EM-DAT: Burkina Faso Natural Hazard Events and Economic Impact Figures

Aggregated natural hazard statistics for Burkina Faso provided 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. It serves as a historical record of humanitarian and financial consequences resulting from natural events.

Use Cases

• Comparing 'total number of deaths' across 'disaster subtype' categories to prioritize emergency response resources
• Correlating 'total number of people affected' with specific years to identify historical drought or flood cycles
• Evaluating 'economic losses (adjusted)' to understand the long-term financial burden of natural hazards on the national economy

Strengths

• Includes both original and inflation-adjusted economic loss figures
• Categorizes events by specific 'disaster subtype' for granular hazard analysis
• Aggregates data from the authoritative EM-DAT database maintained by CRED

Limitations

• Lacks sub-national geographic coordinates, limiting analysis to country-level aggregates
• Economic loss figures may be incomplete due to historical underreporting of small-scale disaster impacts in the region

Provenance

Source

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from the EM-DAT international disaster database

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026 according to source metadata.

Geography

Burkina Faso