Countries: World, Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain Source: UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Please refer to the attached file. This report offers a snapshot of the aggregated data reported by Member States across the Europe and Central Asia region. It is based on data reported in the SFM system by 20 July 2025, following a previous edition of this report released in December 2020. Since the monitoring system is an open-ended reporting mechanism, the figures given here, especially of losses and damages, are only a snapshot at a given point in time, building on the current status of reporting countries across the region. This report points to a set of important thematic issues, which aim to support continuous efforts in monitoring and ultimately achieving the Sendai Framework and the Sustainable Development Goals. As of 20 July 2025, a total of 40 countries from the Europe and Central Asia region reported to the Sendai Framework Monitor (SFM) between 2020 and 2024. During this period, over 373,000 people lost their lives as a result of disasters, with close to 214,000 deaths (the majority of which occurred between 2020 and 2022) attributed to COVID-19. Moreover, the total number of injured or ill people as reported by 34 countries exceeded 23.7 million, again hugely impacted by the pandemic. Direct economic loss is estimated to have averaged 0.14 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of all the reporting countries between 2015 and 2024. Over 14,000 instances of disruptions to basic services attributed to disasters (including health, educational and other basic services) were reported by 26 countries in the SFM between 2020 and 2024, pointing to the need to urgently address the resilience of critical infrastructure systems in the region. Moreover, 35 countries reported having multi-hazard early warning mechanisms in place, compared with 17 countries in 2015, while a growing number of cities are working on urban resilience through the Making Cities Resilient (MCR) 2030 initiative. According to the available reported data in SFM, international and regional cooperation in DRR has resulted in countries in the region receiving close to $57 million in official development assistance (ODA) between 2020 and 2024. At the same time, Member States in Europe and Central Asia have provided just over $21 billion of ODA to other countries, thus contributing greatly to strengthening DRR capacities across geographies and communities.
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