EM-DAT: Thailand Natural Disaster Frequency and Economic Impact

Aggregated historical data on natural hazard events in Thailand, produced by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). The records track disaster frequency, human impact, and economic damage categorized by year and disaster subtype.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the correlation between disaster subtype and total deaths in Thailand
• Trend analysis of economic losses (adjusted value) over time
• Quantifying the total number of people affected by specific hazard types for risk reduction planning

Strengths

• Includes inflation-adjusted economic loss figures
• Categorized by specific disaster subtype
• Uses HXL tags for humanitarian data interoperability

Limitations

• Aggregated format lacks specific dates or locations for individual events
• Economic loss reporting may be inconsistent across different disaster subtypes

Provenance

Source

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from the EM-DAT database

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026

Geography

Thailand