World Development Indicators

Climate variability, exposure to impact, and resilience
Exposure to impact			Resilience
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters	Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters	Population affected by droughts, floods, and extreme temperatures	Disaster risk reduction progress score
% of land area	% of total population	average annual; % of total population	1, worst to 5,best
2000	2000	2009	2011

Afghanistan	0.0	0.0	1.1	..
Albania	5.0	8.2	5.3	..
Algeria	0.4	3.5	0.0	3.5
American Samoa	17.9	9.9	0.0	..
Andorra	0.0	0.0	..	..
Angola	0.2	2.1	1.0	..
Antigua and Barbuda	32.4	32.3	..	2.8
Argentina	1.2	4.5	0.2	3.3
Armenia	0.0	0.0	0.5	3.0
Aruba	29.6	29.6	..	..
Australia	1.1	7.2	3.0	4.0
Austria	0.0	0.0	0.0	..
Azerbaijan	20.0	29.8	1.1	..
Bahamas, The	72.0	46.5	..	..
Bahrain	39.0	66.6	..	..
Bangladesh	14.1	14.0	4.6	4.0
Barbados	15.7	15.7	..	4.0
Belarus	0.0	0.0	0.0	..
Belgium	9.2	14.3	0.0	..
Belize	9.5	15.8	0.8	..
Benin	1.2	14.1	0.9	..
Bermuda	82.3	82.3	..	..
Bhutan	0.0	0.0	0.0	..
Bolivia	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.1	0.1	0.5	..
Botswana	0.0	0.0	0.7	3.0
Brazil	1.2	4.9	0.5	4.5
Brunei Darussalam	3.3	9.2	..	2.8
Bulgaria	0.4	1.5	0.0	3.5
Burkina Faso	0.0	0.0	1.3	..
Burundi	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.3
Cambodia	3.8	10.6	6.6	..
Cameroon	0.1	0.3	0.1	..
Canada	2.4	4.0	0.0	4.3
Cabo Verde	14.5	13.8	0.0	3.5
Cayman Islands	60.3	59.6	..	3.0
Central African Republic	0.0	0.0	0.2	..
Chad	0.0	0.0	2.7	..
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..
Chile	3.1	1.6	0.3	2.8
China	1.4	8.1	8.0	..
Hong Kong SAR, China	24.6	26.2	0.0	..
Macao SAR, China	35.4	79.9	..	..
Colombia	0.9	2.0	0.7	3.8
Comoros	13.5	14.0	0.0	1.8
Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.0	0.0	0.0	..
Congo, Rep.	0.1	1.0	0.3	..
Costa Rica	2.1	0.8	0.7	4.5
Cote d'Ivoire	0.2	3.2	0.0	2.5
Croatia	3.0	3.4	0.0	..
Cuba	12.7	10.0	0.7	4.5
Curacao	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	6.4	9.7	0.0	..
Czech Republic	0.0	0.0	0.2	2.8
Denmark	17.7	18.5	0.0	..
Djibouti	2.6	7.6	6.8	..
Dominica	9.4	10.4	..	..
Dominican Republic	4.1	3.0	0.1	3.0
Ecuador	2.0	7.3	0.3	4.8
Egypt, Arab Rep.	4.0	25.6	0.0	..
El Salvador	2.5	1.7	0.4	3.3
Equatorial Guinea	0.9	2.6	..	..
Eritrea	3.1	1.2	7.3	..
Estonia	3.4	7.2	0.0	..
Ethiopia	0.7	0.4	3.3	..
Faeroe Islands	14.5	11.0	..	..
Fiji	11.4	11.0	1.7	2.8
Finland	1.1	4.4	0.0	3.5
France	2.1	4.0	0.0	..
French Polynesia	37.6	19.8	..	..
Gabon	0.5	5.9	..	..
Gambia, The	16.6	33.4	0.2	..
Georgia	1.4	3.3	0.8	2.8
Germany	4.9	4.4	0.0	4.3
Ghana	0.8	2.3	1.0	3.3
Greece	6.3	9.9	0.0	..
Greenland	16.3	52.2	..	..
Grenada	21.7	21.7	..	..
Guam	20.4	26.6	..	..
Guatemala	0.6	0.3	1.3	3.3
Guinea	1.1	3.6	0.2	..
Guinea-Bissau	9.5	18.8	0.5	1.0
Guyana	2.7	31.3	7.2	..
Haiti	3.9	5.4	0.8	..
Honduras	3.0	2.2	1.3	3.8
Hungary	0.0	0.0	0.1	..
Iceland	4.4	13.1	..	..
India	1.4	3.8	4.4	3.3
Indonesia	5.5	11.2	0.2	3.3
Iran, Islamic Rep.	1.6	5.0	3.1	..
Iraq	4.0	6.5	0.0	..
Ireland	4.0	6.6	0.0	..
Isle of Man	12.1	27.8	..	..
Israel	7.8	8.3	0.0	..
Italy	5.2	7.5	0.0	3.5
Jamaica	7.1	5.8	1.1	3.8
Japan	5.9	16.2	0.0	4.5
Jordan	2.0	4.2	0.4	..
Kazakhstan	6.7	3.9	0.2	..
Kenya	0.2	1.4	6.5	4.0
Kiribati	96.7	95.2	5.0	..
Korea, Dem. Rep.	2.4	5.3	2.5	..
Korea, Rep.	4.3	5.0	0.1	..
Kosovo	..	..	..	..
Kuwait	8.9	22.8	0.0	..
Kyrgyz Republic	0.0	0.0	2.1	..
Lao PDR	0.0	0.0	2.7	2.3
Latvia	3.0	23.9	0.0	..
Lebanon	1.7	9.1	0.0	3.0
Lesotho	0.0	0.0	3.4	2.5
Liberia	0.4	3.3	1.9	..
Libya	0.8	4.7	0.0	..
Liechtenstein	0.0	0.0	..	..
Lithuania	1.9	4.0	0.0	..
Luxembourg	0.0	0.0	0.0	..
Macedonia, FYR	0.0	0.0	0.3	3.3
Madagascar	1.3	2.0	0.9	3.8
Malawi	0.0	0.0	8.8	1.8
Malaysia	3.0	9.5	0.1	3.8
Maldives	100.0	100.0	0.0	2.3
Mali	0.0	0.0	0.7	..
Malta	19.4	21.8	..	..
Marshall Islands	99.0	99.4	0.1	1.8
Mauritania	1.0	20.4	3.1	..
Mauritius	7.1	5.6	0.0	3.5
Mexico	2.9	2.7	0.1	4.3
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	33.4	54.9	1.3	..
Moldova	1.3	0.9	0.3	..
Monaco	100.0	100.0	..	..
Mongolia	0.0	0.0	2.6	2.8
Montenegro	..	..	0.0	..
Morocco	0.7	3.8	0.1	3.0
Mozambique	1.8	6.5	3.7	4.0
Myanmar	4.6	14.0	0.1	..
Namibia	0.3	2.9	3.4	..
Nepal	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.8
Netherlands	58.5	61.3	0.0	..
New Caledonia	8.0	34.3	..	..
New Zealand	2.7	12.6	0.0	3.8
Nicaragua	3.6	1.5	0.8	3.8
Niger	0.0	0.0	7.5	..
Nigeria	0.5	3.0	0.1	4.0
Northern Mariana Islands	28.1	39.3	..	..
Norway	4.9	9.3	0.0	3.8
Oman	1.1	5.5	..	..
Pakistan	1.4	1.3	1.1	3.5
Palau	21.4	55.6	..	..
Panama	3.7	4.0	0.2	3.0
Papua New Guinea	1.8	2.0	0.7	..
Paraguay	0.0	0.0	0.7	3.8
Peru	0.4	1.7	2.0	3.0
Philippines	6.0	10.5	0.8	..
Poland	1.7	2.5	0.0	3.3
Portugal	2.3	5.2	0.0	..
Puerto Rico	7.7	11.3	0.0	..
Qatar	13.4	23.1	..	..
Romania	2.9	2.9	0.1	3.3
Russian Federation	1.9	2.9	0.1	..
Rwanda	0.0	0.0	1.3	..
Samoa	7.3	15.6	0.0	3.5
San Marino	0.0	0.0	..	..
Sao Tome and Principe	14.7	11.1	..	..
Saudi Arabia	0.5	1.0	0.0	..
Senegal	4.5	14.8	0.6	2.8
Serbia	0.2	0.1	0.0	..
Seychelles	43.9	41.3	0.1	..
Sierra Leone	3.0	5.1	0.2	3.0
Singapore	8.1	12.1	..	..
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	0.0	0.0	0.0	..
Slovenia	0.2	1.3	0.0	..
Solomon Islands	11.5	13.4	0.1	2.0
Somalia	0.6	2.2	4.6	..
South Africa	0.1	0.5	1.8	..
South Sudan	..	..	..	..
Spain	1.3	6.6	0.7	..
Sri Lanka	3.9	5.4	2.2	3.5
St. Kitts and Nevis	19.0	22.1	..	3.5
St. Lucia	8.0	8.0	..	3.3
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	22.0	22.0	0.0	..
Sudan	0.1	0.2	2.8	..
Suriname	3.4	68.2	0.3	..
Swaziland	0.0	0.0	9.2	..
Sweden	1.5	6.3	0.0	3.8
Switzerland	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8
Syrian Arab Republic	0.1	0.3	0.5	3.5
Tajikistan	0.0	0.0	5.4	..
Tanzania	0.2	1.3	1.5	3.5
Thailand	4.2	13.8	3.8	3.8
Timor-Leste	2.9	4.4	0.0	..
Togo	0.6	6.1	0.5	..
Tonga	40.5	31.3	..	..
Trinidad and Tobago	8.0	7.5	0.0	..
Tunisia	2.8	9.5	0.1	..
Turkey	1.0	2.4	0.1	..
Turkmenistan	5.3	5.6	0.0	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	53.3	53.3	..	2.3
Tuvalu	100.0	100.0	..	..
Uganda	0.0	0.0	0.9	..
Ukraine	1.5	2.1	0.3	..
United Arab Emirates	4.6	7.3	..	..
United Kingdom	7.6	8.6	0.0	..
United States	1.7	4.1	0.2	3.5
Uruguay	1.9	4.7	0.3	..
Uzbekistan	0.1	0.0	0.1	..
Vanuatu	11.7	10.8	0.1	2.0
Venezuela, RB	2.3	3.7	0.2	2.8
Vietnam	17.5	42.8	1.6	..
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	31.0	21.9	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	14.8	11.2	..	..
Yemen, Rep.	0.6	1.8	0.1	2.3
Zambia	0.0	0.0	4.2	3.8
Zimbabwe	0.0	0.0	..	..
World	1.8	6.6	..	..
Low income	0.7	5.3	..	..
Middle income	1.7	6.6	..	..
Lower middle income	1.7	6.5	..	..
Upper middle income	1.7	6.7	..	..
Low & middle income	1.5	6.4	..	..
East Asia & Pacific	2.5	10.3	..	..
Europe & Central Asia	3.9	2.7	..	..
Latin America & Caribbean	1.4	3.8	..	..
Middle East & North Africa	1.4	9.5	..	..
South Asia	1.5	4.4	..	..
Sub-Saharan Africa	0.4	2.0	..	..
High income	2.1	7.1	..	..
Euro area	3.6	8.6	..	..

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