EM-DAT: Venezuela Natural Hazard Statistics and Economic Impact

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

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in disaster frequency using the 'number of disasters' column
• Calculating the human impact of specific hazards via 'total number of deaths' and 'people affected'
• Economic modeling of natural hazards using 'adjusted economic losses'

Strengths

• Aggregated by disaster subtype
• Includes both original and inflation-adjusted economic loss values
• Standardized by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters

Limitations

• Aggregated format prevents analysis of individual disaster events
• Economic loss data often suffers from underreporting in disaster databases

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

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)