EM-DAT Uruguay: Natural Hazard Impacts and Economic Losses by Subtype

Aggregated natural hazard statistics for Uruguay provided 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. It provides a historical record of humanitarian and financial consequences resulting from natural events.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in 'total number of deaths' across different 'disaster subtype' categories in Uruguay
• Calculating the correlation between 'number of disasters' and 'economic losses (adjusted)' over time
• Estimating the 'total number of people affected' per disaster event type for humanitarian resource planning

Strengths

• Includes 'economic losses (adjusted)' allowing for inflation-corrected longitudinal analysis
• Granular categorization by 'disaster subtype' rather than broad hazard types
• Standardized reporting from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Limitations

• Aggregated by year and subtype, which obscures details of individual disaster events
• Geographically restricted to Uruguay, requiring manual merging for regional analysis
• Economic loss data is often underreported for smaller-scale events

Provenance

Source

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from the EM-DAT database

Freshness

Last updated March 2026 according to source metadata.

Geography

Uruguay