Prevalent Vulnerability Index

The Prevalent Vulnerability Index (PVI) characterizes the prevailing vulnerability conditions in a country in terms of exposure in disaster-prone areas, socioeconomic fragility, and limited resilience capacity. These aspects exacerbate both the direct physical impact and the indirect and intangible impact in the event of a hazard. The three components of the PVI are: (i) susceptibility due to the level of physical exposure of assets and people, which favors direct impact in the event of hazardous events (the Exposure and Susceptibility sub-indicator, IPVES); (ii) social and economic conditions that favor indirect and intangible impacts (the Socioeconomic Fragility sub-indicator, IPVFS); and (iii) the lack of capacity to anticipate, absorb consequences, respond efficiently, and recover (the Lack of Resilience sub-indicator, IPVFR).