Average death rate due to natural disasters (per 100 000 population) by country

Countries reporting
128
Highest
303.22
Georgia
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
0.4274
Years covered
17
2005–2021
Data points
1,704

What the numbers show

Average death rate due to natural disasters (per 100 000 population) is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 303.22 in Georgia; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4274, and the mean is 21.22.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 1,231,800.0%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 100.0%).

Average death rate due to natural disasters: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 303.22 2021 up 19,213.5% volatile
2 Armenia 199.82 2021 up 3,013.2% volatile
3 Ukraine 177.83 2021 volatile
4 Uruguay 174.83 2021 up 45,107.4% volatile
5 Slovenia 145.7 2021 up 16,618.8% volatile
6 Chile 143.52 2021 up 1,231,800.0% volatile
7 Portugal 117.16 2021 up 20,483.5% volatile
8 United States of America 102.98 2020 up 47,790.6% volatile
9 Costa Rica 100.41 2021 up 42,617.8% volatile
10 Eswatini 98.97 2021 up 7,193.3% volatile
11 Malaysia 95.18 2021 up 173,514.0% volatile
12 Switzerland 91.72 2020 up 1,808.1% volatile
13 Sweden 89.35 2020 volatile
14 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 86.64 2021 up 11,448.2% volatile
15 Jamaica 85.23 2021 up 11,045.3% volatile
16 Kazakhstan 82.08 2021 up 98,783.0% volatile
17 Fiji 76.9 2021 up 69,749.5% volatile
18 Mongolia 66.61 2021 up 766.2% volatile
19 Ecuador 53.14 2021 volatile
20 Indonesia 52.8 2021 up 30,384.6% volatile
21 Philippines 51.07 2021 up 2,249.6% volatile
22 South Africa 48.42 2020 up 27,450.8% volatile
23 Cyprus 47.42 2021 up 4,076.9% volatile
24 Denmark 22.95 2020 volatile
25 Kuwait 21.42 2020 volatile
26 Iraq 19.55 2017 up 163.2% volatile
27 Qatar 13.24 2021 volatile
28 Sierra Leone 12.5 2015 up 24,096.9% volatile
29 Bangladesh 12.33 2021 up 97,344.1% volatile
30 Romania 11.21 2021 volatile
31 Gambia 9.77 2019 up 3,568.1% volatile
32 Egypt 9.76 2021 up 19.2% falling
33 Trinidad and Tobago 8.43 2020 up 11,790.2% volatile
34 United Arab Emirates 7.54 2020 up 481.2% volatile
35 Cameroon 6.77 2021 down 17.1% volatile
36 Papua New Guinea 6.55 2021 up 51,056.4% volatile
37 Pakistan 4.67 2020 up 312.5% volatile
38 Antigua and Barbuda 4.32 2020 down 53.8% volatile
39 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.19 2014 volatile
40 Bhutan 3.65 2019 down 99.2% volatile
41 Malawi 3.49 2020 down 65.0% volatile
42 Kenya 3.21 2021 up 3,412.5% volatile
43 Australia 3.04 2021 up 1,686.3% volatile
44 Djibouti 2.93 2012 down 51.2% volatile
45 Niger 2.7 2019 up 434.6% volatile
46 Senegal 2.26 2012 up 206.2% volatile
47 Togo 2.22 2021 down 32.5% volatile
48 Honduras 2.13 2020 up 147.0% volatile
49 Republic of Korea 2.09 2020 up 2,732.4% volatile
50 Nepal 1.94 2021 down 4.5% volatile
51 Kyrgyzstan 1.67 2021 down 34.7% volatile
52 Namibia 1.66 2018 down 66.1% volatile
53 Ghana 1.27 2021 volatile
54 Mauritius 1.23 2020 down 88.9% volatile
55 Angola 0.9393 2020 up 155.2% volatile
56 Sudan 0.8929 2019 down 51.5% volatile
57 Somalia 0.8907 2021 down 7.0% volatile
58 Cambodia 0.856 2021 down 72.8% volatile
59 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.7682 2012 up 136.6% rising
60 Comoros 0.7585 2019 volatile
61 Nicaragua 0.6373 2013 up 286.3% volatile
62 Myanmar 0.5148 2020 up 362.2% volatile
63 Mexico 0.4657 2021 up 24.5% falling
64 Albania 0.4535 2020 up 1.6% volatile
65 Guyana 0.4014 2013 down 91.0% volatile
66 Panama 0.3959 2020 down 78.6% volatile
67 Madagascar 0.3762 2018 down 75.3% volatile
68 New Zealand 0.3704 2021 down 91.3% volatile
69 Russian Federation 0.3646 2021 down 33.9% volatile
70 El Salvador 0.3382 2014 down 92.3% volatile
71 Timor-Leste 0.3266 2016 down 53.6% volatile
72 Sri Lanka 0.3123 2021 down 47.5% volatile
73 Equatorial Guinea 0.3059 2021 volatile
74 Belize 0.3035 2011 down 71.6% volatile
75 Peru 0.2818 2021 down 40.7% volatile
76 Syrian Arab Republic 0.2382 2009 volatile
77 Guatemala 0.2215 2021 down 73.7% volatile
78 Ethiopia 0.2059 2019 up 2,875.7% volatile
79 Botswana 0.2 2019 volatile
80 Maldives 0.1982 2019 down 83.3% volatile
81 Cape Verde 0.177 2017 volatile
82 Uganda 0.1723 2021 down 92.4% volatile
83 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.164 2020 up 110.1% rising
84 India 0.1616 2021 down 67.0% falling
85 Tunisia 0.1592 2018 up 1,601.1% volatile
86 Côte d'Ivoire 0.1568 2015 up 170.4% volatile
87 Türkiye 0.1427 2021 up 498.2% volatile
88 Colombia 0.132 2021 down 89.0% volatile
89 Bulgaria 0.1307 2021 volatile
90 Japan 0.1264 2019 up 40.8% volatile
91 Austria 0.1235 2020 up 14.7% volatile
92 Spain 0.1103 2019 up 16.3% falling
93 Jordan 0.1098 2020 down 83.8% volatile
94 Morocco 0.1079 2021 down 67.7% volatile
95 Tajikistan 0.0838 2020 down 79.6% falling
96 Mozambique 0.0816 2018 down 98.5% volatile
97 Brazil 0.0777 2017 up 22.5% volatile
98 Paraguay 0.0766 2019 down 70.9% volatile
99 Benin 0.0633 2020 down 87.0% volatile
100 China 0.0608 2021 down 12.4% falling
101 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.059 2015 down 96.0% volatile
102 Italy 0.0336 2020 down 71.3% volatile
103 Burkina Faso 0.0334 2019 down 99.3% volatile
104 Algeria 0.0328 2019 down 45.1% volatile
105 Palestine, State of 0.0208 2018 volatile
106 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0189 2021 down 99.5% volatile
107 Serbia 0.0137 2021 down 97.1% volatile
108 Zambia 0.0136 2012 down 98.4% volatile
109 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.0079 2011 down 99.1% volatile
110 Viet Nam 0.0052 2019 down 98.5% volatile
111 Argentina 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
111 Barbados 0 2018 down 100.0% volatile
111 Dominica 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
111 Estonia 0 2018 volatile
111 Finland 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
111 Micronesia, Federated States of 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
111 Grenada 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
111 Lebanon 0 2021 volatile
111 Saint Lucia 0 2014 volatile
111 Marshall Islands 0 2021 volatile
111 Mali 0 2018 down 100.0% volatile
111 Montenegro 0 2021 volatile
111 Solomon Islands 0 2021 volatile
111 Tonga 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile
111 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
111 Vanuatu 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
111 Samoa 0 2021 volatile
111 Yemen 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Average death rate due to natural disasters (per 100 000 population)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
132 places, 1,704 data points, 2005–2021
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