Preparedness,
country by country.
Official instructions, recommended supplies and clearly attributed context. Browse alphabetically or choose a place on the map.
Different advice. Shared principles.
Supply periods describe guidance,
not the likelihood of a crisis.
Counts across 31 researched profiles, including clearly labelled regional guidance. Ranges use the longer/preferred target; “several days” is not fixed. This is an editorial comparison, not a global preparedness ranking.
Countries A–Z
Afghanistan
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingAlbania
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingAlgeria
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingAmerican Samoa
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingAndorra
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingAngola
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingAnguilla
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingAntarctica
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingAntigua and Barbuda
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingArgentina
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingArmenia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingAruba
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingAustralia
At least 5 days in Queensland
Regional · QueenslandAustria
10–14 days
National · blackout guidanceAzerbaijan
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBahamas
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBahrain
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBangladesh
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBarbados
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBelarus
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBelgium
At least 72 hours
NationalBelize
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBenin
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBermuda
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBhutan
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBolivia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBosnia and Herzegovina
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBotswana
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBouvet Island
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBrazil
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBritish Indian Ocean Territory
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBrunei
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBulgaria
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBurkina Faso
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingBurundi
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingCabo Verde
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingCambodia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingCameroon
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingCanada
At least 72 hours
NationalCayman Islands
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingCentral African Republic
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingChad
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingChile
48–72 hours
NationalChina
3-day basic needs
National · checklist published 2020Christmas Island
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingCocos (Keeling) Islands
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingColombia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingComoros
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingCook Islands
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingCosta Rica
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingCroatia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingCuba
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingCuraçao
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingCyprus
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingCzechia
72 hours / 3 days
NationalCôte d'Ivoire
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingDenmark
3 days
NationalDjibouti
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingDominica
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingDominican Republic
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingEcuador
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingEgypt
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingEl Salvador
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingEquatorial Guinea
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingEritrea
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingEstonia
At least 7 days
NationalEswatini
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingEthiopia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingFalkland Islands (Malvinas)
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingFaroe Islands
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingFiji
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingFinland
At least 72 hours
NationalFrance
72 hours / 3 days
NationalFrench Guiana
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingFrench Polynesia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingFrench Southern Territories
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingGabon
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingGambia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingGeorgia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingGermany
Aim for 10 days
NationalGhana
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingGibraltar
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingGreece
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingGreenland
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingGrenada
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingGuadeloupe
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingGuam
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingGuatemala
72-hour backpack
NationalGuernsey
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingGuinea
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingGuinea-Bissau
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingGuyana
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingHaiti
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingHeard Island and McDonald Islands
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingHonduras
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingHong Kong
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingHungary
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingIceland
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingIndia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingIndonesia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingIran
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingIraq
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingIreland
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingIsle of Man
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingIsrael
3 days in evacuation kit
National · police guidanceItaly
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingJamaica
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingJapan
3 days; preferably 1 week
NationalJersey
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingJordan
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingKazakhstan
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingKenya
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingKiribati
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingKuwait
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingKyrgyzstan
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingLaos
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingLatvia
At least 72 hours
NationalLebanon
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingLesotho
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingLiberia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingLibya
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingLiechtenstein
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingLithuania
At least 72 hours
NationalLuxembourg
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMacao
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMadagascar
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMalawi
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMalaysia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMaldives
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMali
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMalta
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMarshall Islands
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMartinique
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMauritania
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMauritius
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMayotte
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMexico
72-hour backpack
NationalMicronesia, Federated States of
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMoldova
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMonaco
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMongolia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMontenegro
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMontserrat
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMorocco
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMozambique
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingMyanmar
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingNamibia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingNauru
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingNepal
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingNetherlands
72 hours / 3 days
NationalNew Caledonia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingNew Zealand
3 days or more
NationalNicaragua
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingNiger
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingNigeria
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingNiue
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingNorfolk Island
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingNorth Korea
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingNorth Macedonia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingNorthern Mariana Islands
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingNorway
1 week
NationalOman
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingPakistan
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingPalau
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingPalestine
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingPanama
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingPapua New Guinea
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingParaguay
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingPeru
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingPhilippines
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingPitcairn
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingPoland
Minimum 3 days
NationalPortugal
72-hour kit
National Firefighters School guidancePuerto Rico
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingQatar
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingRepublic of the Congo
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingRomania
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingRussia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingRwanda
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingRéunion
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSaint Barthélemy
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSaint Kitts and Nevis
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSaint Lucia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSaint Martin (French part)
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSaint Pierre and Miquelon
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSamoa
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSan Marino
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSao Tome and Principe
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSaudi Arabia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSenegal
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSerbia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSeychelles
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSierra Leone
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSingapore
No fixed period on this page
National · evacuation bagSint Maarten (Dutch part)
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSlovakia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSlovenia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSolomon Islands
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSomalia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSouth Africa
At least 3 days in Cape Town
Municipal · Cape TownSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSouth Korea
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSouth Sudan
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSpain
72-hour kit
National · family-plan materialSri Lanka
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSudan
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSuriname
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSvalbard and Jan Mayen
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingSweden
At least 1 week
NationalSwitzerland
About 1 week of food
NationalSyria
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingTaiwan
1–3 days in a go-bag
Government · personal evacuation bagTajikistan
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingTanzania
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingThailand
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingTimor-Leste
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingTogo
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingTokelau
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingTonga
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingTrinidad and Tobago
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingTunisia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingTurkmenistan
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingTurks and Caicos Islands
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingTuvalu
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingTürkiye
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingUganda
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingUkraine
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingUnited Arab Emirates
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingUnited Kingdom
3 days
NationalUnited States
Several days
FederalUnited States Minor Outlying Islands
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingUruguay
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingUzbekistan
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingVanuatu
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingVatican City
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingVenezuela
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingVietnam
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingVirgin Islands, British
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingVirgin Islands, U.S.
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingWallis and Futuna
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingWestern Sahara
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingYemen
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingZambia
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingZimbabwe
Not yet reviewed
Coverage pendingÅland Islands
Not yet reviewed
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