Japan vs Nicaragua: Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita

Japan
0.0286 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2026
Nicaragua
0.0289 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2024
Japan rank
93rd
Nicaragua rank
92nd

Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita over time

  • Japan
  • Nicaragua
0100200300400190019632026

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 0.0289 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.0286 deaths per 100,000 people in Japan, a difference of 0.0003 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 21 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1930 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Japan ranks 93rd and Nicaragua ranks 92nd of 196 countries.

Across the 9 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Nicaragua in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1930s 0.4005 deaths per 100,000 people 120.63 deaths per 100,000 people 120.23 deaths per 100,000 people Nicaragua
1950s 1.42 deaths per 100,000 people 36.51 deaths per 100,000 people 35.08 deaths per 100,000 people Nicaragua
1960s 0.346 deaths per 100,000 people 6.1 deaths per 100,000 people 5.75 deaths per 100,000 people Nicaragua
1970s 0.2159 deaths per 100,000 people 97.63 deaths per 100,000 people 97.41 deaths per 100,000 people Nicaragua
1980s 0.2033 deaths per 100,000 people 1.78 deaths per 100,000 people 1.58 deaths per 100,000 people Nicaragua
1990s 0.4906 deaths per 100,000 people 7.53 deaths per 100,000 people 7.03 deaths per 100,000 people Nicaragua
2000s 0.0546 deaths per 100,000 people 0.6441 deaths per 100,000 people 0.5896 deaths per 100,000 people Nicaragua
2010s 1.64 deaths per 100,000 people 0.261 deaths per 100,000 people 1.38 deaths per 100,000 people Japan
2020s 0.231 deaths per 100,000 people 0.1359 deaths per 100,000 people 0.095 deaths per 100,000 people Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita, Japan or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 0.0289 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.0286 deaths per 100,000 people in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita between Japan and Nicaragua?
0.0003 deaths per 100,000 people, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Nicaragua?
43 years are reported by both, from 1930 to 2024.
How do Japan and Nicaragua rank globally for deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita?
Japan ranks 93rd and Nicaragua ranks 92nd 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.