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Deaths from natural disasters by country

Estimated number of deaths from natural disasters in both sexes.

Countries reporting
176
Highest
2,324 deaths
Haiti
Lowest
0 deaths
Niue
Median
0.45 deaths
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Deaths from natural disasters is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 2,324 deaths in Haiti; the lowest is 0 deaths in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.45 deaths, and the mean is 52.27 deaths.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 6,105.5%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 100.0%).

Deaths from natural disasters: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Haiti 2,324 deaths 2021 up 6,105.5% volatile
2 India 2,120 deaths 2021 up 157.5% volatile
3 Philippines 577.08 deaths 2021 down 77.6% volatile
4 United States 563.35 deaths 2021 down 33.1% volatile
5 Afghanistan 522.38 deaths 2021 up 375.3% volatile
6 Indonesia 507.64 deaths 2021 up 274.6% volatile
7 China 450.31 deaths 2021 down 48.5% volatile
8 Pakistan 271.83 deaths 2021 down 52.1% volatile
9 Nepal 239.35 deaths 2021 up 76.6% volatile
10 Germany 197.11 deaths 2021 up 2,117.2% volatile
11 Mexico 70.51 deaths 2021 down 52.8% volatile
12 Turkey 69.86 deaths 2021 down 88.5% volatile
13 Niger 63 deaths 2021 up 287.0% volatile
14 Japan 62.41 deaths 2021 down 99.7% volatile
15 Sudan 57.35 deaths 2021 up 194.1% volatile
16 Malaysia 53.04 deaths 2021 up 81.6% volatile
17 Tanzania 51.65 deaths 2021 up 35.8% volatile
18 Colombia 49.86 deaths 2021 down 90.8% volatile
19 Venezuela 45.78 deaths 2021 up 58.5% volatile
20 South Africa 43.76 deaths 2021 down 35.4% volatile
21 Belgium 43.09 deaths 2021 up 765.3% volatile
22 Brazil 41.18 deaths 2021 down 98.3% volatile
23 Bolivia 41.03 deaths 2021 down 20.7% volatile
24 Democratic Republic of Congo 38.32 deaths 2021 — volatile
25 East Timor 38.27 deaths 2021 — volatile
26 Vietnam 35.51 deaths 2021 down 74.5% volatile
27 Sri Lanka 34.08 deaths 2021 down 67.1% volatile
28 Chad 30.21 deaths 2021 — volatile
29 Congo 27.43 deaths 2021 — volatile
30 Iran 26.18 deaths 2021 up 1,307.5% volatile
31 Angola 24.04 deaths 2021 down 83.3% volatile
32 Yemen 23.68 deaths 2021 — volatile
33 Morocco 23.22 deaths 2021 — volatile
34 Tajikistan 23.06 deaths 2021 — volatile
35 Bangladesh 22.9 deaths 2021 down 41.8% volatile
36 Somalia 21.18 deaths 2021 — volatile
37 Peru 21.14 deaths 2021 down 61.5% volatile
38 Oman 19.89 deaths 2021 up 34.2% volatile
39 Ethiopia 17.85 deaths 2021 — volatile
40 Thailand 17.49 deaths 2021 down 97.9% volatile
41 Iraq 17.06 deaths 2021 up 180.1% volatile
42 Switzerland 16.25 deaths 2021 up 30.2% volatile
43 Russia 14.09 deaths 2021 down 59.8% volatile
44 Kyrgyzstan 14.05 deaths 2021 up 269.7% volatile
45 Malawi 14.04 deaths 2021 up 216.9% volatile
46 Algeria 12.99 deaths 2021 up 32.7% volatile
47 Mongolia 12.04 deaths 2021 — volatile
48 Mozambique 11.52 deaths 2021 down 51.0% volatile
49 Gambia 10.98 deaths 2021 — volatile
50 Kenya 9.93 deaths 2021 down 71.0% volatile
51 Bhutan 9.6 deaths 2021 up 869.7% volatile
52 Paraguay 9.38 deaths 2021 up 415.4% volatile
53 Spain 9.28 deaths 2021 down 41.8% volatile
54 Sao Tome and Principe 8.78 deaths 2021 — volatile
55 Benin 8.71 deaths 2021 — volatile
56 Ghana 8.63 deaths 2021 down 57.2% volatile
57 Uzbekistan 7.96 deaths 2021 down 40.1% volatile
58 South Sudan 7.56 deaths 2021 — volatile
59 Australia 6.99 deaths 2021 down 79.7% volatile
60 Fiji 5.95 deaths 2021 — volatile
61 Czechia 5.8 deaths 2021 up 485.9% volatile
62 Ecuador 5.73 deaths 2021 down 82.5% volatile
63 Uganda 5.2 deaths 2021 down 89.5% volatile
64 Canada 5.06 deaths 2021 down 73.3% volatile
65 Guinea 5.02 deaths 2021 — volatile
66 El Salvador 4.51 deaths 2021 down 90.4% volatile
67 Poland 4.02 deaths 2021 up 33.6% volatile
68 Nigeria 3.75 deaths 2021 down 97.9% volatile
69 Zimbabwe 3.21 deaths 2021 — volatile
70 Madagascar 3.19 deaths 2021 down 91.2% volatile
71 Costa Rica 3.17 deaths 2021 down 23.2% volatile
71 Egypt 3.17 deaths 2021 up 51.0% volatile
73 Tunisia 2.99 deaths 2021 — volatile
74 Guatemala 2.21 deaths 2021 down 97.3% volatile
75 France 1.98 deaths 2021 down 90.6% volatile
76 Dominican Republic 1.96 deaths 2021 down 83.3% volatile
77 Syria 1.65 deaths 2021 — volatile
78 Ukraine 1.03 deaths 2021 down 91.9% volatile
79 United Kingdom 1.02 deaths 2021 up 3.0% volatile
80 New Zealand 1.01 deaths 2021 down 99.5% volatile
80 Slovakia 1.01 deaths 2021 — volatile
82 Austria 1 deaths 2021 up 1.0% volatile
82 Greece 1 deaths 2021 — volatile
82 Italy 1 deaths 2021 down 97.0% volatile
85 Romania 0.99 deaths 2021 — volatile
86 Panama 0.98 deaths 2021 down 80.0% volatile
87 Cambodia 0.97 deaths 2021 down 99.6% volatile
88 Saint Lucia 0.9 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Albania 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Argentina 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Armenia 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Antigua and Barbuda 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Azerbaijan 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Burundi 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Burkina Faso 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Bulgaria 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Bahamas 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Belarus 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Belize 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Barbados 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Brunei 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Botswana 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Central African Republic 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Chile 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Cote d'Ivoire 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Cameroon 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Comoros 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Cape Verde 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Cuba 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Cyprus 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Djibouti 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Dominica 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Denmark 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Estonia 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Finland 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Micronesia (country) 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Gabon 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Georgia 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Guinea-Bissau 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Grenada 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Guyana 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Honduras 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Croatia 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Hungary 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Ireland 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Iceland 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Israel 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Jamaica 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Jordan 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Kazakhstan 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 South Korea 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Kuwait 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Laos 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Lebanon 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Liberia 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Libya 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Lesotho 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Lithuania 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Luxembourg 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Latvia 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Moldova 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Maldives 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 North Macedonia 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Mali 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Myanmar 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Montenegro 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Mauritania 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Mauritius 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Namibia 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Nicaragua 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Netherlands 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Norway 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Papua New Guinea 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 North Korea 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Portugal 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Rwanda 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Saudi Arabia 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Senegal 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Solomon Islands 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Sierra Leone 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Serbia 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Slovenia 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Sweden 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Eswatini 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Seychelles 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Togo 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Turkmenistan 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Tonga 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Trinidad and Tobago 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile
89 Uruguay 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Vanuatu 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Samoa 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Zambia 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
89 Niue 0 deaths 2021 — volatile

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About this data

Indicator
Deaths from natural disasters
Unit
deaths
Source
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths from natural disasters in both sexes.