Table 12 Percentage of overall 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

0.03%

0.00%

28.57%

0.03%

4.40%

5.54%

0.00%

0.02%

Low

5.10%

2.85%

41.68%

8.56%

25.37%

31.37%

11.89%

26.01%

Moderate

36.34%

40.65%

26.10%

23.06%

38.44%

36.94%

39.60%

17.52%

High

56.85%

35.85%

3.56%

40.39%

21.19%

18.99%

44.42%

15.38%

Very High

1.68%

20.66%

0.09%

27.96%

10.60%

7.16%

4.09%

41.06%