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INFORM Risk Index 2020

  • 13 Jul 2020

  • INFORM - Index for Risk Management - is the first global, open-source tool for assessing the risk of humanitarian crises by country. 
  • INFORM provides disaster risk profiles of 191 countries, and utilizes 50 different indicators related to the conditions that lead to crises and disasters.
  • The report is produced by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) on behalf of all INFORM Partners.
  • INFORM, operates under European Commission (EU)
  • India has ranked at 31st place with an inform risk of 5.4, means risk of humanitarian crises and disasters.
  • Somalia with an inform risk of 8.9 topped the index.