Climate related disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) … gaps in Uganda
Uganda: Climate related disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) … gaps was 4 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL in Uganda, 1987–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in Uganda is 4, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 300.0% on the previous year and up 200.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in Uganda peaked at 8 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1987.
Uganda ranks 17th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 1 | — |
| 1997 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 1998 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2000 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2001 | 3 | +50.0% |
| 2002 | 4 | +33.3% |
| 2003 | 2 | -50.0% |
| 2004 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2006 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2007 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.5 | -25.0% |
| 2010 | 1 | -33.3% |
| 2011 | 3 | +200.0% |
| 2012 | 2 | -33.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2014 | 1.33 | +33.3% |
| 2015 | 1.67 | +25.0% |
| 2016 | 2 | +20.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 8 | +700.0% |
| 2020 | 6 | -25.0% |
| 2021 | 3 | -50.0% |
| 2022 | 5 | +66.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | -80.0% |
| 2024 | 4 | +300.0% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 4 is above the median for low income countries, which is 1, 4.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 4 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1, 4.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Climate related disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) … gaps in Uganda 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 | +700.0% | 1 | 8 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1990s | 1.67 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000s | 2.15 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.8 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More climate change data for Uganda
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 22.78 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 27,987 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,431 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 17,556 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 39.36 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 627.02 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,448 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 756.87 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 691.37 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.86 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in Uganda?
- Climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in Uganda was 4 in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 8 in 2019.
- What is the lowest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1987.
- How does Uganda rank for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total?
- Uganda ranks 17th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 200.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda 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.