Direct disaster loss as a share of gdp by country

Countries reporting
79
Highest
0.21
Guyana
Lowest
0
Mozambique
Median
0
Years covered
20
2005–2024
Data points
1,621

What the numbers show

Direct disaster loss as a share of gdp is currently reported for 79 countries. The highest value is 0.21 in Guyana; the lowest is 0 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 0, and the mean is 0.0116.

Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 100.0%).

Direct disaster loss as a share of gdp: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guyana 0.21 2013 down 16.0% volatile
2 Bhutan 0.09 2018 volatile
2 Uganda 0.09 2022 volatile
4 Liberia 0.05 2022 volatile
4 Gambia 0.05 2023 up 400.0% volatile
4 Slovenia 0.05 2023 volatile
7 Burundi 0.04 2023 up 300.0% volatile
7 Sudan 0.04 2019 volatile
7 Dominica 0.04 2014 down 20.0% volatile
10 New Zealand 0.03 2023 volatile
10 Marshall Islands 0.03 2022 volatile
10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.03 2014 down 93.6% volatile
13 Argentina 0.02 2022 volatile
13 Mali 0.02 2017 unchanged volatile
13 Madagascar 0.02 2018 down 93.3% volatile
13 Eswatini 0.02 2023 volatile
13 Ukraine 0.02 2023 volatile
13 Cameroon 0.02 2019 volatile
19 Togo 0.01 2021 volatile
19 Palau 0.01 2022 down 66.7% volatile
19 Palestine, State of 0.01 2018 volatile
19 Chile 0.01 2023 volatile
19 Indonesia 0.01 2023 volatile
24 Samoa 0 2023 volatile
24 Philippines 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
24 Peru 0 2020 volatile
24 Panama 0 2023 volatile
24 Vanuatu 0 2021 volatile
24 Pakistan 0 2018 down 100.0% volatile
24 Paraguay 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
24 Angola 0 2020 volatile
24 South Africa 0 2017 volatile
24 Nepal 0 2021 volatile
24 Nicaragua 0 2013 volatile
24 Niger 0 2024 volatile
24 Viet Nam 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
24 Papua New Guinea 0 2020 volatile
24 Timor-Leste 0 2017 down 100.0% volatile
24 Romania 0 2024 volatile
24 Uruguay 0 2023 volatile
24 Senegal 0 2015 volatile
24 Solomon Islands 0 2022 volatile
24 Sierra Leone 0 2015 volatile
24 El Salvador 0 2023 volatile
24 Tanzania, United Republic of 0 2023 volatile
24 Tonga 0 2020 volatile
24 Comoros 0 2024 volatile
24 Ghana 0 2024 volatile
24 Micronesia, Federated States of 0 2021 volatile
24 Fiji 0 2022 volatile
24 Ethiopia 0 2020 volatile
24 Estonia 0 2018 volatile
24 Cyprus 0 2018 volatile
24 Cuba 0 2021 volatile
24 Costa Rica 0 2023 volatile
24 Grenada 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
24 Colombia 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
24 Barbados 0 2018 volatile
24 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0 2021 volatile
24 Belize 0 2011 volatile
24 Burkina Faso 0 2018 down 100.0% volatile
24 Benin 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile
24 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile
24 Malawi 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile
24 Guatemala 0 2023 volatile
24 Honduras 0 2015 volatile
24 Jamaica 0 2023 volatile
24 Kenya 0 2024 volatile
24 Kyrgyzstan 0 2023 volatile
24 Cambodia 0 2021 volatile
24 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 2012 volatile
24 Saint Lucia 0 2014 volatile
24 Sri Lanka 0 2020 volatile
24 Morocco 0 2023 volatile
24 Mexico 0 2023 volatile
24 Myanmar 0 2023 volatile
24 Montenegro 0 2021 volatile
24 Mongolia 0 2023 volatile
24 Mozambique 0 2022 volatile

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Indicator
Direct disaster loss as a share of gdp
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
126 places, 1,621 data points, 2005–2024
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