EM-DAT: Haiti Natural Disaster Frequency and Economic Impact Data

Aggregated natural disaster statistics for Haiti provided by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters. The data tracks disaster frequency, fatalities, and economic impact categorized by year and disaster subtype. It includes both human impact metrics and financial loss figures adjusted for inflation.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the correlation between disaster subtype and total deaths in Haiti
• Calculating the long-term economic impact of natural hazards using adjusted loss figures
• Identifying years with the highest frequency of specific disaster subtypes

Strengths

• Includes adjusted economic loss values for longitudinal financial comparison
• Provides disaster subtype granularity for specific hazard analysis
• Sourced from the authoritative Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Limitations

• Geographic scope is restricted solely to Haiti
• Aggregated annual figures prevent analysis of specific event durations or exact dates
• Economic loss data is frequently underreported in historical disaster records

Provenance

Source

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from the EM-DAT database

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Haiti