EM-DAT: Madagascar Natural Disaster Impact and Economic Losses

A source of aggregated natural hazard statistics for Madagascar, compiled by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). It tracks disaster frequency, fatalities, and economic impact categorized by year and disaster subtype. The data is formatted with Humanitarian Exchange Language (HXL) tags for interoperability.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in disaster frequency using the 'number of disasters' column
• Quantifying human impact of specific hazard types via 'total number of deaths' and 'people affected'
• Economic modeling of natural hazards using the 'adjusted economic losses' field

Strengths

• Includes both original and inflation-adjusted economic loss figures
• Standardized HXL tags for humanitarian data integration
• Categorized by specific disaster subtypes rather than broad hazard groups

Limitations

• Geographically restricted to Madagascar
• Specific row count and historical start date are not explicitly defined in the source metadata
• Economic loss data may be underreported for older records due to historical data gaps

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 according to metadata.

Geography

Madagascar