Mauritania vs Portugal: Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita
Mauritania
0.0199 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2023
Portugal
0.0192 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2026
Mauritania rank
100th
Portugal rank
101st
Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita over time
- Mauritania
- Portugal
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.0199 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.0192 deaths per 100,000 people in Portugal, a difference of 0.0007 deaths per 100,000 people.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1941 it was Portugal ahead.
Mauritania ranks 100th and Portugal ranks 101st of 196 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.55 deaths per 100,000 people | Portugal |
| 1960s | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0228 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0228 deaths per 100,000 people | Portugal |
| 1970s | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1805 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1805 deaths per 100,000 people | Portugal |
| 1980s | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.3358 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.3358 deaths per 100,000 people | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.0663 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2603 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.194 deaths per 100,000 people | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.2933 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0746 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2187 deaths per 100,000 people | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 0.1418 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.3268 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.185 deaths per 100,000 people | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.1535 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0144 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1391 deaths per 100,000 people | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita, Mauritania or Portugal?
- Mauritania, at 0.0199 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.0192 deaths per 100,000 people in Portugal as of 2023.
- What is the difference in deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita between Mauritania and Portugal?
- 0.0007 deaths per 100,000 people, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Portugal?
- 23 years are reported by both, from 1941 to 2023.
- How do Mauritania and Portugal rank globally for deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 100th and Portugal ranks 101st 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.