EM-DAT: Spain Natural Hazard Events and Economic Impact Figures

Spain-specific natural disaster statistics aggregated by year and hazard subtype, maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). The records quantify human impact through fatality and affected population counts alongside inflation-adjusted economic loss figures. This dataset provides longitudinal hazard data for Spain updated through March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in 'total number of deaths' across different 'disaster subtype' categories over time in Spain
• Correlating 'economic losses' with specific hazard types to assess financial risk
• Assessing the 'total number of people affected' to inform national disaster risk reduction and insurance strategies

Strengths

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

Limitations

• Aggregated format prevents the analysis of individual, specific disaster events
• Economic loss data may be underreported for smaller-scale or localized events

Provenance

Source

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from the primary EM-DAT database

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Spain