EM-DAT: Malaysia Natural Hazard Statistics and Economic Losses

Delivering aggregated natural hazard statistics for Malaysia, 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 maintained as part of the EM-DAT project to support humanitarian and economic risk assessment.

Use Cases

• Trend analysis of disaster frequency in Malaysia using the 'number of disasters' and 'year' columns
• Economic impact modeling using 'economic losses' adjusted values across different disaster subtypes
• Public health risk assessment by correlating 'total deaths' and 'total affected' with specific hazard types

Strengths

• Provides both original and inflation-adjusted economic loss figures for longitudinal financial analysis
• Categorized by disaster subtype allowing for hazard-specific trend identification
• Produced by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), a primary authority in disaster statistics

Limitations

• Aggregated format prevents the analysis of individual disaster event durations or specific sub-national locations
• Focuses exclusively on natural hazards, excluding technological or man-made disaster data

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

Malaysia