INFORM Risk Index: Global Humanitarian Crisis and Disaster Risk Assessment

A global, open-source risk assessment for humanitarian crises and disasters. The INFORM Risk Index can support decisions about prevention, preparedness and response. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-19.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing resource allocation for disaster preparedness based on global risk scores.
• Modeling potential humanitarian crisis hotspots based on composite risk indicators.
• Benchmarking country-level disaster risk over time using the index's open-source methodology.

Strengths

• Open-source methodology under a CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad use and adaptation.
• Global coverage, providing a comparative view of risk across countries.
• Available in multiple accessible formats including CSV and XLSX.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-05-19).

Provenance

Source

INFORM

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 23:25:33.060269

Geography

Global