Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought was 1 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Latest (2019)
1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 55 countries
All-time high
1
in 1980
All-time low
1
in 1980
Years of data
10
1980–2019
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought in Sri Lanka, 1980–2019
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2019, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought in Sri Lanka stood at 1. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought in Sri Lanka peaked at 1 in 1980 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1980.
That places Sri Lanka 1st out of 55 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | — |
| 1981 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought in Sri Lanka?
- Climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought in Sri Lanka was 1 in 2019, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1980.
- What is the lowest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1980.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought?
- Sri Lanka ranks 1st out of 55 countries with data for 2019.
- Is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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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