EM-DAT: Global Natural Disaster Impact Profiles by Country and Subtype
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Description
A source of aggregated natural disaster statistics organized by year, country, and disaster subtype, produced by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). It tracks disaster frequency, human mortality, affected populations, and economic losses globally. The data is formatted according to Humanitarian Exchange Language (HXL) standards for interoperability.
Use Cases
Analyzing historical trends in disaster frequency using the 'number of disasters' column
Quantifying human vulnerability by disaster subtype via 'total deaths' and 'total affected' fields
Evaluating national economic resilience by comparing 'economic losses' against historical disaster counts
Strengths
Standardized disaster subtype classification
Includes both original and inflation-adjusted economic loss figures
HXL-tagged for automated humanitarian data workflows
Limitations
Dependent on official national reporting which may lead to geographic bias in data quality
Aggregated format prevents analysis of individual disaster events
Provenance
Source
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
Collection Method
Aggregated from the EM-DAT international disaster database
Freshness
Actively maintained with updates recorded as recently as March 2026.
Geography
Global
The dataset is provided in XLSX format and utilizes HXL tags. Users should review the 'hdx-other' license terms for specific usage and attribution requirements.