El Salvador vs Spain: Rate of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters

El Salvador
0.54 per 100,000 population
in 2023
Spain
0.56 per 100,000 population
in 2024
El Salvador rank
72nd
Spain rank
69th

Rate of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters over time

  • El Salvador
  • Spain
01234200520142024

How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.56 per 100,000 population against 0.54 per 100,000 population in El Salvador, a difference of 0.02 per 100,000 population.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2005 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 72nd and Spain ranks 69th of 140 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Spain Difference Ahead
2000s 1.69 per 100,000 population 0.098 per 100,000 population 1.59 per 100,000 population El Salvador
2010s 0.4917 per 100,000 population 0.1 per 100,000 population 0.3917 per 100,000 population El Salvador
2020s 0.54 per 100,000 population 0.08 per 100,000 population 0.46 per 100,000 population El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rate of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters, El Salvador or Spain?
Spain, at 0.56 per 100,000 population against 0.54 per 100,000 population in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in rate of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters between El Salvador and Spain?
0.02 per 100,000 population, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Spain?
12 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Spain rank globally for rate of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters?
El Salvador ranks 72nd and Spain ranks 69th of 140 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – processed by Our World in Data, published as Rate of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Rate of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters
Unit
per 100,000 population
Source
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
140 places, 2,067 data points, 2005–2025
Last refreshed

Number of deaths and missing persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population (number).