French Guiana exposure#
This page summarises the exposure model for French Guiana in South America, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.
National summary#
The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| COM | 1.5K | 0.0K | $0.8B | 3.85% | 0.00% | 9.43% |
| IND | 1.0K | 0.0K | $0.5B | 2.68% | 0.00% | 6.22% |
| RES | 36.2K | 313.6K | $7.1B | 93.47% | 100.00% | 84.35% |

Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in French Guiana.

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in French Guiana.

Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for French Guiana.
Subnational summary#
The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_1 | ||||||
| Cayenne | 23.4K | 200.9K | $5,175.2M | 60.52% | 64.05% | 61.68% |
| Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni | 13.7K | 104.8K | $2,895.0M | 35.44% | 33.43% | 34.50% |
| Saint-Georges | 1.6K | 7.9K | $320.6M | 4.04% | 2.53% | 3.82% |

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.
Taxonomy summary#
The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.

Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in French Guiana.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACRO_TAXONOMY | TAXONOMY | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 11,751 | 65.8K | $1,555.3M | 30.35% | 20.97% | 18.54% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 9,016 | 50.8K | $1,166.5M | 23.29% | 16.18% | 13.90% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 2,086 | 34.2K | $828.1M | 5.39% | 10.92% | 9.87% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4-6/RES | RES | 406 | 33.4K | $761.2M | 1.05% | 10.64% | 9.07% | |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 4,242 | 34.1K | $658.7M | 10.96% | 10.87% | 7.85% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 2,892 | 23.1K | $501.3M | 7.47% | 7.35% | 5.97% |
| MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 1,285 | 22.0K | $498.6M | 3.32% | 7.03% | 5.94% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:>6/RES | RES | 94 | 20.2K | $441.4M | 0.24% | 6.43% | 5.26% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 2,192 | 16.4K | $388.8M | 5.66% | 5.24% | 4.63% |
| MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 394 | 0.0K | $237.3M | 1.02% | 0.00% | 2.83% | |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 2,038 | 12.2K | $236.2M | 5.26% | 3.90% | 2.81% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/IND | IND | 326 | 0.0K | $184.6M | 0.84% | 0.00% | 2.20% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 166 | 0.0K | $107.3M | 0.43% | 0.00% | 1.28% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4-6/COM | COM | 69 | 0.0K | $104.0M | 0.18% | 0.00% | 1.24% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 262 | 0.0K | $79.0M | 0.68% | 0.00% | 0.94% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/COM | COM | 118 | 0.0K | $62.1M | 0.30% | 0.00% | 0.74% |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 121 | 0.0K | $42.1M | 0.31% | 0.00% | 0.50% |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 140 | 0.0K | $42.1M | 0.36% | 0.00% | 0.50% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:7-10/COM | COM | 17 | 0.0K | $41.8M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.50% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ST/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 186 | 1.4K | $41.6M | 0.48% | 0.46% | 0.50% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 75 | 0.0K | $41.1M | 0.19% | 0.00% | 0.49% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/IND | IND | 62 | 0.0K | $35.2M | 0.16% | 0.00% | 0.42% |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/COM | COM | 56 | 0.0K | $31.1M | 0.14% | 0.00% | 0.37% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:1-3/IND | IND | 51 | 0.0K | $29.1M | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.35% |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 91 | 0.0K | $29.1M | 0.24% | 0.00% | 0.35% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 43 | 0.0K | $28.1M | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.33% |
| CR- | CR+PC/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 84 | 0.0K | $27.1M | 0.22% | 0.00% | 0.32% |
| CR+PC/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/COM | COM | 46 | 0.0K | $24.0M | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.29% | |
| S | S+SL/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 69 | 0.0K | $23.8M | 0.18% | 0.00% | 0.28% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 75 | 0.0K | $20.5M | 0.19% | 0.00% | 0.24% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:4-6/COM | COM | 13 | 0.0K | $19.6M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.23% |
| CR/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:1-3/COM | COM | 36 | 0.0K | $18.8M | 0.09% | 0.00% | 0.22% | |
| S | S+SL/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 58 | 0.0K | $18.4M | 0.15% | 0.00% | 0.22% |
| MR|MCF | MCF/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 52 | 0.0K | $16.7M | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.20% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/COM | COM | 24 | 0.0K | $12.5M | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.15% |
| CR+PC/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/IND | IND | 18 | 0.0K | $10.1M | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.12% | |
| CR+PC/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/COM | COM | 18 | 0.0K | $9.6M | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.11% | |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/IND | IND | 7 | 0.0K | $4.5M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 12 | 0.0K | $4.4M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND | IND | 16 | 0.0K | $4.2M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| MR|MCF | MR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 10 | 0.0K | $3.1M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| MUR | MUR/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND | IND | 3 | 0.0K | $1.8M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.02% |