Adoption and implementation of policies to reduce disaster risk in Malaysia
Malaysia: Adoption and implementation of policies to reduce disaster risk was 1 index in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
1 index
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 79 countries
All-time high
1 index
in 2024
All-time low
0.15 index
in 2015
Years of data
9
2015–2025
Adoption and implementation of policies to reduce disaster risk in Malaysia, 2015–2025
Source: UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2025, adoption and implementation of policies to reduce disaster risk in Malaysia stood at 1 index. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 566.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adoption and implementation of policies to reduce disaster risk in Malaysia peaked at 1 index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.15 index, in 2015.
Malaysia ranks 1st of 79 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Adoption and implementation of policies to reduce disaster risk in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.15 index | — |
| 2016 | 0.2 index | +33.3% |
| 2017 | 0.25 index | +25.0% |
| 2018 | 0.25 index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5 index | +100.0% |
| 2020 | 0.65 index | +30.0% |
| 2021 | 0.7 index | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 1 index | +42.9% |
| 2025 | 1 index | +0.0% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 1 index is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9 index, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 1 index is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.85 index, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.27 index | 0.15 index | 0.5 index | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.8375 index | 0.65 index | 1 index | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 1 Algeria 1 index compare
- 1 Armenia 1 index compare
- 1 Colombia 1 index compare
- 1 Costa Rica 1 index compare
- 1 Ethiopia 1 index compare
- 1 Germany 1 index compare
- 1 Japan 1 index compare
- 1 Mongolia 1 index compare
- 1 Montenegro 1 index compare
- 1 Peru 1 index compare
- 1 Philippines 1 index compare
- 1 Qatar 1 index compare
- 1 South Korea 1 index compare
- 1 Tajikistan 1 index compare
- 1 United Kingdom 1 index compare
- 1 Barbados 1 index compare
- 1 Canada 1 index compare
More reference data data for Malaysia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7102 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.5869 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1487 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.38 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.64 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 21.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.8098 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adoption and implementation of policies to reduce disaster risk in Malaysia?
- Adoption and implementation of policies to reduce disaster risk in Malaysia was 1 index in 2025, according to UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest adoption and implementation of policies to reduce disaster risk recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1 index in 2024.
- What is the lowest adoption and implementation of policies to reduce disaster risk recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.15 index in 2015.
- How does Malaysia rank for adoption and implementation of policies to reduce disaster risk?
- Malaysia ranks 1st out of 79 countries with data for 2025.
- Is adoption and implementation of policies to reduce disaster risk rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 566.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Adoption and implementation of policies to reduce disaster risk. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Score of adoption and implementation of national DRR strategies in line with the Sendai Framework.