Safest countries according to the World Risk Index 2023

In 2023, Monaco and Andorra were the two safest country in the world according to the World Risk Index. San Marino followed behind. The Global Risk Index assesses the risk for disaster of 193 countries.

Most dangerous countries

On the other end of the scale, the Philippines was ranked as the country with the highest risk rate with a score of 46.86. India and Indonesia followed behind. A high number of the countries with the highest risk rates were located in Asia.

The World Risk Index - Assessing the risk of disaster

In the framework of the World Risk Index, disaster risk is analyzed as a complex interplay of natural hazards and social, political and environmental factors. Unlike current approaches that focus strongly on the analysis of the various natural hazards, the World Risk Index, in addition to exposure analysis, focuses on the vulnerability of the population, i.e. its susceptibility, its capacities to cope with and to adapt to future natural events as well as the consequences of climate change. Disaster risk is seen as a function of exposure and vulnerability. The national states are the frame of reference for the analysis. The index consists of indicators in four components: exposure to natural hazards such as earthquakes, storms, floods, droughts and sea level rise; susceptibility as a function of public infrastructure, nutrition and the general economic framework; coping capacities as a function of governance, medical services and economic security; and adaptive capacities to future natural events and climate change.