Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters in Egypt
Egypt: Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters was 0.54 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters in Egypt, 2005–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2024, deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters in Egypt stood at 0.54. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 49.1% on the previous year and down 91.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters in Egypt peaked at 9.61 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.54, in 2024.
That places Egypt 72nd out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7.98 | — |
| 2006 | 7.61 | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 7.98 | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 7.85 | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 8.94 | +13.9% |
| 2010 | 8.08 | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 8.02 | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 6.97 | -13.1% |
| 2013 | 7.19 | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 6.67 | -7.2% |
| 2015 | 6.51 | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 2.21 | -66.1% |
| 2017 | 3.92 | +77.4% |
| 2018 | 2.99 | -23.7% |
| 2019 | 1.6 | -46.5% |
| 2020 | 9.1 | +468.8% |
| 2021 | 9.61 | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 4.52 | -53.0% |
| 2023 | 1.06 | -76.5% |
| 2024 | 0.54 | -49.1% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.54 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.61, 89% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.54 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.54, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +468.8% | 1.6 | 9.1 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.07 | 7.61 | 8.94 | 5 |
| 2010s | 5.42 | 1.6 | 8.08 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.97 | 0.54 | 9.61 | 5 |
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More health data for Egypt
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.46 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7884 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 7,225 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.3993 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0487 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.4524 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0512 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters in Egypt?
- Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters in Egypt was 0.54 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 9.61 in 2021.
- What is the lowest deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.54 in 2024.
- How does Egypt rank for deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters?
- Egypt ranks 72nd out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 91.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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