What is the difference in direct disaster economic loss between Brazil and Kenya?

7.34 billion current united states dollars, with Kenya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Kenya?

11 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – processed by Our World in Data, published as Direct disaster economic loss. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brazil vs Kenya: Direct disaster economic loss

Brazil

5.78 billion current united states dollars

in 2024

Kenya

13.12 billion current united states dollars

in 2023

Brazil rank

8th

Kenya rank

5th

Direct disaster economic loss over time

Brazil
Kenya

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 13.12 billion current united states dollars against 5.78 billion current united states dollars in Brazil, a difference of 7.34 billion current united states dollars.

That makes Kenya's figure about 2.3 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Kenya ahead.

Brazil ranks 8th and Kenya ranks 5th of 130 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Kenya in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Kenya	Difference	Ahead
2000s	6.16 million current united states dollars	65.45 million current united states dollars	59.29 million current united states dollars	Kenya
2010s	6.85 million current united states dollars	60.48 million current united states dollars	53.63 million current united states dollars	Kenya
2020s	5.78 billion current united states dollars	0 current united states dollars	5.78 billion current united states dollars	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher direct disaster economic loss, Brazil or Kenya?: Kenya, at 13.12 billion current united states dollars against 5.78 billion current united states dollars in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in direct disaster economic loss between Brazil and Kenya?: 7.34 billion current united states dollars, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Kenya?: 11 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Kenya rank globally for direct disaster economic loss?: Brazil ranks 8th and Kenya ranks 5th of 130 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – processed by Our World in Data, published as Direct disaster economic loss. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Brazil vs Kenya: Direct disaster economic loss. Statizoid, drawing on UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 24 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/direct-disaster-economic-loss/brazil/kenya/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/direct-disaster-economic-loss/brazil/kenya/">Brazil vs Kenya: Direct disaster economic loss</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Direct disaster economic loss
Unit: current united states dollars
Source: UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 130 places, 1,738 data points, 2005–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Direct economic loss attributed to disasters (current United States dollars).