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World Drought exposure index Ranking Map In the available data, Somalia has the highest recorded value at 10 (rank #1); Japan ranks #170 at 0.4. Coverage: 191 countries and territories. Reference years: Somalia 2026; Japan 2026. This is INFORM’s 0–10 drought-hazard exposure score, not a count of drought events or a measure of social vulnerability.
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Compare drought exposure index across the world. Compare drought exposure index by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.
Japan 0.4
Japan, world rank 170 for Drought exposure index, 0.4
Fiji: 2.8 Tanzania: 4.7 Western Sahara: No data Canada: 2.1 United States: 4.2 Kazakhstan: 6.1 Uzbekistan: 6.6 Papua New Guinea: 2.5 Indonesia: 3.3 Argentina: 5.9 Chile: 0.3 Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2.3 Somalia: 10 Kenya: 6.7 Sudan: 5.7 Chad: 5.5 Haiti: 3.7 Dominican Republic: 0.4 Russia: 5.8 Bahamas: 1.3 Falkland Islands: No data Norway: 1.7 Greenland: No data Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 1.9 South Africa: 8.6 Lesotho: 6.3 Mexico: 3 Uruguay: 3.4 Brazil: 4.5 Bolivia: 7.1 Peru: 3.8 Colombia: 2.7 Panama: 1.2 Costa Rica: 1 Nicaragua: 3.9 Honduras: 4.9 El Salvador: 3.6 Guatemala: 3.5 Belize: 2.1 Venezuela: 1.9 Guyana: 3.7 Suriname: 1.7 France: 1.4 Ecuador: 3.4 Puerto Rico: No data Jamaica: 2.7 Cuba: 3.7 Zimbabwe: 9.4 Botswana: 5.4 Namibia: 9.4 Senegal: 6.1 Mali: 7.4 Mauritania: 8.6 Benin: 0.9 Niger: 6.3 Nigeria: 3.1 Cameroon: 3.4 Togo: 1.3 Ghana: 1.3 Côte d’Ivoire: 0.9 Guinea: 0.7 Guinea-Bissau: 1.9 Liberia: 0.4 Sierra Leone: 0.9 Burkina Faso: 5.5 Central African Republic: 3 Republic of the Congo: 0.9 Gabon: 0.9 Equatorial Guinea: 2.9 Zambia: 5.1 Malawi: 6.1 Mozambique: 6.7 Eswatini: 4.7 Angola: 3.7 Burundi: 3.8 Israel: 5.3 Lebanon: 2.9 Madagascar: 4.6 Palestine: 0 Gambia: 3 Tunisia: 4.2 Algeria: 3.4 Jordan: 6.7 United Arab Emirates: 5 Qatar: 5 Kuwait: 2.9 Iraq: 7.5 Oman: 3.4 Vanuatu: 5 Cambodia: 4.2 Thailand: 5.4 Laos: 1.1 Myanmar: 0.9 Vietnam: 4.5 North Korea: 3.7 South Korea: 0.3 Mongolia: 6.6 India: 6.3 Bangladesh: 1.9 Bhutan: 0 Nepal: 3.7 Pakistan: 4.9 Afghanistan: 8.7 Tajikistan: 7.6 Kyrgyzstan: 6.3 Turkmenistan: 5 Iran: 6.4 Syria: 8.6 Armenia: 5.3 Sweden: 0.9 Belarus: 1.7 Ukraine: 2.4 Poland: 2.8 Austria: 1.7 Hungary: 3 Moldova: 5.6 Romania: 2.8 Lithuania: 2.4 Latvia: 2.1 Estonia: 0 Germany: 1.3 Bulgaria: 3.2 Greece: 1.7 Türkiye: 2.5 Albania: 3.8 Croatia: 3.2 Switzerland: 0.9 Luxembourg: 1.3 Belgium: 1.3 Netherlands: 0.4 Portugal: 3.3 Spain: 3.5 Ireland: 0.9 New Caledonia: No data Solomon Islands: 2.9 New Zealand: 1.8 Australia: 6.1 Sri Lanka: 3.2 China: 4.6 Taiwan: No data Italy: 2.7 Denmark: 2.8 United Kingdom: 1.1 Iceland: 0 Azerbaijan: 5.3 Georgia: 5.5 Philippines: 3.5 Malaysia: 3.1 Brunei: 2.1 Slovenia: 0.9 Finland: 1.7 Slovakia: 1.3 Czechia: 1.3 Eritrea: 6.2 Japan: 0.4 Paraguay: 3.9 Yemen: 4.6 Saudi Arabia: 5 Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 2.4 Morocco: 6.4 Egypt: 2.1 Libya: 5 Ethiopia: 5.1 Djibouti: 7.9 Somaliland: No data Uganda: 6.5 Rwanda: 4.2 Bosnia and Herzegovina: 3 North Macedonia: 3.7 Serbia: 2.9 Montenegro: 2.1 Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 2.8 South Sudan: 3.7 Japan Somalia 1 Zimbabwe 2 Namibia 2 Afghanistan 4 Mauritania 5 South Africa Bolivia Djibouti Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Drought exposure indexRankings 170/191 0.4
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #170 for drought exposure index. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Somalia 10 2 Namibia 9.4 2 Zimbabwe 9.4 4 Afghanistan 8.7 5 Mauritania 8.6
176 Singapore 0 176 Seychelles 0 176 Sao Tome and Principe 0 176 St. Kitts and Nevis 0 176 Nauru 0 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Drought exposure index ranking map Compare drought exposure index by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 191 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Somalia (10), #2 Namibia (9.4), #2 Zimbabwe (9.4)
Japan’s position World #170 (0.4)
Data period 2026 All displayed observations use the reference period above. Check the source and definition before interpreting small differences.
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Drought exposure index Full ranking191 countries #99 Central African Republic 3 Profile #122 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.3 Profile #153 Republic of the Congo 0.9 Profile #165 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.5 Profile