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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |