Number of injured or ill people attributed to disasters (number) by country
Countries reporting
115
Highest
4.32 million
Niger
Lowest
0
Tunisia
Median
189
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
1,745
What the numbers show
Number of injured or ill people attributed to disasters (number) is currently reported for 115 countries. The highest value is 4.32 million in Niger; the lowest is 0 in Tunisia.
The median across all reporting countries is 189, and the mean is 64,570.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Czechia (up 1,908,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).
Number of injured or ill people attributed to disasters: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 4.32 million | 2025 | up 381.0% | volatile |
| 2 | South Africa | 1.04 million | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Türkiye | 109 | 2022 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 3 | New Zealand | 428,278 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 299,703 | 2024 | up 218.2% | volatile |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 207,910 | 2020 | up 292,731.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Mexico | 169,279 | 2024 | up 1,335.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 145,981 | 2021 | up 540,570.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Cameroon | 108,676 | 2021 | up 2,082.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Mali | 98,720 | 2017 | up 274,122.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Timor-Leste | 11 | 2024 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Portugal | 88,245 | 2023 | up 6,870.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Malaysia | 87,693 | 2025 | up 34,977.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Jordan | 72,618 | 2024 | up 279,200.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Sweden | 67,053 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Fiji | 53,879 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Marshall Islands | 26,437 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Algeria | 22,456 | 2024 | up 3,642.7% | volatile |
| 17 | France | 20,073 | 2023 | up 359.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Samoa | 19,654 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Czechia | 19,082 | 2024 | up 1,908,100.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Solomon Islands | 16,444 | 2022 | up 1,644,300.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Denmark | 13,007 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Armenia | 12,165 | 2024 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Indonesia | 11,557 | 2024 | up 449.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Egypt | 8,358 | 2024 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7,150 | 2020 | up 178,650.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Guatemala | 6,601 | 2024 | up 1,357.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Lebanon | 6,500 | 2020 | up 216,567.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Comoros | 5,850 | 2024 | up 19,400.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Namibia | 5,441 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Philippines | 4,362 | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Romania | 4,350 | 2021 | up 288.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Albania | 3,155 | 2024 | up 1,948.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Belgium | 3,000 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Somalia | 2,267 | 2025 | up 3,387.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Burundi | 1,834 | 2024 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 36 | Nepal | 1,773 | 2021 | up 334.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Chile | 1,713 | 2024 | up 239.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Colombia | 1,403 | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Russian Federation | 1,270 | 2024 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Mozambique | 1,135 | 2024 | up 473.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Japan | 1,099 | 2023 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Uganda | 904 | 2022 | up 286.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Guyana | 803 | 2013 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Yemen | 773 | 2022 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 593 | 2024 | up 19,666.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Kenya | 564 | 2025 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Canada | 458 | 2023 | up 239.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Pakistan | 404 | 2020 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Peru | 257 | 2021 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Thailand | 257 | 2021 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 51 | Malawi | 237 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Austria | 219 | 2022 | up 277.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Gambia | 217 | 2024 | up 1,450.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Ghana | 208 | 2024 | up 342.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 206 | 2021 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Sudan | 200 | 2019 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Costa Rica | 189 | 2024 | up 575.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Myanmar | 189 | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Iraq | 182 | 2018 | down 99.7% | falling |
| 60 | Cambodia | 179 | 2022 | up 67.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Burkina Faso | 146 | 2021 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Republic of Korea | 146 | 2023 | up 231.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Vanuatu | 124 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Morocco | 122 | 2024 | up 12,100.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Togo | 104 | 2024 | up 215.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 90 | 2024 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 67 | Mongolia | 87 | 2024 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Finland | 68 | 2019 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Ecuador | 59 | 2024 | up 195.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 54 | 2024 | up 107.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Liberia | 40 | 2022 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Honduras | 38 | 2020 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Italy | 38 | 2023 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Eswatini | 37 | 2024 | up 117.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Zambia | 37 | 2025 | up 270.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31 | 2013 | up 1,450.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 31 | 2013 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Ukraine | 31 | 2023 | up 210.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Haiti | 30 | 2017 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Madagascar | 30 | 2018 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 79 | El Salvador | 30 | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Angola | 27 | 2025 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Georgia | 21 | 2024 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Panama | 18 | 2020 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Australia | 17 | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Mauritius | 16 | 2024 | up 1,500.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Slovenia | 15 | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Argentina | 14 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Djibouti | 13 | 2012 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Bhutan | 12 | 2018 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Uruguay | 11 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 7 | 2015 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Paraguay | 3 | 2025 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Senegal | 3 | 2015 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Tonga | 3 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Cyprus | 2 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Saint Lucia | 2 | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Montenegro | 2 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Serbia | 2 | 2025 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 2014 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 2014 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Dominica | 1 | 2014 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Benin | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Bahrain | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Barbados | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Botswana | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Estonia | 0 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Kuwait | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Maldives | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Qatar | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Tunisia | 0 | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 34.58 million
- State of Palestine 211
- Côte d'Ivoire 90
- Syrian Arab Republic 98
- United Republic of Tanzania 97
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 96
- Republic of Moldova 95
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 58
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 35
- Viet Nam 3
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 0