Sri Lanka2025BRIGHTClimateShock

Climate shock measures the proportion of households report being affected by any climate-related shocks (i.e. floods, landslides, drought or severe heat, crop pests/diseases, livestock diseases, poor fishing catches and damage and loss of procutive assets by climate shocks) during the reference period with moderate or severe impact. It relates to SDG 13.1.1 which measures the number od etaths, missing persons, and directly affected persons atttributed to disasters per 100,000 population.

Data Source: BRIGHT

The following data are considered for this analysis:
• Households: All households.

The standard LNOB analysis for Climate Shock includes the following circumstances:
• Expenditure per capita of the household: top 60 or bottom 40 (of the distribution)
• Residence: urban, rural or estate
• Level of education attained by the household head: no education, primary, secondary or post-secondary
• Sex of household head: female or male