EM-DAT: Afghanistan Natural Disaster Impact and Economic Losses

Historical aggregated figures for natural hazard events in Afghanistan, compiled by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). The data tracks disaster frequency, fatalities, and economic impact categorized by year and disaster subtype. Records are updated through March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the correlation between disaster subtype and total number of deaths in Afghanistan
• Modeling economic losses over time using the adjusted value column
• Quantifying humanitarian impact by aggregating the total number of people affected across different hazard types

Strengths

• Includes both human impact (deaths/affected) and economic loss metrics
• Categorized by specific disaster subtypes for granular hazard analysis
• Provides both original and inflation-adjusted economic loss values

Limitations

• Aggregated at the annual/subtype level rather than providing individual event-level records
• Limited to natural hazard events, excluding man-made or conflict-related disasters

Provenance

Source

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Freshness

Last updated March 2026

Geography

Afghanistan