Climate related disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) … gaps in Tanzania
Tanzania: Climate related disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) … gaps was 3 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL in Tanzania, 1982–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Tanzania recorded 3 for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.0% on the previous year and up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in Tanzania peaked at 5 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1982.
Tanzania ranks 30th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Climate related disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) … gaps in Tanzania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 | — |
| 1983 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1.5 | +50.0% |
| 1988 | 2 | +33.3% |
| 1989 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 1990 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 1991 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 1992 | 1.5 | +50.0% |
| 1993 | 2 | +33.3% |
| 1994 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 1997 | 3 | +200.0% |
| 1998 | 2 | -33.3% |
| 1999 | 1.5 | -25.0% |
| 2000 | 1 | -33.3% |
| 2001 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2002 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2003 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2004 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2005 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3 | +200.0% |
| 2007 | 3.5 | +16.7% |
| 2008 | 4 | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 3 | -25.0% |
| 2010 | 3.5 | +16.7% |
| 2011 | 4 | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 1 | -75.0% |
| 2013 | 1.5 | +50.0% |
| 2014 | 2 | +33.3% |
| 2015 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3 | +50.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | -66.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5 | +400.0% |
| 2020 | 4 | -20.0% |
| 2021 | 3 | -25.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | -66.7% |
| 2023 | 4 | +300.0% |
| 2024 | 3 | -25.0% |
Tanzania compared with similar countries
- Tanzania's 3 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1, 3.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Tanzania's 3 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1, 3.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Climate related disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) … gaps in Tanzania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +400.0% | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | +300.0% | 1 | 4 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.19 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 1990s | 1.8 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.15 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
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- 30 Serbia and Montenegro 3 compare
- 30 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 3 compare
More climate change data for Tanzania
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 2.6% (2100)
- Population, total, annual growth rate 2.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, total, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban population, annual growth rate 4.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban population, per capita 0.3688 units per person (2025)
- Precipitation anomalies, annual growth rate -140.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban population 26.02 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 4.8% (2025)
- Population, total 70.55 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in Tanzania?
- Climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in Tanzania was 3 in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 5 in 2019.
- What is the lowest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1982.
- How does Tanzania rank for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total?
- Tanzania ranks 30th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable), gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) with 1,354 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL International Monetary Fund
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) with 1,354 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.