Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Flood in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Flood was 1 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
45th
of 135 countries
All-time high
2
in 2019
All-time low
1
in 1996
Years of data
11
1996–2024
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Flood in Sierra Leone, 1996–2024
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2024, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: flood in Sierra Leone stood at 1. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: flood in Sierra Leone peaked at 2 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1996.
Sierra Leone ranks 45th of 135 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Flood in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | — |
| 2004 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2024 | 1 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.25 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: flood in Sierra Leone?
- Climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: flood in Sierra Leone was 1 in 2024, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: flood recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 2019.
- What is the lowest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: flood recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1996.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: flood?
- Sierra Leone ranks 45th out of 135 countries with data for 2024.
- Is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: flood rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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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