Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Flood in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Flood was 1 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
1
Change on year
down 66.7%
World rank
45th
of 135 countries
All-time high
3
in 2019
All-time low
1
in 1985
Years of data
15
1985–2020
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Flood in Saudi Arabia, 1985–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2020, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: flood in Saudi Arabia stood at 1. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of down 66.7% on the previous year and down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: flood in Saudi Arabia peaked at 3 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1985.
That places Saudi Arabia 45th out of 135 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Flood in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1 | — |
| 2002 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2004 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2005 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2010 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2015 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2019 | 3 | +200.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | -66.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.75 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: flood in Saudi Arabia?
- Climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: flood in Saudi Arabia was 1 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: flood recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 3 in 2019.
- What is the lowest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: flood recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1985.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: flood?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 45th out of 135 countries with data for 2020.
- Is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: flood rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Flood, Number (Not Applicable). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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