EM-DAT: Uganda Natural Hazard Impacts by Year and Subtype

Aggregated historical data on natural hazard events in Uganda, compiled by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters. The records quantify disaster frequency, human fatalities, and economic damages categorized by year and specific disaster subtypes.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in disaster frequency over time using the year and number of disasters columns
• Calculating the average human impact per disaster subtype using total deaths and total people affected
• Assessing the long-term financial burden of natural hazards using the adjusted economic losses field

Strengths

• Includes both human impact metrics (deaths/affected) and economic loss figures
• Provides inflation-adjusted economic values for longitudinal comparison
• Categorized by specific disaster subtype for granular hazard analysis

Limitations

• Aggregated format prevents the analysis of individual, specific disaster events
• Economic loss data in disaster databases is frequently underreported compared to mortality figures

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 according to source metadata.

Geography

Uganda