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
73
Highest
100.0%
Poland
Lowest
0.0%
Montenegro
Median
92.6%
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
762

What the numbers show

Share of local governments with disaster risk reduction strategies is currently reported for 73 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Poland; the lowest is 0.0% in Montenegro.

The median across all reporting countries is 92.6%, and the mean is 71.0%.

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 26,215.8%), and the largest decrease in Nauru (down 100.0%).

Share of local governments with disaster risk reduction strategies: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Poland 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Ghana 100.0% 2024 up 26,215.8% volatile
1 Gambia 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Jamaica 100.0% 2023 flat
1 Jordan 100.0% 2024 volatile
1 Japan 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Kazakhstan 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Kuwait 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Myanmar 100.0% 2023 up 36.4% rising
1 Mongolia 100.0% 2021 volatile
1 Malaysia 100.0% 2025 unchanged volatile
1 New Zealand 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 South Korea 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Qatar 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Russia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Togo 100.0% 2024 volatile
1 Tajikistan 100.0% 2022 up 97.0% rising
1 Trinidad and Tobago 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Tuvalu 100.0% 2022 rising
1 United States 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Vanuatu 100.0% 2021 rising
1 Zimbabwe 100.0% 2024 up 20.0% rising
1 Algeria 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Canada 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Bolivia 100.0% 2021 up 276.6% rising
1 Costa Rica 100.0% 2024 up 61.8% volatile
1 Czechia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Belarus 100.0% 2024 volatile
1 Estonia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Finland 100.0% 2019 flat
1 France 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
33 Norway 98.0% 2019 up 22.7% rising
34 Mexico 96.9% 2024 up 55.0% rising
35 India 93.1% 2022 up 3.4% flat
36 Egypt 92.6% 2024 up 257.1% volatile
36 Ukraine 92.6% 2023 down 7.4% falling
38 Guatemala 92.3% 2024 volatile
39 Peru 87.5% 2023 up 154.9% rising
40 Thailand 86.2% 2024 up 170.6% rising
41 Ecuador 81.6% 2023 up 73.5% rising
42 Liberia 80.0% 2021 up 140.0% rising
43 Malawi 79.4% 2022 up 575.3% volatile
44 Serbia 75.9% 2023 volatile
45 Marshall Islands 75.0% 2022 volatile
46 Armenia 66.2% 2024 up 313.2% rising
47 Indonesia 62.8% 2024 up 289.1% volatile
48 Botswana 62.5% 2024 up 185.6% rising
49 Benin 58.4% 2020 volatile
50 Colombia 57.7% 2024 down 12.7% volatile
51 Philippines 56.3% 2024 down 29.9% falling
52 Bulgaria 55.1% 2023 volatile
53 Switzerland 50.0% 2022 unchanged flat
54 Angola 44.4% 2018 flat
55 Australia 43.7% 2024 up 86.2% volatile
56 Kyrgyzstan 41.7% 2024 volatile
57 Burundi 33.9% 2024 down 39.3% volatile
58 Chile 33.6% 2024 up 205.4% volatile
59 Kiribati 26.1% 2021 volatile
60 Tanzania 24.5% 2024 up 119.1% rising
61 Eswatini 23.3% 2024 up 70.0% rising
62 Portugal 19.2% 2023 up 1,373.8% volatile
63 Mozambique 17.5% 2025 down 82.5% volatile
64 Nepal 16.9% 2019 up 1,122.5% volatile
65 Georgia 11.8% 2024 volatile
66 Bangladesh 11.7% 2020 up 68.5% rising
67 Micronesia (country) 11.7% 2021 volatile
68 Burkina Faso 9.0% 2019 volatile
69 Mauritius 8.3% 2024 volatile
70 Samoa 3.3% 2023 volatile
71 Namibia 1.8% 2024 down 98.2% volatile
72 Nauru 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% falling
72 Montenegro 0.0% 2024 volatile

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Indicator
Share of local governments with disaster risk reduction 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
78 places, 762 data points, 2005–2025
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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 (%).