Table 11 Percentage of socioeconomic drought-vulnerable zones.

From: Delineating the drought vulnerability zones in Bangladesh

Vulnerable zones

Hydrological region

Eastern Hills

North Central

North East

North West

River and Estuary

South Central

South East

South West

Very Low

0.00%

0.07%

18.35%

39.05%

3.66%

0.00%

0.00%

21.96%

Low

0.00%

38.51%

23.66%

49.12%

40.72%

41.26%

0.16%

9.63%

Moderate

0.00%

26.60%

15.63%

11.83%

7.99%

14.55%

12.46%

34.64%

High

14.55%

10.45%

25.41%

0.00%

26.73%

33.44%

21.43%

31.80%

Very High

85.45%

24.37%

16.94%

0.00%

20.90%

10.74%

65.95%

1.97%