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Topic 11 of 18 · Country Index 2026

Maldives: Risk & Resilience

How exposed is a country to crisis, and how ready is it to cope?

Maldives is placed joint 56th of 193 countries on risk & resilience in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: World Risk Index 1.04 (2025); INFORM Risk Index 2.1 (2025).

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Risk & Resilience

joint56th

of 193 countries placed

Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics

Country Index 2026, all topicsjoint 91st of 183 →

01The evidence

The 4 key statistics that decide it

Only these place Maldives on risk & resilience — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.

Why these keys

  1. Key 1 of 4

    World Risk Index

    Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum

    Why it is a key

    2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0

    1.04

    WorldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk)

    Lower is better

    Maldives: 1.04. Across the 193 countries in this edition, values run from 0.18 (Monaco) to 46.56 (Philippines); the world median is 4.17.

    World median
    4.17
    Best in Southern Asia
    1.04 Maldives

  2. Key 2 of 4

    INFORM Risk Index

    European Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee

    Why it is a key

    2026 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0 (via the European Commission's reuse policy)

    2.1

    INFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk)

    Lower is better

    Maldives: 2.1. Across the 191 countries in this edition, values run from 0.7 (Singapore) to 8.5 (South Sudan); the world median is 3.7.

    World median
    3.7
    Best in Southern Asia
    2.1 Maldives

  3. Key 3 of 4

    Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN)

    Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame

    Why it is a key

    2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 Unported

    0.534

    ND-GAIN Vulnerability (0–1, where 1 is the most vulnerable)

    Lower is better

    Ranked 157th of 190 by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame

    Maldives: 0.534. Across the 190 countries in this edition, values run from 0.263 (Norway) to 0.655 (Mauritania); the world median is 0.45.

    World median
    0.45
    Best in Southern Asia
    0.429 Iran

  4. Key 4 of 4

    Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days

    World Bank Group

    Why it is a key

    Latest reading per country, 2021–2024 · CC BY 4.0

    No reading

    Adults who could raise emergency funds within 30 days without great difficulty (% of population aged 15+)

    Higher is better

    World Bank Group publishes no reading from 2021–2024 for Maldives, so the standing rests on the other keys.

    Across the 142 countries at their latest reading, values run from 16.49 (South Sudan) to 93.69 (Sweden); the world median is 53.85.

    World median
    53.85
    Best in Southern Asia
    75.95 Iran

03In context

Maldives beside its neighbours

A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 193 countries on risk & resilience, never a place within the region.

Southern Asia
1st193rdNot placed · 31 countries with too few key statisticsNo data

The whole world on risk & resilience

Maldives and Southern Asia

Maldives has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 193; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.

CountryStandingWorld Risk IndexWorldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk)INFORM Risk IndexINFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk)Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN)ND-GAIN Vulnerability (0–1, where 1 is the most vulnerable)Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 DaysAdults who could raise emergency funds within 30 days without great difficulty (% of population aged 15+)
Maldives=56th1.042.10.534—
Bhutan76th1.112.90.528—
Iran=116th16.35.90.42975.95
Nepal118th2.64.90.50451.51
Sri Lanka=126th4.874.20.43637.88
Afghanistan178th3.77.80.61242.32
India182nd40.735.30.47530.11
Bangladesh187th26.716.20.54435.79
Pakistan189th26.826.60.52533.21

“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is

Across Southern Asia

Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 193.

Placed either side on risk & resilience

The countries immediately above and below Maldives in the topic’s list.

04Context, no vote

Where Maldives is ahead of the world, and behind

10 more statistics filed under risk & resilience, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.

Every country

Ahead of the world median3

Statistics on which Maldives does better than the middle country measured.

  • Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.480No real change since 2015

    Maldives: 0 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN)Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame · 2024 · world median 0.3870.405▼ Worsened since 2014

    Maldives: 0.405 · world median 0.387 · ND-GAIN Readiness (0–1, where 1 is the most ready). Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.137 to 0.749; higher is better.

    Ranked 90th of 192 by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Water StressFAO · 2023 · world median 109.62▼ Worsened since 2013

    Maldives: 9.62 · world median 10 · Freshwater withdrawal as a share of available resources (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.03 to 3,851; lower is better.

    Position 90th of 177 · derived, 1st = worst.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

Behind the world median4

Statistics on which Maldives does worse than the middle country measured.

  • Political Stability and Absence of ViolenceWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 0.1710.078▼ Worsened since 2015

    Maldives: 0.078 · world median 0.171 · Political Stability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from -2.506 to 1.563; higher is better.

    Position 117th of 211 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • ND-GAIN Country IndexNotre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame · 2024 · world median 47.4443.56▼ Worsened since 2014

    Maldives: 43.56 · world median 47.44 · ND-GAIN Index (0–100, where 100 is best placed to adapt). Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 26.42 to 71.85; higher is better.

    Ranked 120th of 190 by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Firms Whose Assets Were Damaged by Extreme WeatherWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 9.48523No earlier reading

    Maldives: 23 · world median 9.485 · Firms whose physical assets were damaged by extreme weather (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 59.21; lower is better.

    Position 10th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.

    Chart and every countryThe 2026 dataset

  • Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per CapitaFAO · 2022 · world median 2,52857.24No real change since 2012

    Maldives: 57.24 · world median 2,528 · Renewable internal freshwater (cubic metres per person). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 445,023; higher is better.

    Position 175th of 181 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2022 dataset

No better end3

These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.

  • Population Living Below 5 m ElevationCenter for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University · 2015 · world median 2.95449.17No real change since 1990

    Maldives: 49.17 · world median 2.954 · Population living below 5 m elevation (% of total population). Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University, 2015 edition, data for 2015.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 78.48.

    Chart and every countryThe 2015 dataset

  • Refugees by Country of OriginUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,27262No real change since 2015

    Maldives: 62 · world median 1,272 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate from this country, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 5,224,131.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Temperature Change on LandFAO · 2025 · world median 1.4740.911No real change since 2015

    Maldives: 0.911 · world median 1.474 · Change in mean land-surface temperature against the country's own 1951–1980 average, °C. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.34 to 3.294.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

No current reading for Maldives

Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days, Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather, Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct), Burned Area, Children's Climate Risk Index, Drought Risk (Aqueduct), Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, Per Capita Food Supply Variability, Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, Riverine Flood Risk (Aqueduct), Stateless Persons by Country of Residence and World Risk Poll Resilience Index. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.

“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing

05Country Index 2026

Risk & Resilience among Maldives’s 16 topics

Risk & Resilience is Maldives’s 2nd best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.

On the profile
  1. Poverty & Inequality13th of 159
  2. Risk & Resiliencejoint 56th of 193
  3. Health & Wellbeing62nd of 200
  4. Work & Labourjoint 64th of 182
  5. Peace & Security68th of 177
  6. Education & Knowledge79th of 198
  7. Economy & Innovation79th of 176
  8. Democracy & Civil Liberties97th of 198
  9. Food & Agriculture92nd of 184
  10. Development & Human Capital103rd of 196
  11. Governance & Institutions105th of 194
  12. Environment & Sustainability128th of 186
  13. Gender & Equality149th of 183
  14. Digital & Technology162nd of 198
  15. Energy136th of 165
  16. Mobility & Trade169th of 177

06The top of the list

Who leads on risk & resilience

The three countries placed highest of 193, and the leaders Maldives can most readily be measured against.

All 193 countries
  1. 1

    Liechtenstein

    Western Europe

    1st of 193 · 2 of 4 keys

    Photo: Guido Radig,Inkey · CC BY 3.0, greyscale

  2. 2

    Luxembourg

    Western Europe

    2nd of 193 · 3 of 4 keys

    Photo: Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale

  3. 3

    Denmark

    Northern Europe

    3rd of 193 · 4 of 4 keys

    Photo: User:Aconcagua · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

Placed highest nearby

  1. Highest in Asia

    Singapore13th4/4 keys

  2. Highest in Southern Asia

    Maldives=56th3/4 keys

Positions out of 193 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.

07Questions

Maldives on risk & resilience: questions answered

Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.

How does Maldives rank on risk & resilience?

Maldives is placed joint 56th of 193 countries on Risk & Resilience in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (World Risk Index, INFORM Risk Index and Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN)). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.

What is the latest World Risk Index figure for Maldives?

1.04 in 2025 (worldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk)), according to Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum. The world median in the same edition was 4.17.

What is the latest INFORM Risk Index figure for Maldives?

2.1 in 2025 (iNFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk)), according to European Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee. The world median in the same edition was 3.7.

How have Maldives’s risk & resilience figures changed?

World Risk Index fell from 1.11 in 2000 to 1.04 in 2025; INFORM Risk Index fell from 2.2 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2025; Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) fell from 0.595 in 2000 to 0.534 in 2024.

Which risk & resilience statistics are missing for Maldives?

No current reading is published for Maldives on Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days, Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather, Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct), Burned Area, Children's Climate Risk Index, Drought Risk (Aqueduct), Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, Per Capita Food Supply Variability, Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, Riverine Flood Risk (Aqueduct), Stateless Persons by Country of Residence and World Risk Poll Resilience Index. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.

08Method

Method, sources and how to cite

What this topic does not measure

This topic does not forecast when a disaster will strike, and it does not measure financial or economic risk. Water stress is measured under Environment & Sustainability. Displacement caused by disasters and the severity of crises already under way are published here as context.

About risk & resilience, in full

How the Risk & Resilience standing is decided

A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.

The risk & resilience method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built

The key statistics and their licences

The other 10 statistics on this page come from 6 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.

The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photographs

Maldives’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.

Cite this page

Nations Inquiry (2026). Maldives: Risk & Resilience — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/maldives/risk

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