EM-DAT India: Natural Disaster Frequency and Economic Loss by Subtype

Aggregated historical figures for natural hazard events in India, produced by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). The data tracks disaster frequency, fatalities, and economic impact categorized by year and disaster subtype.

Use Cases

• Correlating 'disaster subtype' with 'total number of deaths' to identify high-risk hazard categories in India
• Trend analysis of 'economic losses (adjusted)' to measure the financial burden of disasters over time
• Quantifying the 'total number of people affected' per 'year' to assess national resilience trends

Strengths

• Includes inflation-adjusted economic loss figures
• Disaggregated by specific disaster subtypes
• Standardized via Humanitarian Exchange Language (HXL) tags

Limitations

• Aggregated data format precludes analysis of specific event locations or exact dates
• Historical economic loss data may be subject to reporting inconsistencies across different decades

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 according to metadata.

Geography

India