EM-DAT: Peru Natural Disaster Statistics and Economic Losses

Aggregated historical figures for natural hazard events in Peru are provided by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). The data tracks disaster frequency, human impact, and economic damage categorized by year and disaster subtype. It serves as a standardized record of humanitarian and economic consequences of disasters within the country.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical trends in disaster frequency using the 'number of disasters' column
• Calculating the average human cost per hazard type using 'total number of deaths' and 'disaster subtype'
• Modeling economic vulnerability by comparing 'economic losses' across different years

Strengths

• Includes both original and inflation-adjusted economic loss figures
• Categorized by specific disaster subtype for granular hazard analysis
• Utilizes HXL tags for humanitarian data interoperability

Limitations

• Aggregated format prevents the analysis of specific individual disaster events
• Geographic resolution is limited to the national level (Peru) without sub-national coordinates

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.

Geography

Peru