Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters by country
Countries reporting
135
Highest
138.36
United States
Lowest
0
Vanuatu
Median
0.54
Years covered
20
2005–2024
Data points
1,895
What the numbers show
Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters is currently reported for 135 countries. The highest value is 138.36 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.54, and the mean is 7.6.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Malaysia (up 77,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).
Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 138.36 | 2021 | up 65,785.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Bolivia | 87.67 | 2021 | up 11,589.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Sweden | 67.27 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Portugal | 66.26 | 2022 | up 11,524.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Mozambique | 60.02 | 2022 | up 49,916.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Cyprus | 51.6 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Palau | 50.68 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 8 | South Africa | 47.01 | 2020 | up 27,552.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Marshall Islands | 42.42 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Switzerland | 30.87 | 2022 | up 228.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Denmark | 27.64 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Kuwait | 21.23 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Fiji | 20.01 | 2022 | up 633.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Iraq | 19.69 | 2017 | up 162.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Solomon Islands | 18.44 | 2022 | up 10,747.1% | volatile |
| 16 | New Zealand | 18.21 | 2023 | up 45,425.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Armenia | 17.53 | 2023 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Nauru | 16.95 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Tonga | 16.18 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Malaysia | 15.6 | 2022 | up 77,900.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Samoa | 13.47 | 2022 | up 2,594.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Comoros | 13.15 | 2024 | up 2,248.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Australia | 11.6 | 2023 | up 6,723.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Romania | 11.25 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.64 | 2020 | up 12,242.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 8.53 | 2022 | up 16,960.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Morocco | 7.85 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | France | 7.78 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 7.41 | 2020 | up 366.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Mongolia | 6.91 | 2023 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Cameroon | 6.84 | 2021 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Papua New Guinea | 6.51 | 2021 | up 65,000.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.37 | 2021 | up 7,862.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Burundi | 5 | 2023 | up 237.8% | rising |
| 35 | Egypt | 4.52 | 2022 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 36 | Pakistan | 4.51 | 2020 | up 310.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Paraguay | 4.46 | 2023 | up 6,271.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.36 | 2020 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.25 | 2014 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Bhutan | 3.66 | 2019 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Malawi | 3.46 | 2020 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Jordan | 3.3 | 2023 | up 650.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Djibouti | 2.9 | 2012 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Saint Lucia | 2.88 | 2013 | up 380.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Uganda | 2.65 | 2022 | up 579.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Maldives | 2.48 | 2022 | up 108.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Honduras | 2.13 | 2020 | up 144.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Nepal | 1.97 | 2021 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Guatemala | 1.6 | 2023 | up 213.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Gambia | 1.25 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Slovenia | 1.23 | 2023 | up 151.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Georgia | 1.16 | 2023 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Yemen | 0.97 | 2022 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Angola | 0.94 | 2020 | up 154.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Palestine | 0.94 | 2023 | up 944.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Liberia | 0.89 | 2022 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Sudan | 0.85 | 2019 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Laos | 0.77 | 2012 | up 140.6% | rising |
| 59 | Mexico | 0.76 | 2023 | up 38.2% | flat |
| 60 | Colombia | 0.73 | 2023 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Myanmar | 0.69 | 2023 | up 392.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Nicaragua | 0.65 | 2013 | up 282.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 0.65 | 2022 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.62 | 2023 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Panama | 0.58 | 2023 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Ecuador | 0.56 | 2023 | up 154.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Cambodia | 0.56 | 2022 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 68 | El Salvador | 0.54 | 2023 | up 237.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Togo | 0.46 | 2022 | up 557.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Guyana | 0.4 | 2013 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 70 | India | 0.4 | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 72 | Madagascar | 0.37 | 2018 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 73 | East Timor | 0.33 | 2016 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Peru | 0.29 | 2021 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Sri Lanka | 0.24 | 2023 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Syria | 0.24 | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 77 | Bangladesh | 0.23 | 2023 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.23 | 2023 | up 130.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Russia | 0.21 | 2023 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Thailand | 0.21 | 2021 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 81 | Ukraine | 0.2 | 2023 | up 1,900.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Ethiopia | 0.17 | 2020 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Chile | 0.16 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | United Kingdom | 0.16 | 2020 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 83 | Philippines | 0.16 | 2023 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Tunisia | 0.16 | 2018 | up 1,500.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Algeria | 0.15 | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Niger | 0.15 | 2022 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Japan | 0.13 | 2022 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Italy | 0.12 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 91 | Austria | 0.11 | 2022 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Indonesia | 0.11 | 2023 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Uruguay | 0.09 | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Burkina Faso | 0.08 | 2021 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Brazil | 0.08 | 2017 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Spain | 0.08 | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 94 | Eswatini | 0.08 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 0.08 | 2020 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 0.07 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Lebanon | 0.07 | 2019 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Benin | 0.06 | 2020 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Serbia | 0.06 | 2024 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Venezuela | 0.06 | 2015 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Zambia | 0.05 | 2016 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 105 | China | 0.04 | 2022 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 106 | Argentina | 0.03 | 2023 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Croatia | 0.03 | 2022 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Senegal | 0.03 | 2015 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Somalia | 0.03 | 2023 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Turkey | 0.03 | 2022 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Belgium | 0.02 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Ghana | 0.02 | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Iran | 0.01 | 2011 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 113 | South Korea | 0.01 | 2022 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Tanzania | 0.01 | 2023 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Vietnam | 0.01 | 2019 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Bahrain | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Belarus | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 117 | Barbados | 0 | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Botswana | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Dominica | 0 | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Estonia | 0 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Finland | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Micronesia (country) | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Jamaica | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Kenya | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Mali | 0 | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Montenegro | 0 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Mauritius | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Namibia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Qatar | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 117 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Vanuatu | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |