EM-DAT: Republic of Korea Natural Hazard Events and Economic Losses

Aggregated annual statistics on natural hazard events in the Republic of Korea, produced by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). The data tracks disaster frequency, fatalities, and economic impact categorized by specific disaster subtypes.

Use Cases

• Evaluating 'total number of deaths' trends by 'disaster subtype' over multiple years
• Modeling 'economic losses (adjusted)' for national disaster mitigation budgeting
• Quantifying the 'total number of people affected' to prioritize humanitarian resource allocation

Strengths

• Provides inflation-adjusted economic loss values
• Standardized disaster subtype classification
• HXL-compliant for humanitarian data integration

Limitations

• Aggregated annual format prevents analysis of specific individual disaster dates
• Economic loss data is frequently underreported in historical records

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

Republic of Korea