People affected by disaster, Number (Not Applicable), gaps filled by country
People affected by disaster, 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.
Countries reporting
183
Highest
49.45 million
Bangladesh
Lowest
0
Samoa
Median
15,662
Years covered
46
1980–2025
Data points
5,614
What the numbers show
People affected by disaster, Number (Not Applicable), gaps filled is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 49.45 million in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 15,662, and the mean is 768,761.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Germany (up 340,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
People affected by disaster, Number (Not Applicable), gaps filled: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 49.45 million | 2024 | up 1,442.5% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 18.83 million | 2024 | up 206.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Zambia | 9.80 million | 2024 | up 48,900.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 7.60 million | 2024 | up 303,657.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Malawi | 6.21 million | 2024 | up 68.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Cuba | 4.59 million | 2024 | up 8,221.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Vietnam | 4.03 million | 2024 | up 8,291.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Lebanon | 2.98 million | 2024 | up 197.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Angola | 2.80 million | 2024 | up 93,233.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Nepal | 2.59 million | 2024 | up 1,279.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.19 million | 2024 | up 46,020.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Chad | 1.95 million | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Nigeria | 1.79 million | 2024 | up 17,819.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Eritrea | 1.70 million | 2008 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Namibia | 1.66 million | 2024 | up 140.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Slovenia | 1.50 million | 2023 | up 4,557.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Niger | 1.48 million | 2024 | up 794.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Colombia | 1.41 million | 2024 | up 1,845.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Myanmar | 1.11 million | 2024 | up 2,667.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 1.10 million | 2024 | up 11,358.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 1.01 million | 2024 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Mongolia | 964,435 | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 23 | South Sudan | 893,000 | 2024 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Yemen | 867,160 | 2024 | up 895.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Thailand | 781,568 | 2024 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Lesotho | 700,017 | 2023 | up 185.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Guatemala | 670,955 | 2024 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 640,084 | 2024 | up 350.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Vanuatu | 593,702 | 2023 | up 2,373.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Pakistan | 580,808 | 2024 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Cameroon | 500,008 | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Mali | 380,154 | 2024 | up 1,484.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Georgia | 350,000 | 2023 | up 1,208.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Kenya | 325,680 | 2024 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Congo | 321,000 | 2023 | up 3,238.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Sudan | 317,107 | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Iran | 304,837 | 2024 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Mozambique | 283,338 | 2025 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Czechia | 250,000 | 2024 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Burundi | 237,830 | 2024 | up 1,775.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Laos | 237,283 | 2024 | up 31,537.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Fiji | 230,000 | 2023 | up 461.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Somalia | 226,000 | 2024 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Tanzania | 200,376 | 2024 | up 400.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Djibouti | 192,168 | 2022 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Haiti | 185,030 | 2024 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Guinea | 176,000 | 2024 | up 753.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Jamaica | 160,060 | 2024 | up 74.8% | volatile |
| 49 | East Timor | 143,670 | 2021 | up 15,071.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Ethiopia | 140,527 | 2024 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 51 | China | 135,620 | 2024 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Honduras | 129,216 | 2024 | down 93.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Philippines | 123,000 | 2025 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Ecuador | 121,127 | 2024 | up 709.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Kazakhstan | 120,000 | 2024 | up 4,329.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Micronesia (country) | 113,000 | 2023 | up 222.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 107,401 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Grenada | 107,008 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Botswana | 105,000 | 2024 | up 4,888.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Uruguay | 103,588 | 2024 | up 193.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Guam | 100,000 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Mauritius | 100,000 | 2024 | up 121,851.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100,000 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Uganda | 88,874 | 2024 | up 330.8% | volatile |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 80,000 | 2021 | up 1,468.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Chile | 74,117 | 2024 | up 214.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Benin | 73,000 | 2022 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 68 | South Africa | 72,424 | 2024 | up 908.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Dominica | 71,393 | 2017 | up 848.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Comoros | 64,155 | 2024 | up 574.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Poland | 57,000 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Senegal | 55,600 | 2024 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Liberia | 51,000 | 2024 | up 230.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Paraguay | 46,675 | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Cape Verde | 46,093 | 2022 | up 30,628.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Japan | 44,592 | 2024 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) | 42,000 | 1991 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Portugal | 41,499 | 2024 | up 76,750.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Ghana | 41,114 | 2023 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Russia | 38,400 | 2024 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Serbia and Montenegro | 36,200 | 2006 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Marshall Islands | 33,456 | 2024 | up 9,193.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Bolivia | 32,357 | 2024 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Venezuela | 29,000 | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Mexico | 27,182 | 2024 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Tonga | 25,000 | 2020 | up 228.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Syria | 24,700 | 2024 | up 605.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 23,596 | 2024 | up 77.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Solomon Islands | 22,319 | 2023 | up 118.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Iraq | 18,017 | 2024 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Gambia | 17,201 | 2022 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Serbia | 15,662 | 2023 | up 422.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 15,000 | 2024 | up 4,900.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Romania | 15,000 | 2024 | up 2,757.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15,000 | 2024 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Bahamas | 14,940 | 2019 | up 180.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Cambodia | 14,100 | 2023 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Gabon | 13,400 | 2024 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Togo | 12,700 | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Malaysia | 12,500 | 2025 | up 316.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Algeria | 12,000 | 2024 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Guinea-Bissau | 11,541 | 2018 | up 1,438.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Tuvalu | 10,204 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 104 | El Salvador | 9,050 | 2024 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Papua New Guinea | 7,849 | 2024 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 7,684 | 2024 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Mauritania | 7,200 | 2023 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Madagascar | 7,028 | 2025 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Croatia | 6,277 | 2023 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Australia | 6,260 | 2025 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Egypt | 6,235 | 2021 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 112 | South Korea | 6,070 | 2024 | up 5,909.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Saint Lucia | 5,500 | 2022 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 114 | French Polynesia | 5,004 | 2017 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5,000 | 2024 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Taiwan | 4,490 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 117 | North Korea | 4,200 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 4,036 | 2023 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Tunisia | 4,000 | 2022 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Panama | 3,895 | 2024 | up 3,257.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Brazil | 3,830 | 2025 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Canada | 3,520 | 2024 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 123 | West Bank and Gaza | 3,500 | 2022 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Germany | 3,407 | 2024 | up 340,600.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Libya | 3,335 | 2024 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Belgium | 3,000 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Ukraine | 2,873 | 2023 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Saudi Arabia | 2,764 | 2024 | up 441.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Central African Republic | 2,700 | 2024 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Peru | 2,583 | 2024 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Barbados | 2,500 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Austria | 2,220 | 2024 | up 1,565.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Cook Islands | 2,202 | 2010 | up 181.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Jordan | 2,000 | 2023 | up 3,025.0% | volatile |
| 135 | France | 1,902 | 2025 | up 153.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,800 | 2017 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Argentina | 1,500 | 2025 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Oman | 1,391 | 2024 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Maldives | 1,320 | 2021 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 140 | New Zealand | 1,200 | 2024 | up 380.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Eswatini | 1,058 | 2022 | up 164.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Belize | 962 | 2024 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Greece | 900 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Turkey | 900 | 2024 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 145 | United Kingdom | 750 | 2024 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Guyana | 500 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 500 | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Cyprus | 469 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Armenia | 429 | 2024 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Belarus | 420 | 2023 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Cote d'Ivoire | 227 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Hong Kong | 205 | 2023 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Latvia | 200 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Morocco | 168 | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Uzbekistan | 165 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Tajikistan | 40 | 2024 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 157 | United States | 31 | 2025 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Rwanda | 27 | 2024 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Israel | 21 | 2020 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Indonesia | 13 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Moldova | 10 | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Albania | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2012 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Bermuda | 0 | 2003 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Bhutan | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Switzerland | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Denmark | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Spain | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Estonia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Hungary | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Ireland | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Italy | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Lithuania | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Montenegro | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Nicaragua | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Netherlands | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Norway | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Slovakia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Sweden | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Samoa | 0 | 2018 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
How this figure is calculated
People affected by disaster, 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
- People affected by disaster, Number International Monetary Fund
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About this data
People affected by disaster, 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.