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

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

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in 'total number of deaths' across different 'disaster subtype' categories over time
• Calculating the historical economic impact of hazards using 'economic losses (adjusted)'
• Correlating 'total number of people affected' with specific years to identify historical crisis peaks

Strengths

• Includes both original and inflation-adjusted economic loss figures
• Categorized by specific disaster subtype for granular hazard analysis
• Uses HXL tags for integration with other humanitarian data sources

Limitations

• Aggregated format lacks specific dates or sub-national geographic coordinates for individual events
• Economic loss data for historical events in Somalia may be incomplete or underreported

Provenance

Source

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from the EM-DAT database

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Somalia