Share of local governments with disaster risk reduction 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 with disaster risk reduction 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 with disaster risk reduction strategies: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies (%)