Climate risk index of most affected countries 2000-2019

The climate risk index takes fatalities and monetary damages of extreme weather events into account to generate its index score. The most affected country by such events between 2000 and 2019 was Puerto Rico. The country only scored 7.17 points. The higher the score the less total and average fatalities per inhabitant were recorded. Likewise, fewer total damages, and damages as a share of the gross domestic product, mean a higher score. Together these four factors make up the index.

Climate risk index of the most affected countries worldwide from 2000 to 2019

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Release date

January 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2000 to 2019

Special properties

Impacts of extreme weather events by gdp loss, total damages, deaths, and deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.

Supplementary notes

The Global Climate Risk Index (CRI) analyses quantified impacts of extreme weather events – both in terms of fatalities as well as economic losses that occurred. It analyzes the loss figures of 180 countries from 2019 and the period between 2000 to 2019 were taken into account. The CRI examines both absolute and relative impacts to create an average ranking of countries in four indicating categories:
1. Number of deaths,
2. Number of deaths per 100,000 inhabitants,
3. Sum of losses in US$ in purchasing power parity (PPP) as well as
4. Losses per unit of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).,
with a stronger emphasis on the relative indicators. The countries ranking highest are the ones most impacted and should consider the CRI as a warning sign that they are at risk of either frequent events or rare, but extraordinary catastrophes.

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