El Salvador vs Gambia: Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita

El Salvador
0.2998 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2024
Gambia
0.3189 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
El Salvador rank
36th
Gambia rank
34th

Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita over time

  • El Salvador
  • Gambia
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How they compare

Gambia currently reports 0.3189 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.2998 deaths per 100,000 people in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0191 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Gambia's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1974 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 36th and Gambia ranks 34th of 196 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Gambia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Gambia Difference Ahead
1970s 0.2482 deaths per 100,000 people 0 deaths per 100,000 people 0.2482 deaths per 100,000 people El Salvador
1980s 11.25 deaths per 100,000 people 0 deaths per 100,000 people 11.25 deaths per 100,000 people El Salvador
1990s 0.1625 deaths per 100,000 people 1.87 deaths per 100,000 people 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people Gambia
2000s 4.9 deaths per 100,000 people 0.0668 deaths per 100,000 people 4.84 deaths per 100,000 people El Salvador
2010s 0.1368 deaths per 100,000 people 0.1962 deaths per 100,000 people 0.0595 deaths per 100,000 people Gambia
2020s 0.1275 deaths per 100,000 people 0.3079 deaths per 100,000 people 0.1803 deaths per 100,000 people Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita, El Salvador or Gambia?
Gambia, at 0.3189 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.2998 deaths per 100,000 people in El Salvador as of 2025.
What is the difference in deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita between El Salvador and Gambia?
0.0191 deaths per 100,000 people, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Gambia?
16 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2022.
How do El Salvador and Gambia rank globally for deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita?
El Salvador ranks 36th and Gambia ranks 34th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?
EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita
Unit
deaths per 100,000 people
Source
EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
196 places, 6,223 data points, 1900–2026
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Death rate per 100,000 people as a result of a natural disaster.