Share of local governments that implemented local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national strategies by country

Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies (%)

Countries reporting
71
Highest
100.0%
Japan
Lowest
0.0%
Nauru
Median
87.5%
Years covered
20
2005–2024
Data points
668

What the numbers show

Share of local governments that implemented local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national strategies is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Japan; the lowest is 0.0% in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 87.5%, and the mean is 68.3%.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 1,473.1%), and the largest decrease in Nauru (down 100.0%).

Share of local governments that implemented local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national strategies: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 France 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Russia 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Qatar 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Poland 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Jamaica 100.0% 2023 flat
1 Jordan 100.0% 2023 volatile
1 Finland 100.0% 2019 flat
1 Kazakhstan 100.0% 2021 flat
1 New Zealand 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 South Korea 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Kuwait 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Malaysia 100.0% 2021 volatile
1 Mexico 100.0% 2023 up 60.0% rising
1 Mongolia 100.0% 2021 volatile
1 Myanmar 100.0% 2022 up 36.4% rising
1 Togo 100.0% 2020 volatile
1 United States 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Tuvalu 100.0% 2022 rising
1 Trinidad and Tobago 100.0% 2020 unchanged flat
1 Tajikistan 100.0% 2022 up 97.0% rising
1 Belarus 100.0% 2023 volatile
1 Bolivia 100.0% 2021 up 276.6% rising
1 Costa Rica 100.0% 2023 up 61.8% volatile
1 Czechia 100.0% 2020 unchanged flat
1 Algeria 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Vanuatu 100.0% 2021 rising
1 Zimbabwe 100.0% 2022 up 20.0% rising
31 Norway 98.0% 2019 up 22.7% rising
32 India 93.1% 2022 up 3.4% flat
33 Egypt 92.6% 2023 up 316.7% volatile
33 Ukraine 92.6% 2023 down 7.4% falling
35 Colombia 89.6% 2023 up 56.9% volatile
36 Peru 87.5% 2023 up 154.9% rising
37 Thailand 86.2% 2024 up 170.6% rising
38 Ecuador 81.6% 2023 up 73.5% rising
39 Liberia 80.0% 2021 up 140.0% rising
40 Malawi 79.4% 2022 up 575.3% volatile
41 Serbia 75.9% 2023 volatile
42 Marshall Islands 75.0% 2022 volatile
43 Philippines 72.1% 2023 down 10.2% falling
44 Armenia 64.8% 2023 up 304.4% rising
45 Guatemala 64.7% 2023 volatile
46 Chile 63.5% 2023 up 994.5% volatile
47 Benin 58.4% 2020 volatile
48 Namibia 57.9% 2022 down 42.1% falling
49 Australia 57.5% 2023 up 145.2% volatile
50 Bulgaria 55.1% 2023 volatile
51 Indonesia 53.3% 2023 up 265.4% volatile
52 Switzerland 50.0% 2022 unchanged flat
53 Angola 44.4% 2018 flat
54 Kiribati 26.1% 2021 volatile
55 Eswatini 23.3% 2023 up 70.0% rising
56 Portugal 20.4% 2023 up 1,473.1% volatile
57 Nepal 16.9% 2019 up 1,122.5% volatile
58 Burundi 15.1% 2023 down 72.9% volatile
59 Montenegro 12.5% 2023 volatile
60 Bangladesh 11.9% 2020 up 71.4% rising
61 Micronesia (country) 11.7% 2021 volatile
62 Kyrgyzstan 10.1% 2019 volatile
63 Burkina Faso 9.0% 2019 volatile
64 Georgia 8.8% 2023 volatile
65 Mauritius 8.3% 2023 volatile
66 Samoa 3.3% 2023 volatile
67 Sweden 0.0% 2019 flat
67 Fiji 0.0% 2022 flat
67 Romania 0.0% 2021 flat
67 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2020 flat
67 Nauru 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% falling

About this data

Indicator
Share of local governments that implemented local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national strategies
Unit
%
Source
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
71 places, 668 data points, 2005–2024
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Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies (%)