Number of directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population (number) by country
Countries reporting
121
Highest
132,031
Marshall Islands
Lowest
0
Qatar
Median
119.52
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
1,890
What the numbers show
Number of directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population (number) is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 132,031 in Marshall Islands; the lowest is 0 in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 119.52, and the mean is 4,669.
Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in New Zealand (up 21,465,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 100.0%).
Number of directly affected persons attributed to disasters per: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshall Islands | 132,031 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Tuvalu | 77,062 | 2022 | up 740.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Tonga | 75,784 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Guatemala | 75,460 | 2024 | up 38,239.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Namibia | 39,832 | 2024 | up 11,215,300.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Brazil | 22,399 | 2024 | up 8,597.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Eswatini | 21,647 | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Barbados | 15,708 | 2024 | up 17,395.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Niger | 15,480 | 2025 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 10 | New Zealand | 12,678 | 2023 | up 21,465,400.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Philippines | 10,434 | 2024 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Samoa | 9,136 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Lebanon | 5,375 | 2020 | up 8,944,300.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Indonesia | 4,698 | 2024 | up 4,250.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Switzerland | 4,355 | 2023 | up 21.9% | flat |
| 16 | Gambia | 3,885 | 2024 | up 2,376.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Thailand | 3,802 | 2021 | up 2,183.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Solomon Islands | 2,571 | 2022 | up 101.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Liberia | 2,433 | 2022 | up 961.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Ukraine | 2,397 | 2023 | up 45,960.6% | volatile |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 2,201 | 2020 | up 214,987.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Armenia | 1,909 | 2024 | up 1,385.3% | volatile |
| 23 | South Africa | 1,716 | 2020 | up 14,869.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Seychelles | 1,473 | 2013 | up 4,009.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Mali | 1,308 | 2017 | up 525,073.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Peru | 1,257 | 2021 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Montenegro | 1,225 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Colombia | 1,141 | 2024 | up 114.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Sweden | 1,099 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Sudan | 1,052 | 2019 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Antigua and Barbuda | 947.24 | 2020 | up 6,116.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Portugal | 846.01 | 2023 | up 6,830.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Togo | 798.65 | 2024 | up 429.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Comoros | 716.92 | 2024 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Malawi | 667.78 | 2020 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Jordan | 630.38 | 2024 | up 5,498.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Trinidad and Tobago | 587.7 | 2020 | up 208,700.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Honduras | 576.91 | 2020 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Uruguay | 550.73 | 2024 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Costa Rica | 515.68 | 2024 | up 87,697.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Benin | 504.74 | 2020 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Albania | 471.21 | 2024 | up 8,784.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Uganda | 458.57 | 2022 | up 67,191.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Burundi | 456.61 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 45 | Russian Federation | 414.57 | 2024 | up 362.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Cameroon | 403.76 | 2021 | up 1,413.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Kiribati | 259.39 | 2021 | up 218.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Malaysia | 243.74 | 2025 | up 168.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Denmark | 217.6 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Haiti | 214.61 | 2017 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Republic of Korea | 203.15 | 2023 | up 1,811.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Fiji | 194.31 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Mongolia | 190.24 | 2024 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Czechia | 177.74 | 2024 | up 1,873,530.0% | volatile |
| 55 | France | 161.46 | 2023 | up 2,306.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Tunisia | 159.34 | 2018 | up 152,616.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Nepal | 155.81 | 2021 | up 205.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Panama | 148.81 | 2023 | up 284,520.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Chile | 146.25 | 2024 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Mexico | 129.36 | 2024 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Ethiopia | 119.52 | 2021 | down 96.1% | volatile |
| 62 | China | 118.36 | 2023 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Guyana | 107.06 | 2013 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Canada | 106.18 | 2024 | up 253.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Algeria | 95.04 | 2024 | up 91.9% | volatile |
| 66 | El Salvador | 73.86 | 2023 | up 37,682.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 65.86 | 2013 | up 1,429.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Romania | 56.88 | 2024 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Mauritius | 51.92 | 2024 | up 66,981.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Botswana | 48.63 | 2024 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Cuba | 43.86 | 2021 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Somalia | 42.82 | 2025 | up 1,048.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Vanuatu | 38.7 | 2023 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 36.56 | 2024 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Iraq | 35.88 | 2018 | down 84.6% | falling |
| 76 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33.48 | 2014 | up 652.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Bhutan | 32.06 | 2018 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Belgium | 25.61 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Tajikistan | 21.39 | 2020 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Saint Lucia | 18.46 | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 18.16 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Slovenia | 17.32 | 2024 | up 2,128.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Morocco | 9.94 | 2024 | up 3,215.9% | volatile |
| 84 | India | 7.31 | 2020 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Egypt | 7.17 | 2024 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Maldives | 4.91 | 2025 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Mozambique | 3.28 | 2024 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 2.88 | 2024 | up 17,001.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Jamaica | 2.61 | 2024 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Austria | 2.42 | 2022 | up 251.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Yemen | 2.02 | 2022 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Dominica | 1.42 | 2014 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Djibouti | 1.34 | 2012 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Finland | 1.23 | 2019 | down 80.6% | falling |
| 95 | Ghana | 1.19 | 2024 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Cambodia | 1.04 | 2022 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Kenya | 0.9803 | 2025 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Japan | 0.8836 | 2023 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Burkina Faso | 0.6638 | 2021 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Georgia | 0.5515 | 2024 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 0.5181 | 2013 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 0.3896 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Myanmar | 0.3468 | 2024 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Ecuador | 0.3253 | 2024 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Zambia | 0.3057 | 2025 | up 386.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Serbia | 0.1794 | 2025 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Pakistan | 0.1719 | 2020 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Cyprus | 0.1487 | 2023 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Bangladesh | 0.1229 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Madagascar | 0.1091 | 2018 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Sierra Leone | 0.0995 | 2015 | up 459.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Angola | 0.0692 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Italy | 0.0639 | 2023 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Australia | 0.0636 | 2024 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Paraguay | 0.0428 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Argentina | 0.0307 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Senegal | 0.0206 | 2015 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Bahrain | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Estonia | 0 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Kuwait | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Qatar | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 13,447
- United States of America 10,429
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,491
- Côte d'Ivoire 0.2818
- Republic of Moldova 283.2
- United Republic of Tanzania 70.1
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 53.66
- Türkiye 43.72
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.6
- State of Palestine 6.29
- Timor-Leste 5.01
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.4459
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.0447
- Viet Nam 0.0031