Global Climate Risk Index 2019 : African countries facing climate disasters

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Dec 2018

Germanwatch organization has recently published its Global Climate Risk Index 2019. The study provides a ranking of 180 countries, ranked according to the amount of losses from extreme weather events and the ensuing number of annual fatalities.

Africa climate disasters In 2017, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka and the Dominican Republic were countries most impacted by climate-related disasters. In Africa, Madagascar (earthquakes), Sierra Leone (landslides) and Niger (torrential rains) were the most affected countries of the continent.

Atlas Magazine is publishing, here below, the list of African countries affected by climate damage in 2017 ⁽¹⁾.

⁽¹⁾ Ranking performed according to the following method: 1/6 of the number of deaths + 1/3 of the number of deaths per 100.000 inhabitants + 1/6 of the amount of losses + 1/3 of the losses per unit GDP

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Climate-related disasters: Ranking of African countries according to the Global Climate Risk Index 2019

African Ranking	Global Ranking	Countries	Total losses in million USD	Losses per unit GDP *	Death Toll	Deaths per 100.000 inhabitants
1	7	Madagascar	693.04	1.739	89	0.347
2	8	Sierra Leone	99.1	0.858	500	6.749
3	15	Niger	71.75	0.328	72	0.384
4	23	South Africa	2234.52	0.291	39	0.069
5	28	Mozambique	162.39	0.438	26	0.088
6	45	Kenya	89.92	0.055	36	0.055
7	46	Ethiopia	992.38	0.495	9	0.01
8	51	Zimbabwe	9.72	0.028	25	0.168
9	56	Democratic Republic of Congo	2.52	0.004	199	0.23
10	57	Malawi	15.81	0.071	13	0.068
11	60	Sudan	58.06	0.033	24	0.059
12	75	Botswana	123.43	0.316	0	0
13	76	Burundi	0.97	0.012	9	0.083
14	78	Mauritania	0.07	0	9	0.232
15	80	Nigeria	63.44	0.008	47	0.025
16	83	Ivory Coast	0.36	0	23	0.092
17	85	Uganda	4.02	0.005	20	0.053
18	87	Rwanda	8.1	0.033	3	0.025
19	90	Tanzania	7.91	0.005	16	0.032
20	92	Liberia	7.44	0.122	0	0
21	93	Ghana	0.31	0	22	0.078
22	95	Tunisia	0.96	0.001	9	0.078
23	96	Central Africa	0.09	0.003	4	0.08
24	98	Angola	7.65	0.004	11	0.039
25	110	South Sudan	6.54	0.033	0	0
26	112	Cameroon	5.12	0.006	1	0.004
27	116	Gambia	0.37	0.007	0	0
28	118	Togo	0.27	0.002	0	0
29	120	Benin	0.27	0.001	0	0
30	122	Senegal	0.03	0	1	0.006
31	124	Algeria	0.04	0	1	0.002
31	124	Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0
31	124	Cape Verde	0.00	0	0	0
31	124	Chad	0.00	0	0	0
31	124	Comoros	0.00	0	0	0
31	124	Djibouti	0.00	0	0	0
31	124	Egypt	0.00	0	0	0
31	124	Eritrea	0.00	0	0	0
31	124	Gabon	0.00	0	0	0
31	124	Guinea	0.00	0	0	0
31	124	Guinea-Bissau	0.00	0	0	0
31	124	Libya	0.00	0	0	0
31	124	Mali	0.00	0	0	0
31	124	Mauritius	0.00	0	0	0
31	124	Morocco	0.00	0	0	0
31	124	Namibia	0.00	0	0	0
31	124	Congo	0.00	0	0	0
31	124	Zambia	0.00	0	0	0
31	124	Seychelles	0.00	0	0	0

* Gross domestic product