City risk rankings
The ten highest overall scores across every city on this site, and the top five for each individual hazard. Every score here is the same fixed 0-100 figure shown on that city's own page - nothing is recomputed for this list.
Overall
- 1 Yangon Myanmar High 66
- 2 Dhaka Bangladesh High 65
- 3 Manila Philippines High 65
- 4 Kolkata India Elevated 60
- 5 Delhi India Elevated 59
- 6 Karachi Pakistan Elevated 57
- 7 Cairo Egypt Elevated 57
- 8 Tokyo Japan Elevated 56
- 9 Dubai United Arab Emirates Elevated 51
- 10 Mexico City Mexico Elevated 50
Top 5 — Flood
- 1 Dhaka Bangladesh 84
- 2 Bangkok Thailand 84
- 3 Cairo Egypt 84
- 4 Paris France 74
- 5 Buenos Aires Argentina 74
Top 5 — Earthquake
Top 5 — Cyclone
- 1 Manila Philippines 96
- 2 Tokyo Japan 78
- 3 Port-au-Prince Haiti 69
- 4 Kolkata India 67
- 5 Dhaka Bangladesh 64
Top 5 — Wildfire
- 1 Yangon Myanmar 95
- 2 Maputo Mozambique 89
- 3 Tehran Iran 88
- 4 Mexico City Mexico 81
- 5 Lagos Nigeria 80
Top 5 — Extreme heat
- 1 Dubai United Arab Emirates 85
- 2 Delhi India 77
- 3 Yangon Myanmar 69
- 4 Cairo Egypt 64
- 5 Kolkata India 61
Top 5 — Air quality
These are absolute scores on a scale fixed in advance, not a ranking tournament between cities - see the methodology for what they do and do not mean.