EM-DAT: Mauritania Natural Disaster Trends and Economic Impact Figures

Aggregated natural hazard statistics for Mauritania from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) track disaster frequency and impact metrics. The data covers fatalities, affected populations, and economic losses categorized by year and disaster subtype.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the frequency of specific 'disaster subtype' occurrences over time
• Quantifying the human cost of hazards using the 'total number of deaths' and 'total number of people affected' columns
• Assessing long-term financial impact using 'economic losses (adjusted)' to account for inflation

Strengths

• Includes inflation-adjusted economic loss figures
• Categorized by disaster subtype for granular hazard analysis
• Maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Limitations

• Geographically restricted to Mauritania
• Aggregated format prevents analysis of specific event dates or precise locations
• Economic loss data is subject to reporting gaps common in developing economies

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

Mauritania