectivity deficits, utility fragility, energy supply unreliability and realised disruption impact on a 0-10 scale, higher meaning more fragile.
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) index
Series index · SERIES · TH-02
Hazard, exposure, vulnerability, capacity, preparedness, redundancy and recovery readings for planning and learning, aligned to the Sendai Framework targets.
Country readings
Output · OUTPUT · 195 profiles
Published with intervals and classes when the edition is released.
Regional readings
Output · OUTPUT · 5 regions
Published with intervals and classes when the edition is released.
Global reading
Output · OUTPUT · population or exposure weighted
Published with intervals and classes when the edition is released.

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FIG 2. Select a domain index to open its full construction; Simulate run plays the computation.

03Indices

Domain indices in this series

NXS-GRX · TH-02 · 195 profiles · 0–10 scale

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) index, world

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Values publish with the edition; the interval, class and change appear here.

Index	Value	Change	Change %	90% interval	Class · probability
Multi-hazard exposureNXS-GRX · HAZ	—	—	—	—	—
Lack of coping capacityNXS-GRX · CRS	—	—	—	—	—
Infrastructure fragilityNXS-GRX · INF	—	—	—	—	—

Domains read: Hazard and exposure, Coping capacity and resilience, Infrastructure, Social and human development.

04Indicators

156 indicators in scope

Every indicator whose primary or secondary domain is in scope, with unit, levels and crosswalks to source code lists.

FIG 3 · Indicators in scope, by domain and sub-domain

Area is the number of indicator definitions; colour is the pillar the domain feeds (Macroeconomy and Space feed through their indices). Select a block to filter the table.

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Indicator	Domain	Sub-domain	Component	Unit	Levels	Crosswalks
Unemployment rateIND.MAC.labour.unemployment_rate	MAC	Labour market	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS SDG 8.5.2 ILO UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_RT
Expected annual fiscal cost of disasters, share of GDPIND.FIS.contingent.disaster_fiscal_cost.gdp	FIS	Contingent liabilities	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY
Household debt, share of GDPIND.FIN.depth.household_debt.gdp	FIN	Financial depth and inclusion	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY	IMF_FSI FSHG_PT
Account ownership, adultsIND.FIN.depth.account_ownership	FIN	Financial depth and inclusion	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI FX.OWN.TOTL.ZS SDG 8.10.2
Insurance penetration (premiums to GDP)IND.FIN.nbfi.insurance_penetration	FIN	Non-bank financial intermediation	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI GFDD.DI.09 WB_WDI GFDD.DI.10
Natural-catastrophe protection gapIND.FIN.nbfi.nat_cat_protection_gap	FIN	Non-bank financial intermediation	vulnerability	%	REGION, COUNTRY
Bank lending exposed to high physical climate riskIND.FIN.climate_finance.physical_risk_lending	FIN	Climate-related financial exposure	exposure	%	COUNTRY
Seaborne trade exposed to maritime chokepointsIND.ECO.supply_chain.chokepoint_exposure	ECO	Supply-chain exposure	exposure	%	COUNTRY
Change in very hot days (35 °C or more)IND.CLI.physical_acute.hot_days_change	CLI	Acute climate extremes	hazard	d/a	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, GRID
Assets vulnerable to climate-related physical risks, shareIND.CLI.physical_acute.physical_risk_vulnerable_assets.share	CLI	Acute climate extremes	exposure	%	SITE, PORTFOLIO	IFRS_S2 29(c)
Projected relative sea-level riseIND.CLI.projection.projected_sea_level_rise	CLI	Scenario projections	hazard	m	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, SITE
Population below the future 100-year coastal flood level, shareIND.CLI.projection.slr_coastal_population_exposed.share	CLI	Scenario projections	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY	WB_WDI EN.POP.EL5M.ZS
National adaptation plan submittedIND.CLI.adaptation.nap_submitted	CLI	Adaptation readiness	adaptive capacity	{bool}	COUNTRY	SDG 13.2.1
Social readiness for adaptationIND.CLI.adaptation.social_readiness	CLI	Adaptation readiness	adaptive capacity	{score}	COUNTRY	ND_GAIN social
International adaptation finance received per capitaIND.CLI.adaptation.adaptation_finance_received.pc	CLI	Adaptation readiness	adaptive capacity	[USD]	COUNTRY
Population exposed to two or more major hazards, shareIND.HAZ.multi.multi_hazard_exposure.share	HAZ	Multi-hazard	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY, GRID	INFORM HA.NAT
Multi-hazard average annual loss, share of GDPIND.HAZ.multi.aal.gdp	HAZ	Multi-hazard	impact	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, PORTFOLIO
Multi-hazard average annual loss, share of produced capital stockIND.HAZ.multi.aal.capital_stock	HAZ	Multi-hazard	impact	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, PORTFOLIO
Probable maximum loss at 250-year return period, share of GDPIND.HAZ.multi.pml_rp250.gdp	HAZ	Multi-hazard	impact	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, PORTFOLIO
Peak ground acceleration at 475-year return periodIND.HAZ.seismic.pga_rp475	HAZ	Seismic and volcanic	hazard	[g]	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, GRID, SITE	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 GH0101 INFORM HA.NAT.EQ
People exposed to strong earthquake shaking, annual averageIND.HAZ.seismic.eq_population_exposed	HAZ	Seismic and volcanic	exposure	{persons}	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, GRID	INFORM EX_EQ_MMI8
People exposed to strong earthquake shaking, share of populationIND.HAZ.seismic.eq_population_exposed.share	HAZ	Seismic and volcanic	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY
Earthquake average annual loss, share of GDPIND.HAZ.seismic.eq_aal.gdp	HAZ	Seismic and volcanic	impact	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, PORTFOLIO
Population within 30 km of a Holocene volcanoIND.HAZ.seismic.volcano_population_30km	HAZ	Seismic and volcanic	exposure	{persons}	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 GH0203
Probability of damaging volcanic ash fall in 100 yearsIND.HAZ.seismic.ash_fall_probability	HAZ	Seismic and volcanic	hazard	1	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, GRID, SITE	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 GH0202 EMDAT nat-geo-vol-ash
Extreme still-water sea level at 100-year return periodIND.HAZ.coastal.extreme_sea_level_rp100	HAZ	Coastal and sea level	hazard	m	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, SITE	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 MH0703 EMDAT nat-met-sto-sur
Population in the 100-year coastal floodplain, shareIND.HAZ.coastal.coastal_flood_population_exposed.share	HAZ	Coastal and sea level	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY	INFORM EX_CFL UNDRR_HIPS_2025 MH0601
Population below 5 m elevation, shareIND.HAZ.coastal.low_elevation_population.share	HAZ	Coastal and sea level	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY	WB_WDI EN.POP.EL5M.ZS
Tsunami maximum inundation height at 500-year return periodIND.HAZ.coastal.tsunami_inundation_rp500	HAZ	Coastal and sea level	hazard	m	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, SITE	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 MH0705 INFORM HA.NAT.TS
Population exposed to tsunami, shareIND.HAZ.coastal.tsunami_population_exposed.share	HAZ	Coastal and sea level	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY	INFORM EX_TS EMDAT nat-geo-ear-tsu
Fluvial flood depth at 100-year return periodIND.HAZ.flood.river_flood_depth_rp100	HAZ	Flood	hazard	m	ADM1, ADM2, CITY, GRID, SITE	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 MH0604 EMDAT nat-hyd-flo-riv
Pluvial and flash flood depth at 100-year return periodIND.HAZ.flood.pluvial_flood_depth_rp100	HAZ	Flood	hazard	m	ADM1, ADM2, CITY, GRID, SITE	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 MH0603 UNDRR_HIPS_2025 MH0606 EMDAT nat-hyd-flo-fla
People exposed to river flooding, annual averageIND.HAZ.flood.flood_population_exposed	HAZ	Flood	exposure	{persons}	COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY	INFORM EX_FL INFORM HA.NAT.FL
People exposed to river flooding, share of populationIND.HAZ.flood.flood_population_exposed.share	HAZ	Flood	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY
Flood protection design standardIND.HAZ.flood.flood_protection_standard	HAZ	Flood	coping capacity	a	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, SITE
River flood average annual loss, share of GDPIND.HAZ.flood.flood_aal.gdp	HAZ	Flood	impact	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, PORTFOLIO
Tropical cyclone wind speed at 100-year return periodIND.HAZ.storm.tc_wind_rp100	HAZ	Tropical and severe storms	hazard	m/s	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, GRID, SITE	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 MH0309 INFORM HA.NAT.TC
Annual probability of category 1 or stronger cyclone windIND.HAZ.storm.tc_cat1_probability	HAZ	Tropical and severe storms	hazard	1	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, GRID, SITE
People exposed to category 1 cyclone wind, annual averageIND.HAZ.storm.tc_population_exposed	HAZ	Tropical and severe storms	exposure	{persons}	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY	INFORM EX_TC_SS1
People exposed to category 1 cyclone wind, share of populationIND.HAZ.storm.tc_population_exposed.share	HAZ	Tropical and severe storms	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY
Tropical cyclone average annual loss, share of GDPIND.HAZ.storm.tc_aal.gdp	HAZ	Tropical and severe storms	impact	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, PORTFOLIO
Large-hail days per yearIND.HAZ.storm.large_hail_days	HAZ	Tropical and severe storms	hazard	d/a	COUNTRY, ADM1, GRID, SITE	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 MH0404 EMDAT nat-met-sto-hai
Days with severe-thunderstorm environmentsIND.HAZ.storm.severe_convective_days	HAZ	Tropical and severe storms	hazard	d/a	COUNTRY, ADM1, GRID	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 MH0103 EMDAT nat-met-sto-sev
Frequency of severe meteorological droughtIND.HAZ.drought.spei_drought_frequency	HAZ	Drought	hazard	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, GRID	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 MH0401 INFORM HA.NAT.DR
Frequency of agricultural drought stressIND.HAZ.drought.agricultural_stress_frequency	HAZ	Drought	hazard	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, GRID	INFORM ASI
People affected by drought, annual average shareIND.HAZ.drought.drought_affected.share	HAZ	Drought	impact	%	COUNTRY	INFORM AFF_DR EMDAT nat-cli-dro-dro
Days of dangerous humid heat per yearIND.HAZ.heat.dangerous_heat_days	HAZ	Extreme heat	hazard	d/a	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, GRID	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 MH0501
Heatwave exposure events per personIND.HAZ.heat.heatwave_person_days	HAZ	Extreme heat	exposure	d/a	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY
Population exposed to extreme heat, shareIND.HAZ.heat.heat_population_exposed.share	HAZ	Extreme heat	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY
Extreme fire-weather days per yearIND.HAZ.wildfire.extreme_fire_weather_days	HAZ	Wildfire	hazard	d/a	COUNTRY, ADM1, GRID
Annual burned area, share of land areaIND.HAZ.wildfire.burned_area.share	HAZ	Wildfire	hazard	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, GRID	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 EN0205 EMDAT nat-cli-wil-wil
Population in the wildland-urban interface, shareIND.HAZ.wildfire.wui_population.share	HAZ	Wildfire	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY
Population in high landslide susceptibility zones, shareIND.HAZ.landslide.landslide_susceptible_population.share	HAZ	Landslide	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY, GRID	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 GH0300
Fatal landslide deaths per 100,000, annual averageIND.HAZ.landslide.fatal_landslide_rate	HAZ	Landslide	impact	/10*5	COUNTRY, ADM1	EMDAT nat-hyd-mmw-lan
Population near major-hazard industrial sites, shareIND.HAZ.technological.major_hazard_site_population.share	HAZ	Technological	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 TL0304 UNDRR_HIPS_2025 TL0309
Population within 30 km of an operating nuclear reactorIND.HAZ.technological.nuclear_population_30km	HAZ	Technological	exposure	{persons}	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 TL0208
Industrial accident deaths per 100,000, annual averageIND.HAZ.technological.industrial_accident_deaths	HAZ	Technological	impact	/10*5	COUNTRY	EMDAT tec-ind-ind-ind
Built-up surface areaIND.HAZ.exposure.built_up_area	HAZ	Exposure	context	km2	COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY, GRID
Produced capital stockIND.HAZ.exposure.capital_stock	HAZ	Exposure	context	[USD]	COUNTRY, ADM1, PORTFOLIO
Built-up area in high-hazard zonesIND.HAZ.exposure.built_up_exposed	HAZ	Exposure	exposure	km2	COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY, GRID
Built-up area in high-hazard zones, shareIND.HAZ.exposure.built_up_exposed.share	HAZ	Exposure	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY
GDP generated in high-hazard zones, shareIND.HAZ.exposure.gdp_exposed.share	HAZ	Exposure	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY
Disaster deaths and missing persons per 100,000IND.HAZ.loss.deaths_missing_rate	HAZ	Losses and impacts	impact	/10*5	COUNTRY, ADM1	SENDAI A-1 SDG 1.5.1
People directly affected by disasters per 100,000IND.HAZ.loss.directly_affected_rate	HAZ	Losses and impacts	impact	/10*5	COUNTRY, ADM1	SENDAI B-1 SDG 1.5.1
Direct economic loss from disasters, share of GDPIND.HAZ.loss.direct_economic_loss.gdp	HAZ	Losses and impacts	impact	%	COUNTRY, ADM1	SENDAI C-1 SDG 1.5.2
Recorded disaster deaths per 100,000, 30-year averageIND.HAZ.loss.recorded_disaster_deaths	HAZ	Losses and impacts	impact	/10*5	COUNTRY, ADM1	EMDAT Total Deaths
Recorded people affected by disasters per 100,000, 30-year averageIND.HAZ.loss.recorded_disaster_affected	HAZ	Losses and impacts	impact	/10*5	COUNTRY, ADM1	EMDAT Total Affected
Recorded disaster damage, share of GDP, 30-year averageIND.HAZ.loss.recorded_disaster_damage.gdp	HAZ	Losses and impacts	impact	%	COUNTRY	EMDAT Total Damage, Adjusted ('000 US$)
Road densityIND.ENV.land.road_density	ENV	Land and forests	hazard	km/km2	COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY, GRID
Municipal solid waste managed in controlled facilitiesIND.ENV.pollution.msw_controlled_management.share	ENV	Pollution and waste	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY, CITY	SDG 11.6.1 EPI MSW
Wastewater flows safely treatedIND.WAT.quality.wastewater_safely_treated.share	WAT	Water quality	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY, CITY	SDG 6.3.1 EPI WWT
GDP in GNSS-dependent activities, shareIND.SPC.dependence.gnss_dependent_gdp.share	SPC	Space-service dependence	exposure	%	COUNTRY, PORTFOLIO	UNDRR_HIPS_2025 ET0102
Critical services relying on satellites without backup, shareIND.SPC.dependence.satellite_service_exposure.share	SPC	Space-service dependence	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY
High-voltage grid in high geoelectric hazard zones, shareIND.SPC.dependence.grid_gic_exposure.share	SPC	Space-service dependence	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1
Population with catastrophic out-of-pocket health spendingIND.HLT.system.catastrophic_oop	HLT	Health system capacity	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY	SDG 3.8.2 WB_WDI SH.UHC.OOPC.10.ZS
Travel time to the nearest health facilityIND.HLT.system.health_facility_travel_time	HLT	Health system capacity	vulnerability	min	COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY, GRID
IHR health emergency management capacity (SPAR C7)IND.HLT.security.spar_emergency_management	HLT	Health security (IHR)	coping capacity	{score}	COUNTRY	SPAR C7 WHO_GHO IHRSPAR2_C07 JEE R1
Cost of a healthy dietIND.FOO.access.healthy_diet_cost	FOO	Access and affordability	vulnerability	[USD]	COUNTRY	WB_WDI CoHD_PPP
Population unable to afford a healthy dietIND.FOO.access.healthy_diet_unaffordable	FOO	Access and affordability	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI CoHD_headcount
Employment in agriculture, share of total employmentIND.FOO.agriculture.agri_employment_share	FOO	Agricultural production and dependence	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS
Extreme poverty headcount, USD 3.00 a day (2021 PPP)IND.SOC.poverty.extreme_poverty.usd300	SOC	Poverty	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI SI.POV.DDAY SDG 1.1.1
Poverty headcount, USD 4.20 a day (2021 PPP)IND.SOC.poverty.poverty.usd420	SOC	Poverty	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI SI.POV.LMIC
Poverty headcount, USD 8.30 a day (2021 PPP)IND.SOC.poverty.poverty.usd830	SOC	Poverty	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI SI.POV.UMIC
Poverty headcount at the national poverty lineIND.SOC.poverty.national_poverty	SOC	Poverty	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY, ADM1	WB_WDI SI.POV.NAHC SDG 1.2.1
Multidimensional poverty headcount (global MPI)IND.SOC.poverty.multidimensional_poverty	SOC	Poverty	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY, ADM1	SDG 1.2.2 WB_WDI SI.POV.MPWB
Gini indexIND.SOC.inequality.gini	SOC	Inequality	vulnerability	{score}	COUNTRY	WB_WDI SI.POV.GINI
Income or consumption share of the bottom 40 percentIND.SOC.inequality.bottom40_income_share	SOC	Inequality	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI SI.DST.FRST.20
Growth of consumption or income of the bottom 40 percentIND.SOC.inequality.bottom40_growth	SOC	Inequality	adaptive capacity	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI SI.SPR.PC40.ZG SDG 10.1.1
Loss in human development due to inequalityIND.SOC.inequality.human_development_loss	SOC	Inequality	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY	HDR loss
Mean years of schoolingIND.SOC.education.mean_years_schooling	SOC	Education	adaptive capacity	a	COUNTRY	HDR mys
Expected years of schoolingIND.SOC.education.expected_years_schooling	SOC	Education	adaptive capacity	a	COUNTRY	HDR eys
Learning povertyIND.SOC.education.learning_poverty	SOC	Education	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI SE.LPV.PRIM SDG 4.1.1
Adult literacy rateIND.SOC.education.adult_literacy	SOC	Education	adaptive capacity	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI SE.ADT.LITR.ZS SDG 4.6.1
Gender Inequality Index (UNDP)IND.SOC.gender.gender_inequality_index	SOC	Gender	vulnerability	{score}	COUNTRY	HDR gii
Female labour-force participation rateIND.SOC.gender.female_labour_participation	SOC	Gender	adaptive capacity	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS
Seats held by women in national parliamentIND.SOC.gender.women_in_parliament	SOC	Gender	adaptive capacity	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI SG.GEN.PARL.ZS SDG 5.5.1
Population covered by at least one social protection benefitIND.SOC.protection.social_protection_coverage	SOC	Social protection	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY	SDG 1.3.1 ILO SDG_0131_SEX_SOC_RT WB_WDI per_allsp.cov_pop_tot
Youth not in employment, education or trainingIND.SOC.protection.youth_neet	SOC	Social protection	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI SL.UEM.NEET.ZS SDG 8.6.1 ILO SDG_0861_SEX_RT
Informal employment, share of total employmentIND.SOC.protection.informal_employment	SOC	Social protection	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY	SDG 8.3.1 ILO SDG_0831_SEX_ECO_RT WB_WDI SL.ISV.IFRM.ZS
Children aged 5 to 17 in child labourIND.SOC.protection.child_labour	SOC	Social protection	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY	SDG 8.7.1 ILO SDG_B871_SEX_AGE_RT WB_WDI SL.TLF.0714.ZS
Human Development Index (UNDP)IND.SOC.development.hdi	SOC	Human development	adaptive capacity	{score}	COUNTRY	HDR hdi
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (UNDP)IND.SOC.development.ihdi	SOC	Human development	adaptive capacity	{score}	COUNTRY	HDR ihdi
Urban population, share of totalIND.DEM.urbanisation.urban_share	DEM	Urbanisation	context	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Urban population growthIND.DEM.urbanisation.urban_growth	DEM	Urbanisation	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI SP.URB.GROW
Urban population living in slumsIND.DEM.urbanisation.slum_share	DEM	Urbanisation	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI EN.POP.SLUM.UR.ZS SDG 11.1.1
Internally displaced people, disasters (stock)IND.DEM.displacement.idp_disaster	DEM	Forced displacement	impact	{persons}	COUNTRY, ADM1	IDMC disaster_total_displacement
Internally displaced people, per 100,000 populationIND.DEM.displacement.idp_total.p100k	DEM	Forced displacement	impact	/10*5	COUNTRY
New internal displacements, disastersIND.DEM.displacement.new_displacement_disaster	DEM	Forced displacement	impact	1	COUNTRY, ADM1	IDMC disaster_new_displacement WB_WDI VC.IDP.NWDS
New internal displacements, per 100,000 populationIND.DEM.displacement.new_displacement.p100k	DEM	Forced displacement	impact	/10*5	COUNTRY
Government effectiveness (WGI)IND.GOV.quality.government_effectiveness	GOV	Governance quality	coping capacity	{score}	COUNTRY	WB_WGI GOV_WGI_GE.SC WB_WGI GOV_WGI_GE.EST
Power outages experienced by firms in a typical monthIND.ENE.reliability.firm_power_outages	ENE	Reliability	vulnerability	/mo	COUNTRY	WB_WDI IC.ELC.OUTG
System average interruption duration (SAIDI)IND.ENE.reliability.saidi	ENE	Reliability	vulnerability	h/a	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY	ISO_37120 ISO 37120:2018
System average interruption frequency (SAIFI)IND.ENE.reliability.saifi	ENE	Reliability	vulnerability	/a	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY	ISO_37120 ISO 37120:2018
Rural population within 2 km of an all-season roadIND.INF.transport.rural_road_access	INF	Transport	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY, ADM1	SDG 9.1.1
Logistics performanceIND.INF.transport.logistics_performance	INF	Transport	coping capacity	{score}	COUNTRY	WB_WDI LP.LPI.OVRL.XQ
Liner shipping connectivity relative to the frontierIND.INF.transport.liner_shipping_connectivity	INF	Transport	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY	WB_WDI IS.SHP.GCNW.XQ
Air passengers carried per capitaIND.INF.transport.air_passengers.pc	INF	Transport	coping capacity	{passengers}/a/{person}	COUNTRY	WB_WDI IS.AIR.PSGR
Urban population with convenient access to public transportIND.INF.transport.public_transport_access	INF	Transport	coping capacity	%	CITY, ADM1, COUNTRY	SDG 11.2.1 ISO_37120 ISO 37120:2018
Road and rail network in high-hazard zones, shareIND.INF.transport.network_exposed.share	INF	Transport	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY, GRID
Individuals using the InternetIND.INF.digital.internet_users	INF	Digital connectivity	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY	SDG 17.8.1 WB_WDI IT.NET.USER.ZS
Population covered by a mobile network, by technologyIND.INF.digital.mobile_network_coverage	INF	Digital connectivity	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY, ADM1	SDG 9.c.1
Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitantsIND.INF.digital.fixed_broadband	INF	Digital connectivity	coping capacity	/10*2	COUNTRY, ADM1	SDG 17.6.1 WB_WDI IT.NET.BBND.P2
International connectivity route redundancyIND.INF.digital.international_connectivity_redundancy	INF	Digital connectivity	coping capacity	1	COUNTRY
Hours of national-scale internet disruptionIND.INF.digital.internet_disruption_hours	INF	Digital connectivity	impact	h/a	COUNTRY
Power grid resilienceIND.INF.utilities.power_grid_resilience	INF	Utilities	coping capacity	{score}	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY	ISO_37123 ISO 37123:2019
Water supply network resilienceIND.INF.utilities.water_network_resilience	INF	Utilities	coping capacity	{score}	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY	ISO_37123 ISO 37123:2019
Critical facilities with 72-hour back-up powerIND.INF.utilities.critical_facility_backup_power	INF	Utilities	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY	ISO_37123 ISO 37123:2019
Water supply assets in high-hazard zones, shareIND.INF.utilities.water_assets_exposed.share	INF	Utilities	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY, GRID
Power generation and grid assets in high-hazard zones, shareIND.INF.utilities.power_assets_exposed.share	INF	Utilities	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY, GRID
Lifeline facilities in high-hazard zones, shareIND.INF.utilities.lifeline_facilities_exposed.share	INF	Utilities	exposure	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, CITY, GRID
Infrastructure investment gap, share of GDPIND.INF.utilities.infrastructure_investment_gap.gdp	INF	Utilities	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY
City electricity interruption hours per customerIND.INF.urban.power_interruption_hours	INF	Urban systems	vulnerability	h/a	CITY	ISO_37120 ISO 37120:2018
Critical infrastructure units damaged or destroyed by disastersIND.INF.disruption.critical_infrastructure_damage	INF	Service disruption	impact	1	COUNTRY, ADM1	SENDAI D-1 SDG 11.5.2
Health facilities damaged or destroyed by disastersIND.INF.disruption.health_facilities_damaged	INF	Service disruption	impact	1	COUNTRY, ADM1	SENDAI D-2
Educational facilities damaged or destroyed by disastersIND.INF.disruption.education_facilities_damaged	INF	Service disruption	impact	1	COUNTRY, ADM1	SENDAI D-3
Disruptions to basic services attributed to disastersIND.INF.disruption.basic_service_disruptions	INF	Service disruption	impact	1	COUNTRY, ADM1	SENDAI D-5
Direct economic loss to critical infrastructure, share of GDPIND.INF.disruption.critical_infrastructure_loss.gdp	INF	Service disruption	impact	%	COUNTRY, ADM1	SENDAI C-5
Cyber incidents disrupting critical servicesIND.CYB.incidents.critical_sector_incidents	CYB	Incidents	impact	1	COUNTRY
National DRR strategy aligned with the Sendai FrameworkIND.CRS.drr.national_drr_strategy	CRS	DRR strategy	coping capacity	{score}	COUNTRY	SENDAI E-1 SDG 1.5.3 SDG 11.b.1 SDG 13.1.2
Local governments with DRR strategies aligned to the national strategyIND.CRS.drr.local_drr_strategies	CRS	DRR strategy	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY, ADM1	SENDAI E-2 SDG 1.5.4 SDG 11.b.2 SDG 13.1.3
Multi-hazard early warning system scoreIND.CRS.warning.mhews_score	CRS	Early warning	coping capacity	{score}	COUNTRY	SENDAI G-1
Multi-hazard monitoring and forecasting systemsIND.CRS.warning.monitoring_forecasting	CRS	Early warning	coping capacity	{score}	COUNTRY	SENDAI G-2
People covered by early warning informationIND.CRS.warning.early_warning_coverage	CRS	Early warning	coping capacity	/10*5	COUNTRY, ADM1	SENDAI G-3
Local governments with a plan to act on early warningsIND.CRS.warning.local_warning_action_plans	CRS	Early warning	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY, ADM1	SENDAI G-4
Accessible disaster risk information and assessmentIND.CRS.warning.risk_information_access	CRS	Early warning	coping capacity	{score}	COUNTRY	SENDAI G-5
Exposed population protected by pre-emptive evacuationIND.CRS.warning.preemptive_evacuation	CRS	Early warning	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY, ADM1	SENDAI G-6
Disaster risk financing strategy adoptedIND.CRS.financing.drf_strategy	CRS	Risk financing and protection gap	coping capacity	{bool}	COUNTRY
Participation in a sovereign regional risk poolIND.CRS.financing.regional_risk_pool_membership	CRS	Risk financing and protection gap	coping capacity	{bool}	COUNTRY
Pre-arranged contingent disaster credit, share of GDPIND.CRS.financing.contingent_credit.gdp	CRS	Risk financing and protection gap	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY
Sovereign catastrophe risk transfer limit, share of GDPIND.CRS.financing.risk_transfer_cover.gdp	CRS	Risk financing and protection gap	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY
Natural-catastrophe insurance protection gapIND.CRS.financing.insurance_protection_gap	CRS	Risk financing and protection gap	vulnerability	%	COUNTRY
Non-life insurance premiums, share of GDPIND.CRS.financing.non_life_insurance_penetration	CRS	Risk financing and protection gap	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY
Population within 15 minutes of emergency servicesIND.CRS.response.emergency_service_access	CRS	Response capacity	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY	ISO_37120 ISO 37120:2018
INSARAG-classified urban search and rescue teamIND.CRS.response.usar_classification	CRS	Response capacity	coping capacity	{bool}	COUNTRY
International official support for DRR received, share of GDPIND.CRS.response.international_drr_support.gdp	CRS	Response capacity	coping capacity	%	COUNTRY	SENDAI F-1
Shock-responsive social protection readinessIND.CRS.response.shock_responsive_social_protection	CRS	Response capacity	coping capacity	{score}	COUNTRY

05Hazards

Hazard families this series reads

families, each crosswalked to the UNDRR–ISC Hazard Information Profiles (2025) where a profile exists.

FIG 4 · Hazard families this series reads

5 hazard domains (inner ring) and 28 families (outer ring), sized by hazard count. Select a segment to filter the table below.

Filter hazard families

Family	Domain	Hazards	Count
Convective storms	Atmosphere and weather	Thunderstorm, Lightning strike, Downburst, Tornado, Waterspout, Hail, Squall, Derecho …	11
Cyclonic storm systems	Atmosphere and weather	Tropical cyclone, Subtropical cyclone, Extratropical cyclone, Low-pressure system, Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone, Polar low, Rapid cyclone intensification, Explosive cyclogenesis	8
Damaging wind	Atmosphere and weather	Windstorm, Gale, Downslope windstorm, Clear-air turbulence	4
Precipitation extremes	Atmosphere and weather	Intense rainfall, Heavy snowfall, Snowstorm, Blizzard, Lake-effect snow band, Freezing rain, Structural icing	7
Thermal extremes	Atmosphere and weather	Heatwave, Humid heat stress, Cold wave, Livestock winter disaster, Hard freeze, Frost, Rapid thaw, Extreme night-time heat …	9
Airborne particles and low visibility	Atmosphere and weather	Fog, Dust storm, Dust haze, Haze, Smoke plume, Airborne allergen surge	6
Large-scale circulation anomalies	Atmosphere and weather	Atmospheric river, Atmospheric blocking, Tropical Pacific climate swing, Monsoon failure, Polar vortex disruption, Indian Ocean dipole event, North Atlantic pressure-seesaw extreme	7
Surface radiation extremes	Atmosphere and weather	Extreme ultraviolet exposure, Stratospheric ozone loss episode	2
Freshwater inundation	Water systems	River flood, Flash flood, Surface-water flood, Groundwater flood, Snowmelt flood, Ice-jam flood, Reservoir release flood, Natural-dam outburst flood …	9
Water deficit	Water systems	Meteorological drought, Agricultural drought, Hydrological drought, Groundwater depletion, Flash drought, Water supply shortfall, Megadrought, Lake and inland sea desiccation …	9
Coastal and sea-level hazards	Water systems	Storm surge, Storm tide, Coastal flood, Estuary flood, High-tide flooding, Tsunami, Seiche, Rogue wave …	13
Ocean-state extremes	Water systems	Marine heatwave, Ocean acidification, Marine oxygen depletion, Upper-ocean stratification increase, Marine cold spell, Lake and river heatwave	6
Water-quality degradation	Water systems	Eutrophication, Harmful algal bloom, Freshwater salinisation, Sargassum seaweed influx	4
Fault shaking and rupture	Solid Earth	Earthquake, Induced earthquake, Aftershock sequence, Fault surface rupture, Soil liquefaction, Ground fissure, Earthquake swarm	7
Eruption products and unrest	Solid Earth	Volcanic unrest, Lava flow, Volcanic ash fall, Volcanic ash cloud, Volcanic ballistic projectiles, Pyroclastic flow, Lahar, Volcanic gas and aerosol emission …	12
Slope failure and mass movement	Solid Earth	Rockfall, Topple, Slope slide, Lateral spread, Debris flow, Earthflow and mudflow, Rock avalanche, Submarine landslide …	9
Ground deformation and subsidence	Solid Earth	Land subsidence, Crustal uplift, Sinkhole, Shrink-swell soil movement, Soft-soil settlement, Ground gas seepage, Mining-induced subsidence	7
Erosion and sediment movement	Solid Earth	Soil erosion, River bank erosion, Coastal erosion, Dune encroachment, Reservoir and channel siltation, River avulsion, Delta sediment starvation	7
Seabed and deep-sea hazards	Solid Earth	Turbidity current, Submarine volcanic eruption, Seabed gas escape, Pumice raft, Deep-sea mining disturbance	5
Snowpack hazards	Ice and snow	Snow avalanche, Snow drought, Rain-on-snow event	3
Glacier, ice-sheet and permafrost change	Ice and snow	Glacial lake outburst flood, Glacier or ice-mass collapse, Glacier mass loss, Ice-sheet mass loss, Permafrost thaw, Ice-shelf disintegration, Subglacial outburst flood, Glacier surge …	10
Floating ice	Ice and snow	Sea ice, Iceberg and ice-floe drift, Sea-ice loss, Lake and river ice loss, Shoreline ice shove	5
Vegetation and peat fire	Land and ecosystems	Extreme fire weather, Wildfire, Wildland-urban interface fire, Peat and underground fire, Fire regime shift	5
Forest and woodland stress	Land and ecosystems	Deforestation, Forest dieback, Large forest disturbance, Forest pest invasion, Native forest insect outbreak	5
Land and wetland degradation	Land and ecosystems	Land degradation, Desertification, Soil quality decline, Soil salinisation and sodicity, Wetland loss, Mangrove loss, Peatland drainage and degradation, Soil sealing …	9
Biodiversity and species stress	Land and ecosystems	Biodiversity loss, Coral bleaching, Pollinator decline, Fishery collapse, Mass wildlife mortality, Human-wildlife conflict, Wildlife disease panzootic, Insect decline …	12
Climate-state shifts	Land and ecosystems	Abrupt climate-system shift, Volcanic cooling	2
Ecosystem regime shifts	Land and ecosystems	Kelp forest collapse, Seagrass meadow loss, Lake clear-to-turbid shift, Woody plant encroachment, Coastal habitat squeeze, Food-web collapse	6

06Methods

Method libraries

Each method has a reference implementation or declares the specialist model, data or adapter it still needs; none is promoted beyond its evidence.

37 methods

Hazard science

Hazard Intensity Footprint Screening · Earthquake Hazard · Earthquake Ground Motion · Earthquake Rupture · Liquefaction · Landslide · Tsunami …

19 methods

Vulnerability, fragility and resilience

Simple Vulnerability Factor Screening · Fragility Curve · Vulnerability Curve · Multi-State Damage · Component Fragility · Structural Vulnerability · Infrastructure Fragility …

18 methods

Consequence and loss

Direct Physical Loss · Indirect Economic Loss · Downtime · Service Continuity · Casualty · Displacement · Business Interruption …

07Users

Who uses it

Governments and national risk agencies

Prioritise prevention and preparedness; Plan with subnational layers; Track Sendai targets; Co-develop a national index

UN system and humanitarian organisations

Compare needs across contexts with intervals; Watch weekly signals for review; Read outlooks for anticipatory planning

Civil society and NGOs

Target programmes; Use open profiles; Contribute local evidence

International financial institutions and development banks

Screen country and project context; Read fiscal resilience and protection gaps; Design pre-arranged finance questions

08Reports

Nexus Reports

No Nexus Reports edition carries this code; thematic readings appear inside country, sector and global editions.

09Cite

Cite and reuse

GCRI Canada (2026). The Global Risks Index (NXS-GRX): Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) series (GRX-SER-TH-02), Baseline Edition 2026. Preparatory working draft. https://risksindex.com/series/th-02/ UNI NXS-GRX-AR-000109.

Series key: grix:SER.TH-02:{ISO3}:{YEAR}:A
Domain keys: nis:IDX.HAZ.multi.hazard_exposure:{ISO3}:{YEAR}:A nis:IDX.CRS.response.lack_of_coping_capacity:{ISO3}:{YEAR}:A nis:IDX.INF.disruption.infrastructure_fragility:{ISO3}:{YEAR}:A

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What NXS-GRX is not

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La méthodologie et les définitions du NXS-GRX sont un projet de travail préparatoire (2026). Le NXS-GRX est une information de recherche et d'analyse des risques : ni notation, ni indice de référence financier, ni statistique officielle, ni alerte, ni conseil. Les classes de risque sont des bandes sur une échelle publiée, non des classements.

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