Data for 2024

Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather, 2024

Name: Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather, 2024
Creator: World Bank Group
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This is the share of adults who say a natural disaster or severe weather — a flood, a drought, a storm — hit them personally in the past three years, from the World Bank's Global Findex survey. It is exposure as people report living through it, not as a hazard map predicts it.

Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather, 2024 covers 98 countries on 3 measures. Philippines is highest, at 77.542; Montenegro is lowest, at 2.738. The middle country reads 20.455.

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Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather · Data for 2024

HighestPhilippines

77.542

LowestMontenegro

2.738

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

98countries
3measures per country
2024the year it describes
98distinct values16 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather, 2024, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather, 2024: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	77.542	77.10	78.00
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	76.108	75.72	76.52
3	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	64.332	65.85	62.73
4	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	64.237	69.57	58.86
5	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	62.836	63.60	62.00
6	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	61.030	60.87	61.21
7	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	60.459	58.04	63.08
8	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	56.996	54.39	59.97
9	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	56.709	57.55	55.67
10	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	55.568	54.69	56.58
11	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46.287	42.37	51.39
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	44.073	48.76	39.09
13	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	42.918	41.03	44.81
14	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	42.613	43.58	41.53
15	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	42.468	41.32	43.82
16	Belize`BLZ`Central America	42.060	35.30	49.57
17	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	41.641	44.27	38.62
18	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.420	37.30	46.11
19	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	40.328	42.77	37.59
20	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	37.172	37.75	36.59
21	Paraguay`PRY`South America	36.641	36.38	36.91
22	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	34.579	32.17	36.98
23	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	34.392	33.18	35.64
24	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.886	29.25	34.69
25	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	31.797	34.42	29.24
26	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	31.215	27.10	35.49
27	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	31.061	30.99	31.14
28	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	29.719	30.25	29.14
29	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	29.254	28.69	29.81
30	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	26.304	26.11	26.48
31	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	26.199	26.51	25.85
32	India`IND`Southern Asia	25.714	24.84	26.57
33	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.637	30.45	20.95
34	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	25.471	26.10	24.76
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	25.347	24.54	26.20
36	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	25.161	21.64	29.06
37	Peru`PER`South America	25.023	26.88	23.14
38	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	24.727	18.80	30.27
39	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	24.380	15.83	33.27
40	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	24.238	20.68	27.62
41	Honduras`HND`Central America	23.982	21.38	27.20
42	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	22.284	21.28	23.23
43	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	22.137	22.29	22.00
44	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	21.858	18.30	25.93
45	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	21.726	21.16	22.33
46	Bolivia`BOL`South America	21.372	20.61	22.15
47	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.368	20.03	22.84
48	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	21.042	18.04	24.04
49	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	20.618	22.53	19.70
50	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	20.293	21.47	18.98
51	Venezuela`VEN`South America	19.537	20.89	18.17
52	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	19.134	21.80	15.92
53	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	19.102	14.90	24.39
54	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	18.707	18.67	18.75
55	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	18.662	17.38	19.95
56	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	18.429	14.46	22.40
57	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	17.118	14.40	19.75
58	Ecuador`ECU`South America	16.757	16.72	16.80
59	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16.501	14.68	18.44
60	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	16.125	16.97	15.19
61	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	16.001	15.96	16.04
62	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	15.691	16.42	14.89
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	15.579	13.20	18.16
64	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	15.495	16.63	14.30
65	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	15.431	15.76	15.08
66	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	15.035	15.37	14.69
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	15.034	17.01	13.03
68	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	14.401	13.26	15.52
69	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	13.803	11.71	16.16
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	13.576	13.84	13.30
71	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	13.250	13.61	12.87
72	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.786	13.49	12.10
73	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	12.531	10.25	14.96
74	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	12.505	11.52	13.67
75	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	12.378	11.26	13.59
76	Colombia`COL`South America	11.871	13.56	10.03
77	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	11.365	12.34	10.29
78	Argentina`ARG`South America	11.279	9.76	12.98
79	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	10.971	12.51	9.31
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	10.418	9.34	11.56
81	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	10.209	8.13	12.36
82	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	9.934	—	—
83	Panama`PAN`Central America	9.591	—	—
84	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	9.284	—	—
85	Brazil`BRA`South America	8.507	—	—
86	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8.255	—	—
87	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.333	—	—
88	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6.995	—	—
89	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	5.652	—	—
90	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.185	—	—
91	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	5.149	—	—
92	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.473	—	—
93	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4.372	—	—
94	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3.682	—	—
95	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.518	—	—
96	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	3.110	—	—
97	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.805	—	—
98	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.738	—	—

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Philippines77.542
2Chad76.108
3Morocco64.332
4Mozambique64.237
5Zambia62.836

Lowest

98Montenegro2.738
97Poland2.805
96Kosovo3.110
95Uzbekistan3.518
94Algeria3.682

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 20.455. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestPhilippines77.10
LowestCosta Rica8.13
Middle country: 21.47
Male
HighestPhilippines78.00
LowestKyrgyzstan9.31
Middle country: 24.39

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World Bank Group (2024). Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/disaster-experience/2024

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