How does the severity of humanitarian crisis in the Philippines compare with other countries?
The Philippines scored 2.5 (out of 5) in the June 2023 iteration of the (Index for Risk Management) Severity Index and is classi铿乪d under 鈥渕edium鈥 category with a 鈥渟table鈥 trend in the past three months. The country鈥檚 severity score in the 铿乺st half of the year was driven by the Mindanao con铿俰ct and Typhoon Paeng (international name: Nalgae), latest data showed. The index is a composite indicator designed to assess the severity of humanitarian crises against a common scale using various data from publicly available sources.
