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Death rate from natural disasters by country

Countries reporting
176
Highest
20.3
Haiti
Lowest
0
Niue
Median
0
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rate from natural disasters is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 20.3 in Haiti; the lowest is 0 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 0, and the mean is 0.2226.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 5,242.1%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).

Death rate from natural disasters: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Haiti 20.3 2021 up 5,242.1% volatile
2 Sao Tome and Principe 3.94 2021 — volatile
3 East Timor 2.9 2021 — volatile
4 Afghanistan 1.3 2021 up 242.1% volatile
5 Bhutan 1.23 2021 up 778.6% volatile
6 Nepal 0.8 2021 up 60.0% volatile
7 Fiji 0.64 2021 — volatile
8 Philippines 0.51 2021 down 81.0% volatile
9 Saint Lucia 0.5 2021 — volatile
10 Congo 0.47 2021 — volatile
11 Oman 0.44 2021 down 4.3% volatile
12 Gambia 0.42 2021 — volatile
13 Belgium 0.37 2021 up 640.0% volatile
14 Mongolia 0.36 2021 — volatile
15 Bolivia 0.34 2021 down 32.0% volatile
16 Niger 0.25 2021 up 177.8% volatile
17 Germany 0.24 2021 up 2,300.0% volatile
17 Tajikistan 0.24 2021 — volatile
19 Kyrgyzstan 0.22 2021 up 214.3% volatile
20 Switzerland 0.19 2021 up 18.8% volatile
20 Indonesia 0.19 2021 up 280.0% volatile
22 Chad 0.18 2021 — volatile
23 United States 0.17 2021 down 37.0% volatile
24 Sri Lanka 0.16 2021 down 68.0% volatile
24 Malaysia 0.16 2021 up 60.0% volatile
24 Venezuela 0.16 2021 up 60.0% volatile
27 India 0.15 2021 up 114.3% volatile
28 Paraguay 0.14 2021 up 366.7% volatile
29 Sudan 0.13 2021 up 116.7% volatile
30 Pakistan 0.12 2021 down 58.6% volatile
30 Somalia 0.12 2021 — volatile
32 Colombia 0.1 2021 down 91.7% volatile
33 Turkey 0.08 2021 down 90.2% volatile
33 Tanzania 0.08 2021 unchanged volatile
35 Angola 0.07 2021 down 88.1% volatile
35 Benin 0.07 2021 — volatile
35 Malawi 0.07 2021 up 133.3% volatile
35 El Salvador 0.07 2021 down 90.8% volatile
35 South Sudan 0.07 2021 — volatile
35 Yemen 0.07 2021 — volatile
35 South Africa 0.07 2021 down 46.2% volatile
42 Costa Rica 0.06 2021 down 33.3% volatile
42 Czechia 0.06 2021 up 500.0% volatile
42 Morocco 0.06 2021 — volatile
42 Mexico 0.06 2021 down 53.8% volatile
42 Peru 0.06 2021 down 68.4% volatile
47 Japan 0.05 2021 down 99.7% volatile
48 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.04 2021 — volatile
48 Guinea 0.04 2021 — volatile
48 Iraq 0.04 2021 up 100.0% volatile
48 Mozambique 0.04 2021 down 60.0% volatile
48 Vietnam 0.04 2021 down 75.0% volatile
53 Australia 0.03 2021 down 80.0% volatile
53 China 0.03 2021 down 50.0% volatile
53 Algeria 0.03 2021 unchanged volatile
53 Ecuador 0.03 2021 down 86.4% volatile
53 Ghana 0.03 2021 down 62.5% volatile
53 Iran 0.03 2021 — volatile
59 Brazil 0.02 2021 down 98.3% volatile
59 Dominican Republic 0.02 2021 down 83.3% volatile
59 Spain 0.02 2021 down 33.3% volatile
59 Kenya 0.02 2021 down 75.0% volatile
59 New Zealand 0.02 2021 down 99.5% volatile
59 Panama 0.02 2021 down 84.6% volatile
59 Slovakia 0.02 2021 — volatile
59 Thailand 0.02 2021 down 98.3% volatile
59 Tunisia 0.02 2021 — volatile
59 Uzbekistan 0.02 2021 down 60.0% volatile
59 Zimbabwe 0.02 2021 — volatile
70 Austria 0.01 2021 unchanged volatile
70 Bangladesh 0.01 2021 down 66.7% volatile
70 Canada 0.01 2021 down 83.3% volatile
70 Ethiopia 0.01 2021 — volatile
70 Greece 0.01 2021 — volatile
70 Guatemala 0.01 2021 down 98.2% volatile
70 Cambodia 0.01 2021 down 99.4% volatile
70 Madagascar 0.01 2021 down 93.8% volatile
70 Poland 0.01 2021 unchanged volatile
70 Romania 0.01 2021 — volatile
70 Russia 0.01 2021 down 50.0% volatile
70 Syria 0.01 2021 — volatile
70 Uganda 0.01 2021 down 93.3% volatile
83 Albania 0 2021 — volatile
83 Argentina 0 2021 — volatile
83 Armenia 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2021 — volatile
83 Azerbaijan 0 2021 — volatile
83 Burundi 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Burkina Faso 0 2021 — volatile
83 Bulgaria 0 2021 — volatile
83 Bahamas 0 2021 — volatile
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2021 — volatile
83 Belarus 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Belize 0 2021 — volatile
83 Barbados 0 2021 — volatile
83 Brunei 0 2021 — volatile
83 Botswana 0 2021 — volatile
83 Central African Republic 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Chile 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Cote d'Ivoire 0 2021 — volatile
83 Cameroon 0 2021 — volatile
83 Comoros 0 2021 — volatile
83 Cape Verde 0 2021 — volatile
83 Cuba 0 2021 — volatile
83 Cyprus 0 2021 — volatile
83 Djibouti 0 2021 — volatile
83 Dominica 0 2021 — volatile
83 Denmark 0 2021 — volatile
83 Egypt 0 2021 — volatile
83 Estonia 0 2021 — volatile
83 Finland 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 France 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Micronesia (country) 0 2021 — volatile
83 Gabon 0 2021 — volatile
83 United Kingdom 0 2021 — volatile
83 Georgia 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Guinea-Bissau 0 2021 — volatile
83 Grenada 0 2021 — volatile
83 Guyana 0 2021 — volatile
83 Honduras 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Croatia 0 2021 — volatile
83 Hungary 0 2021 — volatile
83 Ireland 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Iceland 0 2021 — volatile
83 Israel 0 2021 — volatile
83 Italy 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Jamaica 0 2021 — volatile
83 Jordan 0 2021 — volatile
83 Kazakhstan 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 South Korea 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Kuwait 0 2021 — volatile
83 Laos 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Lebanon 0 2021 — volatile
83 Liberia 0 2021 — volatile
83 Libya 0 2021 — volatile
83 Lesotho 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Lithuania 0 2021 — volatile
83 Luxembourg 0 2021 — volatile
83 Latvia 0 2021 — volatile
83 Moldova 0 2021 — volatile
83 Maldives 0 2021 — volatile
83 North Macedonia 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Mali 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Myanmar 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Montenegro 0 2021 — volatile
83 Mauritania 0 2021 — volatile
83 Mauritius 0 2021 — volatile
83 Namibia 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Nigeria 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Nicaragua 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Netherlands 0 2021 — volatile
83 Norway 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Papua New Guinea 0 2021 — volatile
83 North Korea 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Portugal 0 2021 — volatile
83 Rwanda 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Saudi Arabia 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Senegal 0 2021 — volatile
83 Solomon Islands 0 2021 — volatile
83 Sierra Leone 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Serbia 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Slovenia 0 2021 — volatile
83 Sweden 0 2021 — volatile
83 Eswatini 0 2021 — volatile
83 Seychelles 0 2021 — volatile
83 Togo 0 2021 — volatile
83 Turkmenistan 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Tonga 0 2021 — volatile
83 Trinidad and Tobago 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Ukraine 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Uruguay 0 2021 — volatile
83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2021 — volatile
83 Vanuatu 0 2021 — volatile
83 Samoa 0 2021 — volatile
83 Zambia 0 2021 — volatile
83 Niue 0 2021 — volatile

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Indicator
Death rate from natural disasters
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
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