Which country has the highest Individuals at High Flood Risk?

China has the highest Individuals at High Flood Risk in 2022, at 394.8M, followed by India (389.8M) and Bangladesh (94.4M).

Which country has the lowest Individuals at High Flood Risk?

Palau has the lowest Individuals at High Flood Risk in 2022, at 2,000.

What is the median Individuals at High Flood Risk across countries?

The median is 1.4M across the 185 countries with data in 2022.

Where does this flooding by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: The Countries With the Highest Flood Risk - The Street; Mapped: Countries With the Highest Flood Risk - Visual Capitalist; Countries with the Highest Flood Risk - Agri News Net Farming Portal; Flood exposure and poverty in 188 countries - Nature.

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Flooding by Country

Name: Flooding by Country
Creator: Rankodex

China has the highest Individuals at High Flood Risk in 2022 (394.8M), followed by India (389.8M) and Bangladesh (94.4M). Palau has the lowest (2,000).

Environment185 countries · 8 metricsUpdated Feb 16, 2025Original page

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Individuals at High Flood Risk, 2022

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Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 185 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

1.4M

Middle half 391K – 5.1M

Average

9.8M

185 countries

Lowest (best)

2,000

Micronesia

Highest (worst)

394.8M

China

Data

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185 countries · # = rank by Individuals at High Flood Risk

#
1	Micronesia	2,000	3.6%
1	San Marino	2,000	6.5%
1	Palau	2,000	6.1%
4	Turks and Caicos Islands	4,000	9.1%
5	Dominica	6,000	9%
6	Grenada	9,000	8.8%
6	Antigua and Barbuda	9,000	9.9%
8	Tonga	11K	11.4%
9	Cayman Islands	12K	16.3%
10	Guam	15K	9.5%
11	Saint Lucia	17K	10.3%
12	Barbados	20K	6.9%
13	Malta	22K	5.2%
14	Sao Tome and Principe	26K	12.4%
15	Cape Verde	27K	5.3%
16	Andorra	28K	25.0%
17	Vanuatu	30K	11.1%
18	New Caledonia	46K	17.0%
19	Iceland	53K	14.9%
20	Bhutan	63K	7.7%
21	Luxembourg	69K	11.7%
22	Djibouti	73K	6.3%
23	Comoros	74K	8.7%
24	Bahamas	81K	21.1%
25	Belize	88K	21.4%
26	Estonia	99K	7.1%
26	Eswatini	99K	9%
28	Montenegro	110K	18.3%
29	Brunei	115K	25.4%
30	Solomon Islands	117K	20.1%
31	Cyprus	145K	11.3%
32	Lesotho	151K	8%
33	Fiji	162K	23.1%
34	Mauritius	169K	13.2%
35	Oman	184K	5.1%
36	Equatorial Guinea	211K	16.3%
37	Uruguay	226K	6.7%
38	Suriname	233K	37.7%
39	Guyana	276K	37.9%
40	Trinidad and Tobago	291K	21.1%
41	Botswana	294K	12.2%
42	Kuwait	301K	8.5%
42	Guinea-Bissau	301K	17.1%
44	Timor-Leste	317K	24.0%
45	Lithuania	333K	12.1%
46	Gambia	370K	15.4%
47	Eritrea	391K	9.4%
48	Jamaica	395K	14.5%
49	Armenia	406K	14.6%
50	Namibia	423K	17.3%
51	Puerto Rico	429K	11.7%
52	Portugal	440K	4.4%
53	Jordan	455K	6.4%
54	Norway	456K	8.7%
55	Mongolia	458K	14.5%
56	Slovenia	472K	21.7%
57	Moldova	496K	13.5%
58	Denmark	541K	9.2%
59	Latvia	554K	22.6%
60	Singapore	577K	13.0%
61	Mauritania	579K	13.0%
61	Gabon	579K	19.5%
63	Finland	612K	10.9%
64	New Zealand	623K	14.2%
65	Panama	625K	15.4%
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina	635K	19.1%
67	United Arab Emirates	638K	7.1%
68	Israel	639K	7.5%
69	Georgia	695K	18.6%
70	Libya	701K	10.1%
71	Hong Kong	720K	11.9%
72	Ireland	738K	13.5%
73	Albania	771K	27.6%
74	Lebanon	872K	9.3%
75	Belarus	882K	9.6%
76	Kyrgyzstan	907K	16.0%
77	Costa Rica	948K	19.7%
78	Sweden	978K	9.7%
79	Paraguay	983K	13.1%
80	Central African Republic	1M	19.4%
81	Croatia	1.1M	26.9%
82	El Salvador	1.1M	16.8%
83	Nicaragua	1.1M	16.7%
84	Republic of the Congo	1.2M	29.3%
85	Bulgaria	1.2M	17.2%
86	Liberia	1.2M	26.4%
87	Burundi	1.3M	11.0%
88	Rwanda	1.3M	9.5%
89	Sierra Leone	1.3M	19.1%
90	Greece	1.3M	12.9%
91	Tunisia	1.3M	11.4%
92	Togo	1.3M	15.6%
93	Papua New Guinea	1.4M	15.0%
94	Slovakia	1.4M	25.7%
95	Serbia	1.4M	20.1%
96	Zimbabwe	1.4M	9.9%
97	Hungary	1.5M	15.9%
98	Czechia	1.5M	13.9%
99	Azerbaijan	1.5M	17.6%
100	Australia	1.7M	7.9%
101	Switzerland	1.7M	19.1%
102	Tajikistan	1.7M	17.8%
103	Dominican Republic	1.8M	14.8%
104	Honduras	1.8M	19.1%
105	Somalia	1.8M	16.6%
106	Bolivia	1.9M	15.8%
107	Benin	2M	15.0%
108	Cuba	2M	18.2%
109	Belgium	2.1M	17.9%
110	Guinea	2.3M	19.0%
111	Senegal	2.4M	14.7%
112	Yemen	2.4M	7.9%
113	Turkmenistan	2.4M	24.6%
114	Guatemala	2.4M	13.3%
115	Saudi Arabia	2.4M	6.6%
115	Austria	2.4M	27.8%
117	Haiti	2.6M	17.5%
118	Zambia	2.6M	14.0%
119	Laos	3M	39.7%
120	Malawi	3.1M	16.5%
121	Kazakhstan	3.1M	17.4%
122	Burkina Faso	3.3M	14.4%
123	Niger	3.4M	14.0%
124	Peru	3.4M	9.5%
125	Canada	3.5M	9.4%
126	Ivory Coast	3.5M	13.1%
126	Chile	3.5M	16.9%
128	Syria	3.5M	13.4%
129	South Africa	3.7M	6.1%
130	Ecuador	3.7M	21.1%
131	Angola	3.7M	10.3%
132	Morocco	3.9M	11.0%
133	Sri Lanka	4.1M	19.4%
134	Afghanistan	4.5M	14.9%
135	Chad	4.5M	27.4%
136	Ghana	4.7M	14.3%
137	Algeria	4.9M	11.1%
138	Mozambique	5M	16.2%
139	Mali	5.1M	22.1%
140	Poland	5.3M	13.5%
141	Cameroon	5.3M	19.1%
142	Madagascar	5.4M	19.5%
143	Ukraine	5.4M	12.4%
144	South Sudan	5.4M	32.5%
145	Uganda	5.4M	12.9%
146	North Korea	5.7M	24.7%
147	Venezuela	5.8M	18.4%
148	Spain	5.9M	11.3%
149	Romania	6.5M	19.4%
150	Kenya	6.6M	11.9%
151	Uzbekistan	6.7M	19.9%
152	Argentina	7.2M	16.1%
153	United Kingdom	7.4M	11.0%
154	Cambodia	7.4M	38.1%
155	Tanzania	8M	14.6%
156	Malaysia	8.2M	24.0%
157	Italy	8.5M	13.8%
158	Sudan	8.8M	20.6%
159	Netherlands	10.1M	58.7%
160	South Korea	10.4M	20.3%
161	Turkey	11.3M	14.2%
162	Ethiopia	11.6M	11.2%
163	France	11.6M	17.3%
164	Iran	11.7M	14.6%
165	Nepal	12M	29.4%
166	Germany	13.7M	17.5%
167	Colombia	14.5M	22.9%
168	DR Congo	15.8M	13.8%
169	Iraq	16.4M	36.8%
170	Russia	18.4M	12.9%
171	Myanmar	19.1M	39.9%
172	Mexico	24.1M	17.2%
173	Brazil	25.4M	11.7%
174	Thailand	25.4M	33.9%
175	Philippines	30.5M	29.0%
176	Japan	36.1M	28.7%
177	Egypt	38.9M	40.5%
178	Nigeria	39M	18.0%
179	United States	42.6M	12.5%
180	Vietnam	45.5M	46.0%
181	Pakistan	71.8M	31.1%
182	Indonesia	75.7M	27.0%
183	Bangladesh	94.4M	57.5%
184	India	389.8M	27.7%
185	China	394.8M	27.5%

What correlates with Individuals at High Flood Risk (2022)?

Pearson r against 1,420 other country metrics sharing at least 111 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Individuals at High Flood Risk tend to score higher on these

Men With Vision LossBlind Population by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 179
Plot
People With Vision LossBlind Population by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 181
Plot
Depression CasesDepression Rates by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 179
Plot
Women With Vision LossBlind Population by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 179
Plot
2020Past and Projected Future Population by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 185
Plot
2015Past and Projected Future Population by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 185
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Individuals at High Flood Risk tend to score lower on these

US Trade BalanceUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = −0.51 · strong · n = 182
Plot
Average Men's Shoe Size (US sizes)Shoe Size by Country
r = −0.43 · moderate · n = 153
Plot
GGGI Health ScoreGlobal Gender Gap by Country
r = −0.28 · weak · n = 145
Plot
Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.27 · weak · n = 140
Plot
Average Women's Shoe Size (US sizes)Shoe Size by Country
r = −0.26 · weak · n = 153
Plot
Chlamydial Infection RateSTD Rates by Country
r = −0.26 · weak · n = 178
Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest Individuals at High Flood Risk?: China has the highest Individuals at High Flood Risk in 2022, at 394.8M, followed by India (389.8M) and Bangladesh (94.4M).
Which country has the lowest Individuals at High Flood Risk?: Palau has the lowest Individuals at High Flood Risk in 2022, at 2,000.
What is the median Individuals at High Flood Risk across countries?: The median is 1.4M across the 185 countries with data in 2022.
Where does this flooding by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: The Countries With the Highest Flood Risk - The Street; Mapped: Countries With the Highest Flood Risk - Visual Capitalist; Countries with the Highest Flood Risk - Agri News Net Farming Portal; Flood exposure and poverty in 188 countries - Nature.