Table 3

Resilience risk analysis by country: Explicit risk scores are first assigned to each country by category, scores are then summed to calculate an aggregated risk metric, and finally, a resilience metric Ri is assigned to each country based on its aggregated risk according to equation (1)

CountryConflictInfrastructureTerrain/ClimateAggregated riskRi
DescriptionScore
Benin02 023
Burkina Faso21 033
Cameroon11Volcano in W. Africa with fatal levels of gas244
Central African Republic21 033
Chad21 033
Gabon01 012
Ghana00 002
Ivory Coast10Possible torrential flooding during rainy season123
Liberia00 002
Mali21 033
Mauritania21 033
Niger21 033
Nigeria20 023
Senegal01 012
Sierra Leone11Rainfall makes it one of the wettest W. African coasts133
Togo11 023

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