EM-DAT: Dominican Republic Natural Disaster Impacts and Economic Losses

Aggregated natural hazard impact data for the Dominican Republic maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). The dataset tracks disaster frequency, human casualties, and economic damages categorized by year and disaster subtype. It provides longitudinal metrics for events recorded in the EM-DAT database up to its most recent update in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical trends in disaster frequency using the 'number of disasters' column
• Quantifying the financial impact of hazards via 'economic losses (adjusted)'
• Evaluating human vulnerability by comparing 'total number of deaths' across different 'disaster subtype' categories

Strengths

• Includes inflation-adjusted economic loss figures
• Categorized by specific disaster subtypes
• Maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Limitations

• Aggregated data format prevents analysis of individual disaster events
• Economic loss reporting is often inconsistent across different disaster types

Provenance

Source

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from the EM-DAT international disaster database

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Dominican Republic