El Salvador vs Nepal: Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita
El Salvador
0.2998 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2024
Nepal
0.3005 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
El Salvador rank
36th
Nepal rank
35th
Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita over time
- El Salvador
- Nepal
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 0.3005 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.2998 deaths per 100,000 people in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0007 deaths per 100,000 people.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1934 it was Nepal ahead.
El Salvador ranks 36th and Nepal ranks 35th of 196 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Nepal in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 118.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 159.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 41.15 deaths per 100,000 people | Nepal |
| 1980s | 8.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 7.17 deaths per 100,000 people | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 1.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.506 deaths per 100,000 people | Nepal |
| 2000s | 3.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6966 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.62 deaths per 100,000 people | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.1654 deaths per 100,000 people | 4.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 4.35 deaths per 100,000 people | Nepal |
| 2020s | 0.3611 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.9958 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6348 deaths per 100,000 people | Nepal |
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 Nepal?
- Nepal, at 0.3005 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 Nepal?
- 0.0007 deaths per 100,000 people, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nepal?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1934 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Nepal rank globally for deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita?
- El Salvador ranks 36th and Nepal ranks 35th 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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About this data
Death rate per 100,000 people as a result of a natural disaster.