EM-DAT: North Korea Natural Disaster Impacts and Economic Losses

Offering aggregated statistics on natural hazard events in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). It tracks disaster frequency, human impact, and economic damage categorized by year and specific disaster subtypes. The records are updated through March 2026 to reflect historical and recent hazard trends.

Use Cases

• Analyzing longitudinal trends in the 'total number of deaths' across different 'disaster subtype' categories
• Correlating 'economic losses' with the 'total number of people affected' to assess disaster severity
• Evaluating the frequency of specific natural hazards in North Korea using the 'number of disasters' field

Strengths

• Standardized disaster subtype classifications
• Includes both human impact (deaths/affected) and economic loss metrics
• Sourced from the authoritative Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Limitations

• Economic loss data for this specific geography is frequently underreported or difficult to verify
• Aggregated format prevents the analysis of specific, individual disaster events
• Lacks sub-national geographic identifiers like provinces or cities

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.

Geography

Democratic People's Republic of Korea