Which countries are most prepared for natural disasters?

It depends on what kind of phenomena we are talking about and how you measure what is and what isn't a national disaster. read more

The ones most prepared for natural disasters are those that have natural disasters frequently AND have the infrastructure to prepare for it. Japan is one prime example — it is earthquake and tsunami prone — they are prepared and ready for most things. read more

The least-prepared, most vulnerable countries are shown in red. The maps were based on research from the most recent Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index, which looks at everything from a country’s infrastructure to factors like social stability. read more

EM-DAT, the International Disaster Database, has prepared a ranking list of countries that are the most by natural disasters during the year of 2014 and later partitioned them by type of case. In this ranking list, the analysis of many geophysical, climatological, hydrological, and meteorological accidents that happened in the listed countries are respectively listed, together with the total including them all. read more