EM-DAT: New Zealand Natural Hazard Statistics and Economic Losses

Aggregated historical statistics for natural hazard events in New Zealand, maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). The data tracks disaster frequency, human impact, and economic losses categorized by year and disaster subtype.

Use Cases

• Trend analysis of fatalities using the total number of deaths column
• Economic modeling using the adjusted economic losses field
• Frequency analysis of specific disaster subtypes across different years

Strengths

• Includes adjusted economic loss values
• Categorized by disaster subtype
• Sourced from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters

Limitations

• Aggregated format prevents analysis of individual disaster events
• Geographic focus limited to New Zealand

Provenance

Source

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026

Geography

New Zealand