Climate related disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) … gaps in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Climate related disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) … gaps was 3 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL in Vanuatu, 1981–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in Vanuatu is 3, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.6% on the previous year and up 125.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in Vanuatu peaked at 3 in 1988 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1985.
Vanuatu ranks 30th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Climate related disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) … gaps in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 2 | — |
| 1982 | 1.75 | -12.5% |
| 1983 | 1.5 | -14.3% |
| 1984 | 1.25 | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 1 | -20.0% |
| 1986 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3 | +200.0% |
| 1989 | 2.75 | -8.3% |
| 1990 | 2.5 | -9.1% |
| 1991 | 2.25 | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 2 | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 1998 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1.5 | +50.0% |
| 2001 | 2 | +33.3% |
| 2002 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2003 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.5 | +50.0% |
| 2011 | 2 | +33.3% |
| 2012 | 1.67 | -16.7% |
| 2013 | 1.33 | -20.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | -25.0% |
| 2015 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.67 | +66.7% |
| 2022 | 2.33 | +40.0% |
| 2023 | 3 | +28.6% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 3 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1, 3.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 3 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1, 3.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Climate related disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) … gaps in Vanuatu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +200.0% | 1 | 3 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.69 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.62 | 1 | 2.5 | 6 |
| 2000s | 1.25 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010s | 1.25 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 30 Belgium 3 compare
- 30 Costa Rica 3 compare
- 30 Ethiopia 3 compare
- 30 Hong Kong 3 compare
- 30 Croatia 3 compare
- 30 Kyrgyzstan 3 compare
- 30 South Korea 3 compare
- 30 Nigeria 3 compare
- 30 Slovenia 3 compare
- 30 Tanzania 3 compare
- 30 Taiwan 3 compare
- 30 Serbia and Montenegro 3 compare
- 30 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 3 compare
More climate change data for Vanuatu
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 0 kg (2023)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 645.34 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 155.08 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 490.27 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.5852 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 17.51 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 0.2124 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0.106 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0.1064 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0004 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in Vanuatu?
- Climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in Vanuatu was 3 in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 3 in 1988.
- What is the lowest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1985.
- How does Vanuatu rank for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total?
- Vanuatu ranks 30th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 125.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.