South Asia exposure#
This page provides a regional overview of the exposure model for South Asia, including summary tables and links to country-level exposure pages.
Regional description#
The regional exposure model combines country-level datasets into a harmonized representation of buildings, replacement costs, and exposed population.

Figure: Regional distribution of exposure across occupancy classes (residential, commercial, and industrial).

Figure: Regional distribution of exposure by building taxonomy classes.
Regional summary tables#
Exposure by country and occupancy (ADM0)#
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_0 | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| India | RES | 232,970.1K | 1,463.9M | $2,581,360.3M | 65.57% | 73.48% | 50.75% |
| COM | 25,347.2K | 0.0M | $726,722.3M | 7.13% | 0.00% | 14.29% | |
| Pakistan | RES | 35,202.0K | 255.2M | $701,419.6M | 9.91% | 12.81% | 13.79% |
| Nepal | RES | 5,992.6K | 29.6M | $228,437.3M | 1.69% | 1.48% | 4.49% |
| India | IND | 5,173.6K | 0.0M | $181,326.4M | 1.46% | 0.00% | 3.56% |
| Bangladesh | RES | 31,798.6K | 175.7M | $173,762.2M | 8.95% | 8.82% | 3.42% |
| Afghanistan | RES | 5,961.3K | 43.8M | $146,926.3M | 1.68% | 2.20% | 2.89% |
| Sri Lanka | RES | 7,585.9K | 23.2M | $107,913.9M | 2.14% | 1.16% | 2.12% |
| Pakistan | COM | 2,724.2K | 0.0M | $99,349.5M | 0.77% | 0.00% | 1.95% |
| IND | 827.4K | 0.0M | $51,726.2M | 0.23% | 0.00% | 1.02% | |
| Bangladesh | COM | 530.4K | 0.0M | $14,220.7M | 0.15% | 0.00% | 0.28% |
| Nepal | COM | 106.9K | 0.0M | $13,465.2M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.26% |
| Afghanistan | COM | 410.2K | 0.0M | $12,195.6M | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.24% |
| Nepal | IND | 109.4K | 0.0M | $11,527.7M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.23% |
| Afghanistan | IND | 115.1K | 0.0M | $11,046.3M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.22% |
| Bangladesh | IND | 112.6K | 0.0M | $10,167.4M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.20% |
| Sri Lanka | COM | 70.8K | 0.0M | $5,838.2M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.11% |
| Bhutan | RES | 194.5K | 0.8M | $5,252.5M | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.10% |
| Sri Lanka | IND | 33.8K | 0.0M | $3,766.2M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| Bhutan | COM | 6.9K | 0.0M | $109.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| IND | 0.8K | 0.0M | $35.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Exposure by country and taxonomy#
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_0 | MACRO_TAXONOMY | ||||||
| India | CR- | 23,041,730 | 320,636.3K | $1,078,453.6M | 6.49% | 16.09% | 21.20% |
| ADO|ST|E | 119,083,453 | 543,242.2K | $842,478.5M | 33.52% | 27.27% | 16.56% | |
| MUR | 54,275,871 | 328,990.3K | $533,210.9M | 15.28% | 16.51% | 10.48% | |
| HYB | 19,205,069 | 37,967.3K | $443,170.6M | 5.41% | 1.91% | 8.71% | |
| Pakistan | MUR | 16,012,872 | 93,010.3K | $250,356.0M | 4.51% | 4.67% | 4.92% |
| India | MR|MCF | 4,778,852 | 69,097.5K | $243,540.7M | 1.35% | 3.47% | 4.79% |
| Pakistan | CR- | 4,041,979 | 38,524.8K | $221,957.1M | 1.14% | 1.93% | 4.36% |
| India | W | 11,362,986 | 21,853.0K | $209,326.5M | 3.20% | 1.10% | 4.12% |
| Pakistan | ADO|ST|E | 11,599,132 | 74,301.9K | $154,672.1M | 3.26% | 3.73% | 3.04% |
| CR+ | 2,443,659 | 22,632.7K | $131,515.4M | 0.69% | 1.14% | 2.59% | |
| Bangladesh | CR- | 4,116,763 | 38,881.2K | $109,492.6M | 1.16% | 1.95% | 2.15% |
| Afghanistan | CR- | 939,268 | 10,261.7K | $108,596.5M | 0.26% | 0.52% | 2.13% |
| India | OT | 30,126,936 | 142,077.4K | $99,370.9M | 8.48% | 7.13% | 1.95% |
| Nepal | CR- | 271,872 | 2,982.3K | $99,368.7M | 0.08% | 0.15% | 1.95% |
| Sri Lanka | MUR | 6,344,896 | 18,335.2K | $73,870.5M | 1.79% | 0.92% | 1.45% |
| Nepal | MUR | 2,399,493 | 10,677.2K | $68,953.5M | 0.68% | 0.54% | 1.36% |
| Pakistan | MR|MCF | 2,631,482 | 13,433.9K | $59,312.4M | 0.74% | 0.67% | 1.17% |
| Nepal | CR+ | 616,693 | 3,999.9K | $57,502.5M | 0.17% | 0.20% | 1.13% |
| Bangladesh | MUR | 6,731,779 | 40,511.8K | $46,945.1M | 1.89% | 2.03% | 0.92% |
| India | S | 1,616,022 | 0.0K | $39,857.3M | 0.45% | 0.00% | 0.78% |
| Sri Lanka | CR- | 129,055 | 1,085.4K | $28,955.0M | 0.04% | 0.05% | 0.57% |
| Afghanistan | ADO|ST|E | 4,808,519 | 29,631.5K | $28,712.6M | 1.35% | 1.49% | 0.56% |
| MUR | 597,380 | 3,060.4K | $27,203.1M | 0.17% | 0.15% | 0.53% | |
| Bangladesh | OT | 17,176,198 | 76,580.8K | $26,754.4M | 4.83% | 3.84% | 0.53% |
| Nepal | ADO|ST|E | 1,692,660 | 6,478.1K | $16,943.8M | 0.48% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| Pakistan | W | 878,229 | 6,263.1K | $15,243.5M | 0.25% | 0.31% | 0.30% |
| Sri Lanka | ADO|ST|E | 1,067,484 | 3,150.7K | $11,509.3M | 0.30% | 0.16% | 0.23% |
| Pakistan | HYB | 611,938 | 4,254.4K | $7,244.8M | 0.17% | 0.21% | 0.14% |
| S | 119,818 | 0.0K | $7,153.3M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.14% | |
| Bangladesh | W | 1,612,440 | 6,665.4K | $7,023.3M | 0.45% | 0.33% | 0.14% |
| Nepal | W | 1,078,036 | 4,902.4K | $6,328.3M | 0.30% | 0.25% | 0.12% |
| Pakistan | OT | 414,494 | 2,798.5K | $5,040.6M | 0.12% | 0.14% | 0.10% |
| Bangladesh | S | 30,595 | 0.0K | $3,775.0M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| Afghanistan | CR+ | 61,605 | 498.9K | $3,599.6M | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.07% |
| Nepal | S | 19,690 | 0.0K | $3,591.8M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| Bangladesh | ADO|ST|E | 2,773,426 | 13,047.7K | $3,455.7M | 0.78% | 0.65% | 0.07% |
| Bhutan | ADO|ST|E | 83,584 | 309.7K | $1,825.9M | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.04% |
| MUR | 50,753 | 209.9K | $1,396.4M | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.03% | |
| CR- | 4,422 | 60.1K | $1,343.3M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.03% | |
| Sri Lanka | S | 7,453 | 0.0K | $1,231.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| Afghanistan | S | 12,663 | 0.0K | $1,214.8M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| Sri Lanka | OT | 85,930 | 431.9K | $1,174.5M | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| Bhutan | W | 57,269 | 195.8K | $784.1M | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.02% |
| Sri Lanka | W | 55,684 | 188.1K | $777.6M | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.02% |
| Nepal | OT | 130,505 | 514.5K | $741.6M | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.01% |
| Bangladesh | CR+ | 358 | 0.0K | $704.3M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| Afghanistan | MR|MCF | 6,175 | 0.0K | $591.5M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| OT | 60,933 | 391.6K | $250.0M | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.00% | |
| Bhutan | OT | 5,944 | 21.2K | $37.9M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| S | 233 | 0.0K | $9.3M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |