EM-DAT France: Natural Disaster Impacts and Economic Losses by Subtype

Natural hazard statistics for France tracking disaster frequency, fatalities, and economic impact across various disaster subtypes. Produced by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), the data is aggregated annually by hazard type. It provides longitudinal metrics on human and financial costs associated with environmental events.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the correlation between 'disaster subtype' and 'total number of deaths' to identify high-risk hazards in France
• Modeling 'economic losses (adjusted)' over time to assess the financial impact of climate-related events
• Calculating the ratio of 'total number of people affected' to 'number of disasters' for historical impact assessment

Strengths

• Includes inflation-adjusted economic loss figures for longitudinal financial comparison
• Categorized by specific disaster subtype rather than broad hazard categories
• Authoritative data sourced from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Limitations

• Aggregated at the national level, lacking sub-regional or departmental geographic resolution
• Excludes non-natural disasters such as technological or man-made events

Provenance

Source

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Freshness

Last updated March 2026

Geography

France