Annual deaths from all natural disasters by country

Total number of dead and missing people.

Countries reporting
78
Highest
2,465 people
Uganda
Lowest
0 people
Ethiopia
Median
0 people
Years covered
126
1900–2025
Data points
1,202

What the numbers show

Annual deaths from all natural disasters is currently reported for 78 countries. The highest value is 2,465 people in Uganda; the lowest is 0 people in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 people, and the mean is 34.15 people.

Annual deaths from all natural disasters: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uganda 2,465 people 2022 volatile
2 United States 89 people 2025 volatile
3 Pakistan 77 people 2019 volatile
4 Papua New Guinea 24 people 2015 volatile
5 Bolivia 5 people 2024 volatile
6 Argentina 4 people 2021 volatile
7 Malawi 0 people 2025 volatile
7 Portugal 0 people 2023 flat
7 Philippines 0 people 2019 volatile
7 Peru 0 people 2006 flat
7 Panama 0 people 2019 flat
7 Nepal 0 people 2025 flat
7 Nicaragua 0 people 2019 flat
7 Niger 0 people 2022 volatile
7 Namibia 0 people 2025 flat
7 Sudan 0 people 2022 volatile
7 Mauritania 0 people 2022 flat
7 Mozambique 0 people 2024 volatile
7 Mali 0 people 2022 flat
7 Marshall Islands 0 people 2024 flat
7 Mexico 0 people 2011 flat
7 Madagascar 0 people 2025 volatile
7 Chad 0 people 2022 volatile
7 Anguilla 0 people 1923 flat
7 Zimbabwe 0 people 2024 flat
7 Zambia 0 people 2025 flat
7 South Africa 0 people 2021 flat
7 Vietnam 0 people 2024 flat
7 Uruguay 0 people 2023 flat
7 Tanzania 0 people 2022 flat
7 Thailand 0 people 2020 flat
7 Paraguay 0 people 2016 volatile
7 Syria 0 people 2025 flat
7 Eswatini 0 people 2019 volatile
7 South Sudan 0 people 2022 flat
7 Somalia 0 people 2025 volatile
7 El Salvador 0 people 2019 flat
7 Senegal 0 people 2021 flat
7 Lesotho 0 people 2025 flat
7 Rwanda 0 people 2007 volatile
7 Canada 0 people 1988 flat
7 Eritrea 0 people 2008 flat
7 Ecuador 0 people 2013 flat
7 Djibouti 0 people 2022 flat
7 Cuba 0 people 2015 flat
7 Costa Rica 0 people 2019 flat
7 Cape Verde 0 people 2022 volatile
7 Cameroon 0 people 2022 flat
7 China 0 people 2024 volatile
7 Chile 0 people 1991 flat
7 Spain 0 people 2024 flat
7 Botswana 0 people 2024 flat
7 Brazil 0 people 2025 volatile
7 Bangladesh 0 people 2009 volatile
7 Burkina Faso 0 people 2022 flat
7 Benin 0 people 1985 flat
7 Burundi 0 people 2011 down 100.0% volatile
7 Australia 0 people 2018 volatile
7 Angola 0 people 2025 volatile
7 Indonesia 0 people 2023 down 100.0% volatile
7 Afghanistan 0 people 2023 volatile
7 Sri Lanka 0 people 2020 flat
7 Laos 0 people 2019 flat
7 Cambodia 0 people 2016 flat
7 Kenya 0 people 2025 volatile
7 Italy 0 people 2024 flat
7 Iraq 0 people 2023 flat
7 Iran 0 people 2022 flat
7 India 0 people 2019 volatile
7 Morocco 0 people 2001 flat
7 Haiti 0 people 2017 flat
7 Honduras 0 people 2023 flat
7 Hong Kong 0 people 1983 flat
7 Guatemala 0 people 2019 volatile
7 Guinea-Bissau 0 people 2006 flat
7 Gambia 0 people 2015 flat
7 Ghana 0 people 1985 flat
7 Ethiopia 0 people 2023 volatile

About this data

Indicator
Annual deaths from all natural disasters
Unit
people
Source
EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
78 places, 1,202 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Total number of dead and missing people.