INFORM Risk Index 2021

Understanding why and where humanitarian disasters are likely to occur is a fundamental step in saving lives and promoting sustainable development. The INFORM Risk Index is a global, open-source risk assessment for humanitarian crises and disasters. It can support decisions about prevention, preparedness and response. This layer presents the latest INFORM Risk Index of the African countries. The risk score ranges from 0-10, where 10 is the highest risk.

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Topics

Security Conflicts, Violence, Criminal networks Climate Change Disaster Risk People Humanitarian Aids

Data provider

EC-JRC

Suggested citation

INFORM. 2020. INFORM Risk Index 2021. https://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/inform-index. INFORM is a collaboration of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Risk, Early Warning and Preparedness and the European Commission. The European Commission Joint Research Centre is the scientific lead of INFORM.

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Licence

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Date or time period of observation

2021

Frequency of update

Pluriannual

Geographic coverage

Global

Cautions

The INFORM Risk Index is a composite index, which is a simplified view of reality. Therefore, it should be used in conjunction with other sources of information. Methodology and detailed discussion of limitations are available at: https://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/inform-index

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