Where to spend first, all 64 districts

District Adaptation Priority Index

Hazard exposure alone does not tell you where adaptation money should go first. A wealthy district can absorb a shock a poor one cannot. This index pairs each district's multi-hazard exposure with its relative poverty, so the top of the list is where high exposure meets the least capacity to cope.

Priority is the mean of two within-country percentiles (0 to 100): the multi-hazard exposure rank and the poverty rank (Meta Relative Wealth Index, poorer ranks higher). Equal weight, no hidden weighting. 64 districts ranked.

# DistrictDivision Priority Exposure Poverty Flood % <5 m % PM2.5
1 Patuakhali Barishal 81.0 67 95 86 99 74.3
2 Bhola Barishal 78.5 69 88 90 96 81.7
3 Barguna Barishal 74.0 56 92 96 99 71.8
4 Bandarban Chattogram 68.0 38 98 5 0 59.4
5 Magura Khulna 66.5 58 75 84 24 76.0
6 Habiganj Sylhet 65.5 47 84 57 22 68.2
7 Khagrachhari Chattogram 64.5 32 97 8 0 62.5
8 Rangamati Chattogram 64.5 29 100 12 0 56.8
9 Kishoreganj Dhaka 61.5 57 66 44 35 75.7
10 Sunamganj Sylhet 61.5 37 86 70 35 45.2
11 Barishal Barishal 59.5 71 48 96 96 74.7
12 Naogaon Rajshahi 58.5 34 83 56 0 60.7
13 Pabna Rajshahi 58.5 65 52 86 1 69.9
14 Pirojpur Barishal 58.0 52 64 98 99 72.2
15 Dinajpur Rangpur 57.5 24 91 24 0 68.3
16 Jhenaidah Khulna 56.5 51 62 49 2 72.4
17 Thakurgaon Rangpur 56.5 19 94 3 0 66.5
18 Noakhali Chattogram 56.0 82 30 84 83 85.3
19 Gaibandha Rangpur 55.5 39 72 84 0 67.3
20 Netrokona Mymensingh 55.5 30 81 58 11 50.5
21 Chapainawabganj Rajshahi 55.0 33 77 61 0 54.9
22 Narail Khulna 53.0 51 55 80 79 74.3
23 Chattogram Chattogram 52.5 91 14 22 43 84.4
24 Faridpur Dhaka 52.5 69 36 91 33 75.4
25 Satkhira Khulna 52.5 46 59 24 88 64.7
26 Kurigram Rangpur 52.0 26 78 78 0 55.9
27 Rangpur Rangpur 51.0 29 73 42 0 68.3
28 Khulna Khulna 50.5 68 33 44 88 75.2
29 Natore Rajshahi 50.5 43 58 83 0 62.5
30 Panchagarh Rangpur 50.5 12 89 18 0 51.0
31 Jamalpur Mymensingh 50.0 39 61 87 0 69.9
32 Dhaka Dhaka 49.5 97 2 45 27 81.5
33 Bagerhat Khulna 49.0 60 38 94 96 74.2
34 Gopalganj Dhaka 49.0 57 41 96 92 74.0
35 Lakshmipur Chattogram 49.0 71 27 97 83 84.6
36 Narayanganj Dhaka 49.0 95 3 91 80 82.1
37 Jhalokati Barishal 48.5 44 53 98 100 70.1
38 Rajbari Dhaka 48.5 58 39 91 4 75.2
39 Bogura Rajshahi 48.0 46 50 56 0 69.6
40 Sirajganj Rajshahi 48.0 62 34 93 3 76.0
41 Lalmonirhat Rangpur 47.5 15 80 56 0 55.2
42 Brahmanbaria Chattogram 45.5 72 19 84 59 75.4
43 Joypurhat Rajshahi 45.0 20 70 32 0 64.6
44 Mymensingh Mymensingh 45.0 34 56 19 1 66.8
45 Shariatpur Dhaka 43.5 64 23 94 85 79.2
46 Chandpur Chattogram 43.0 74 12 93 94 81.7
47 Chuadanga Khulna 43.0 42 44 46 0 64.3
48 Comilla Chattogram 43.0 80 6 76 42 77.0
49 Rajshahi Rajshahi 43.0 44 42 70 0 55.1
50 Nilphamari Rangpur 42.5 16 69 32 0 62.9
51 Tangail Dhaka 42.5 63 22 75 1 79.1
52 Munshiganj Dhaka 41.5 75 8 94 84 82.8
53 Sherpur Mymensingh 41.5 16 67 54 0 63.2
54 Madaripur Dhaka 41.0 62 20 95 77 76.2
55 Gazipur Dhaka 40.5 76 5 27 14 80.4
56 Kushtia Khulna 40.0 55 25 77 1 63.5
57 Meherpur Khulna 40.0 35 45 66 0 58.1
58 Jessore Khulna 39.0 50 28 22 29 72.2
59 Manikganj Dhaka 39.0 62 16 94 10 79.9
60 Moulvibazar Sylhet 39.0 31 47 36 1 53.0
61 Feni Chattogram 37.5 66 9 78 46 82.3
62 Narsingdi Dhaka 36.5 62 11 52 39 79.7
63 Sylhet Sylhet 36.0 41 31 50 1 42.1
64 Cox's Bazar Chattogram 28.5 40 17 17 51 73.1

Method and sources

Exposure rank: the combined multi-hazard rank from the exposure atlas (GloFAS flood, FABDEM low-elevation, MODIS heat, ACAG PM2.5, population-weighted with WorldPop 2020). Poverty rank: Meta Relative Wealth Index national district ranking (1 = poorest), from the GovTwin district profile (HDX). Both are converted to a 0 to 100 within-country percentile and averaged with equal weight. This is a relative prioritisation across the 64 districts, not an absolute need estimate; it deliberately uses no socioeconomic weighting beyond the two stated inputs.