South Asia
x
Botswana
4
17.41 billion (2017)
2.29 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, water scarcity, wildfire, earthquake, extreme heat
Romania
3
221.8 billion (2017)
19.59 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity, extreme heat
Paraguay
3
29.74 billion (2017)
6.81 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake
Tunisia
40.26 billion (2017)
11.53 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami, water scarcity
Bulgaria
56.83 billion (2017)
7.08 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity, extreme heat
Belarus
54.44 billion (2017)
9.51 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity, extreme heat
Tuvalu
7
39.73 million (2017)
11,192 (2017)
Coastal flood, cyclone, tsunami, extreme heat
Zambia
9
25.81 billion (2017)
17.09 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, volcano, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity, extreme heat
Uganda
18
25.90 billion (2017)
42.86 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity, volcano, landslide, extreme heat
Tanzania
14
52.09 billion (2017)
57.31 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, landslide, volcano, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity, extreme heat
Dominican Republic
15
75.93 billion (2017)
10.77 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, cyclone, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity, extreme heat
South Africa
8
349.42 billion (2017)
56.72 million (2017)
River flood, coastal flood, urban flood, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami, cyclone, water scarcity, extreme heat
Somalia
9
7.37 billion (2017)
14.74 million (2017)
River flood, coastal flood, urban flood, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami, water scarcity
Solomon Islands
7
1.3 billion (2017)
611,343 (2017)
Coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, cyclone, urban flood, extreme heat, wildfire
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6
770.8 million (2016)
109,643 (2016)
Coastal flood, landslide, cyclone, earthquake, tsunami, volcano, extreme heat
Mauritius
2
12.16 billion (2016)
1.26 million (2016)
Cyclone, coastal flood, tsunami, extreme heat
Mauritania
6
4.63 billion (2016)
4.3 million (2016)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, tsunami
Sao Tome and Principe
4
390.87 million (2017)
204,327 (2017)
Coastal flood, extreme heat
Saint Lucia
12
1.71 billion (2017)
178,844 (2017)
Urban flood, landslide, volcano, cyclone, coastal flood, earthquake, tsunami, extreme heat
Liberia
4
2.16 billion (2017)
4.73 million (2017)
River flood,urban flood, wildfire, coastal flood, extreme heat
Jamaica
11
14.77 billion (2017)
2.89 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, landslide, cyclone, wildfire, earthquake, extreme heat
Guinea
2
6.29 billion (2016)
12.39 million (2016)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, extreme heat, wildfire
Fiji
19
5.06 billion (2017)
905,502 (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, cyclone, wildfire, extreme heat
Ethiopia
19
80.56 billion (2017)
104.96 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, volcano, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity
Eritrea
2
2.61 billion (2016)
4.79 million (2016)
River flood, coastal flood, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, volcano
Dominica
13
562.54 million (2017)
73,925 (2017)
urban flood, landslide, volcano, cyclone, coastal flood, earthquake, tsunami, extreme heat
Congo Democratic Republic
1
37.24 billion (2017)
81.34 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, wildfire, coastal flood, earthquake, volcano, water scarcity, extreme heat
Comoros
3
648.92 million (2017)
813,912 (2017)
Coastal flood, cyclone, earthquake, volcano, extreme heat
Cameroon
6
34.8 billion (2017)
24.05 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, volcano, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, landslide
Bosnia and Herzegovina
4
18.17 billion (2017)
3.51 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, landslide, wildfire, coastal flood, earthquake, water scarcity,extreme heat
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2
16.85 billion (2017)
6.86 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, landslide, cyclone, wildfire, coastal flood, earthquake, extreme heat
Jordan
5
40.07 billion (2017)
9.7 million (2017)
River flood, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, coastal flood, earthquake, volcano
Suriname
5
3.32 billion (2017)
563,402 (2017)
River flood, coastal flood, urban flood, wildfire, tsunami, extreme heat
Zimbabwe
8
17.85 billion (2017)
16.53 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, water scarcity, wildfire, earthquake, cyclone, extreme heat
Uzbekistan
9
48.72 billion (2017)
32.39 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, earthquake, water scarcity, landslide, extreme heat, wildfire
Tajikistan
6
7.15 billion (2017)
8.92 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, earthquake, landslide, wildfire, water scarcity, extreme heat
Iraq
4
197.72 billion (2017)
38.27 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, landslide, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake
Saint Kitts and Nevis
3
876.48 million (2016)
55,572 (2016)
Volcano, cyclone, coastal flood, earthquake, extreme heat
Saint Lucia
12
1.71 billion (2017)
178,844 (2017)
Urban flood, landslide, volcano, cyclone, coastal flood, earthquake, tsunami, extreme heat
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6
770.8 million (2016)
109,643 (2016)
Coastal flood, landslide, cyclone, earthquake, tsunami, volcano, extreme heat
Tunisia
5
40.26 billion (2017)
11.53 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami, water scarcity
Trinidad and Tobago
20.98 billion (2016)
1.36 million (2016)
River flood, urban flood, earthquake, cyclone, wildfire, coastal flood, tsunami, extreme heat
Marshall Islands
8
183 million (2016)
53,066 (2016)
Coastal flood, cyclone, tsunami, extreme heat
Cook Islands
294 million (2016)
21,000 (2016)
Tsunami, cyclone, coastal flood, extreme heat
Grenada
7
1.12 billion (2017)
107,825 (2017)
Landslide, cyclone, coastal flood, earthquake, tsunami, extreme heat
Mauritius
2
12.16 billion (2016)
1.26 million (2016)
Cyclone, coastal flood, tsunami, extreme heat
Eritrea
2
2.61 billion (2016)
4.79 million (2016)
River flood, coastal flood, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, volcano
Mauritania
6
4.63 billion (2016)
4.3 million (2016)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, tsunami
Sao Tome and Principe
4
390.87 million (2017)
204,327 (2017)
Coastal flood, extreme heat
Guinea
2
6.29 billion (2016)
12.39 million (2016)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, extreme heat, wildfire
Gabon
1
14.21 billion (2016)
1.97 million (2016)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, wildfire, extreme heat
Congo Democratic Republic
1
37.24 billion (2017)
81.34 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, wildfire, coastal flood, earthquake, volcano, water scarcity, extreme heat
Chad
5
9.6 billion (2016)
14.45 million (2016)
River flood, urban flood, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire
Angola
5
$89.63 billion (2016)
28.81 million (2016)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, wildfire, water scarcity, earthquake, extreme heat
Guatemala
11
75.62 billion (2017)
16.9 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, cyclone, wildfire, extreme heat, water scarcity
Cameroon
6
34.8 billion (2017)
24.05 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, volcano, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, landslide
Georgia
6
15.16 billion (2017)
3.72 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, earthquake, volcano, landslide, extreme heat, wildfire
Fiji
19
5.06 billion (2017)
905,502 (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, cyclone, wildfire, extreme heat
Cambodia
11
22.16 billion (2017)
16.01 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, cyclone, extreme heat, wildfire
El Salvador
7
24.81 billion (2017)
6.38 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, cyclone, extreme heat, wildfire, water scarcity
Egypt
5
235.37 billion (2017)
97.55 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami
Burundi
5
3.48 billion (2017)
10.86 million (2017)
River flood, Wildfire, Urban Flood, Earthquake, Water Scarcity, Extreme Heat
Lesotho
7
$2.64 billion (2017)
2.23 million (2017)
River flood, wildfire, urban flood, earthquake
Ecuador
3
103.06 billion (2017)
16.62 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, extreme heat, wildfire
Brazil
10
2.06 trillion (2017)
209.29 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami, water scarcity
Lebanon
8
51.84 billion (2017)
6.08 million (2017)
Water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, river flood, earthquake, tsunami, volcano
Dominica
13
562.54 million (2017)
73,925 (2017)
urban flood, landslide, volcano, cyclone, coastal flood, earthquake, tsunami, extreme heat
Bolivia
5
37.51 billion (2017)
11.05 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, landslide, volcano, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake
Kyrgyz Republic
17
7.57 billion (2017)
6.2 million (2017)
River flood, earthquake, landslide, wildfire, water scarcity, extreme heat
Bhutan
12
2.51 billion (2017)
807,610 (2017)
River flood, urban flood, landslide, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity
Kiribati
6
196.15 million (2017)
116,398 (2017)
Coastal flood, tsunami, extreme heat
Djibouti
4
1.85 billion (2017)
956,985 (2017)
Coastal flood, volcano, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity
Belize
6
1.84 billion (2017)
374,681 (2017)
River flood, urban flood, cyclone, coastal flood, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity
Kenya
25
74.93 billion (2017)
49.7 million (2017)
River flood, coastal flood, urban flood, volcano, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity, tsunami, extreme heat
Costa Rica
5
57.06 billion (2017)
4.91 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, wildfire, cyclone, extreme heat
Armenia
9
11.54 billion (2017)
2.93 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, earthquake, landslide, volcano, wildfire, extreme heat
Kazakhstan
6
159.41 billion (2017)
18.04 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, earthquake, landslide, water scarcity, wildfire, extreme heat
Comoros
3
648.92 million (2017)
813,912 (2017)
Coastal flood, cyclone, earthquake, volcano, extreme heat
Bangladesh
25
249.72 billion (2017)
164.67 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, landslide, cyclone, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami
Jamaica
11
14.77 billion (2017)
2.89 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, landslide, cyclone, wildfire, earthquake, extreme heat
Argentina
11
637.59 billion (2017)
44.27 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, water scarcity, wildfire, extreme heat
Colombia
13
309.19 billion (2017)
49.07 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, cyclone, extreme heat, wildfire
Albania
4
13.04 billion (2017)
2.87 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, wildfire, tsunami, water scarcity, extreme heat
India
21
2.6 trillion (2017)
1.34 billion (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, landslide, cyclone, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami
China
4
12.24 trillion (2017)
1.4 billion (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, cyclone, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire
Afghanistan
13
20.82 billion (2017)
35.53 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, earthquake, landslide, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire
Guyana
3
3.68 billion (2017)
777,859 (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, wildfire, tsunami, extreme heat
Chile
3
277.08 billion (2017)
18.05 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, water scarcity, wildfire, extreme heat
Indonesia
14
1.02 trillion (2017)
263.99 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, cyclone, wildfire, water scarcity, extreme heat
Panama
13
61.84 billion (2017)
4.1 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, wildfire, cyclone, extreme heat
Vanuatu
13
862.88 million (2017)
276,244 (2017)
Urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, cyclone, extreme heat
Mongolia
8
11.49 billion (2017)
3.08 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, earthquake, volcano, water scarcity, wildfire, extreme heat
Haiti
22
8.41 billion (2017)
10.98 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, cyclone, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity, extreme heat
Uruguay
1
56.16 billion (2017)
3.46 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami, extreme heat
Sierra Leone
9
3.77 billion (2017)
7.56 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, landslide, tsunami
Moldova
4
8.13 billion (2017)
3.55 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity, extreme heat
Nepal
26
24.47 billion (2017)
29.3 million (2017)
Urban flood, landslide, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, river flood, earthquake
Uganda
18
25.90 billion (2017)
42.86 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity, volcano, landslide, extreme heat
Serbia
19
41.43 billion (2017)
7.02 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity, extreme heat
Morocco
7
109.14 billion (2017)
35.74 million (2017)
River flood, coastal flood, extreme heat, wildfire, urban flood, earthquake, tsunami, water scarcity
Ghana
19
47.33 billion (2017)
28.83 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake
Saudi Arabia
2
683.83 billion (2017)
32.94 million (2017)
Coastal flood, volcano, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, river flood, earthquake
Mexico
7
1.15 trillion (2017)
129.16 million (2017)
River flood, coastal flood, urban flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, cyclone, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire
Madagascar
18
11.5 billion (2017)
25.57 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, cyclone, wildfire, tsunami, volcano, extreme heat
Turkey
8
851.1 billion (2017)
80.76 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, volcano, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, tsunami
Samoa
5
856.63 million (2017)
196,440 (2017)
Tsunami, cyclone, coastal flood, earthquake, extreme heat
Liberia
4
2.16 billion (2017)
4.73 million (2017)
River flood,urban flood, wildfire, coastal flood, extreme heat
Burkina Faso
8
12.87 billion (2017)
19.19 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire
Tonga
16
426.06 million (2017)
108,020 (2017)
Coastal flood, earthquake, tsunami, cyclone, volcano, extreme heat
Rwanda
12
9.14 billion (2017)
12.21 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, wildfire, earthquake, volcano, water scarcity
Malawi
21
6.30 billion (2017)
18.62 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, volcano, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, cyclone
Timor-Leste
1
2.96 billion (2017)
1.3 million (2017)
Urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, cyclone, wildfire, river flood, tsunami, volcano, extreme heat
Philippines
15
313.60 billion (2017)
104.92 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, cyclone, water scarcity, wildfire, extreme heat
Senegal
19
16.38 billion (2017)
15.85 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, coastal flood, tsunami, earthquake
Thailand
3
455.22 billion (2017)
69.04 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, landslide, cyclone, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami, water scarcity
Peru
11
211.39 billion (2017)
32.17 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, water scarcity, wildfire, extreme heat
Togo
12
4.81 billion (2017)
7.8 million (2017)
River flood, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake
Tanzania
14
52.09 billion (2017)
57.31 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, landslide, volcano, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity, extreme heat
Papua New Guinea
1
21.09 billion (2017)
8.25 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, cyclone, wildfire, extreme heat
Benin
4
9.27 billion (2017)
11.18 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, coastal flood
Pakistan
14
304.95 billion (2017)
197.02 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, landslide, cyclone, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami
Ethiopia
19
80.56 billion (2017)
104.96 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, volcano, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity
Sri Lanka
25
87.18 billion (2017)
21.44 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, cyclone, wildfire, coastal flood, tsunami, extreme heat
Nigeria
10
375.77 billion (2017)
190.89 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, extreme heat, wildfire, volcano
South Africa
8
349.42 billion (2017)
56.72 million (2017)
River flood, coastal flood, urban flood, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami, cyclone, water scarcity, extreme heat
Niger
18
8.12 billion (2017)
21.48 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire
Dominican Republic
15
75.93 billion (2017)
10.77 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, cyclone, wildfire, earthquake, water scarcity, extreme heat
Nicaragua
9
13.81 billion (2017)
6.22 million (2017)
RIver flood, urban flood, coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, cyclone, wildfire, extreme heat
Somalia
9
7.37 billion (2017)
14.74 million (2017)
River flood, coastal flood, urban flood, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami, water scarcity
Namibia
5
13.25 billion (2017)
2.53 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, water scarcity, wildfire, tsunami, extreme heat
Yemen
6
18.21 billion (2016)
28.25 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, water scarcity, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami, volcano
Myanmar
16
69.32 billion (2017)
53.37 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, landslide, cyclone, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami, volcano
Seychelles
9
1.49 billion (2017)
95,843 (2017)
Coastal flood, cyclone, tsunami, extreme heat
Vietnam
24
223.86 billion (2017)
95.54 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, landslide, cyclone, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami
Solomon Islands
7
1.3 billion (2017)
611,343 (2017)
Coastal flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, cyclone, urban flood, extreme heat, wildfire
Mozambique
33
12.65 billion (2017)
29.67 million (2017)
River flood, urban flood, coastal flood, cyclone, extreme heat, wildfire, earthquake, tsunami, water scarcity
In FY18, GFDRR supported activities in more than 7 countries in South Asia. These activities helped leverage $281 million in development finance across the region.
Major population centers such as Kathmandu, Karachi, and Dhaka lie on key seismic fault lines or along coastal areas constantly buffeted by cyclones, floods, and storm surges. The latter extreme weather events will only increase in number and intensity over the next 40 years as the effects of climate change continue to take their toll. By 2050 an estimated 246 million city dwellers in the region will be living in cyclone-prone areas. Population exposure to earthquakes is increasing quickly—faster than any other region in the world.
Unplanned human settlements, unsafe building practices, and high population densities have further compounded the exposure and vulnerability of people and economies. As a result, earthquakes, cyclones, floods, tsunamis, droughts, and other disasters of every type and magnitude continue to consume lives, property, and livelihoods across the region.
GFDRR is working in South Asia to improve government and societal understanding of the vulnerabilities faced by its growing urban population and economies, and to support efforts to make disaster risk management a centerpiece of planning and development processes. GFDRR is also assisting with efforts to develop comprehensive risk financing strategies, such as setting aside reserves for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction work, and introducing financing models such as contingent credit and insurance mechanisms.
Grants Awarded by GFDRR 2007 - Present
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