OCHA Disaster Types: Controlled Vocabulary with GLIDE Hazard Codes

OCHA Digital Services maintains this controlled vocabulary of disaster types implementing GLIDE hazard codes for humanitarian data interoperability. Updated as of March 2026, the dataset provides a standardized taxonomy used by ReliefWeb and other OCHA platforms. It is available in CSV and Google Sheet formats for integration into humanitarian information systems.

Use Cases

• Standardizing disaster event records using the GLIDE hazard code labels
• Mapping disparate hazard datasets to the ReliefWeb Taxonomy as a Service
• Validating disaster type entries in humanitarian reporting forms

Strengths

• Implements GLIDE hazard codes for international standardization
• Maintained by OCHA Digital Services
• Provided in machine-readable CSV format

Limitations

• Contains only taxonomy definitions, not historical disaster event data
• Metadata does not specify the total number of disaster types included

Provenance

Source

OCHA Digital Services / ReliefWeb Taxonomy as a Service

Collection Method

Expert-curated controlled vocabulary

Freshness

Last updated March 2026

Geography

Global