Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought in Kenya
Kenya: Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought was 1 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought in Kenya, 1984–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 1 for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought in Kenya peaked at 2 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1984.
That places Kenya 1st out of 55 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1 | — |
| 1991 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2016 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010s | 1.25 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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More climate change data for Kenya
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Frequently asked questions
- What is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought in Kenya?
- Climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought in Kenya was 1 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 2011.
- What is the lowest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1984.
- How does Kenya rank for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought?
- Kenya ranks 1st out of 55 countries with data for 2020.
- Is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought, Number (Not Applicable). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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