disasters
Deaths from natural disasters by type and year
Annual number of deaths from disasters, sourced from EM-DAT (Emergency Events Database) maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) at UCLouvain, Belgium. Processed by Our World in Data to standardize country names and world region definitions, converting units, calculating derived indicators, and adapting metadata. Deaths are reported as absolute numbers.
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Fields
| Field | Type | Distribution | Summary | Missing |
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EntityAdd a description for Entity | string | 11 distinct | All natural disasters 117 · Earthquake 111 · Extreme weather 111 | Missing 0 |
YearAdd a description for Year | integer | 1,900 – 2,017 · mean 1,969 | Missing 0 | |
DeathsAdd a description for Deaths | integer | 1 – 3,706,000 · mean 81,210 | Missing 0 |
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| Entity | Year | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| All natural disasters | 1900 | 1267360 |
| All natural disasters | 1901 | 200018 |
| All natural disasters | 1902 | 46037 |
| All natural disasters | 1903 | 6506 |
| All natural disasters | 1905 | 22758 |
Examples
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Bubble Plot (Natural Disasters) Open in Vega Editor -
Faceted Line Chart with Cumulative Sum Python Source -
Global Deaths from Natural Disasters Python Source
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- EM-DAT terms of use (notspecified)
- Creative Commons BY license (Our World in Data) (CC-BY-4.0)
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