World Bank Group · Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather
Adults hit by natural disasters or severe weather by country
What share of adults say a natural disaster or severe weather hit them in the past three years?
Of the 98 countries compared in 2024, Montenegro had the lowest reading, 2.738%, and Philippines had the highest reading, 77.542%. In the middle country the figure was 20.455%.
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Adults hit by natural disasters or severe weather · 2024
Context statistic
Lowest of 98Montenegro
2.738%012024 · position · derived
Who leads
The three countries at the lowest end of 98 compared, the three at the other end, and the first on each continent.
1Photo: Dirk.heldmaier Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2Photo: Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich) · CC BY 3.0, greyscale
3Photo: The original uploader was Marko Markovic at English Wikipedia . derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Highest in 2024
Philippines77.542%
Chad76.108%
Morocco64.332%
Where a country sits says how it compares with the others measured, and nothing about why.
Lowest on each continent
- Africa
Algeria3.682% - Americas
Brazil8.507% - Asia
Uzbekistan3.518% - EuropeMontenegro2.738%
- Every region
02Every measured country
Adults hit by natural disasters or severe weather on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a lower value — the better end.
- 37.172–77.542%
- 24.238–36.641%
- 16.125–23.982%
- 10.971–16.001%
- 2.738–10.418%
- No reading in 2024
- Europe
7.164%
the middle country, of 12 measured · 49 members
Montenegro2.738%
Ukraine15.431%Lowest and highest reading in Europe.
- Asia
18.429%
the middle country, of 29 measured · 52 members
Uzbekistan3.518%Philippines77.542%Lowest and highest reading in Asia.
- Americas
19.537%
the middle country, of 17 measured · 48 members
Brazil8.507%
Belize42.060%Lowest and highest reading in Americas.
- Africa
29.487%
the middle country, of 40 measured · 55 members
Algeria3.682%Chad76.108%Lowest and highest reading in Africa.
- Every region
15 sub-regions, lowest middle country first
- Northern Africa
5.149%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 6 members
Algeria3.682%Morocco64.332%Lowest and highest reading in Northern Africa.
- Southern Europe
5.652%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 17 members
Montenegro2.738%
Serbia11.365%Lowest and highest reading in Southern Europe.
- Eastern Europe
7.333%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 10 members
Poland2.805%Ukraine15.431%Lowest and highest reading in Eastern Europe.
- South-eastern Asia
16.001%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 11 members
Vietnam9.934%Philippines77.542%Lowest and highest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Western Asia
18.056%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 19 members
Saudi Arabia5.185%
Armenia56.709%Lowest and highest reading in Western Asia.
- South America
18.147%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 12 members
Brazil8.507%
Paraguay36.641%Lowest and highest reading in South America.
- Central America
19.698%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 8 members
Panama9.591%Belize42.060%Lowest and highest reading in Central America.
- Southern Africa
21.858%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
Botswana19.134%
Eswatini46.287%Lowest and highest reading in Southern Africa.
- Middle Africa
22.284%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 9 members
Cameroon16.501%Chad76.108%Lowest and highest reading in Middle Africa.
- Southern Asia
25.675%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 9 members
Nepal15.691%
Iran34.579%Lowest and highest reading in Southern Asia.
- Western Africa
30.390%
the middle country, of 14 measured · 16 members
Ghana12.378%
Niger44.073%Lowest and highest reading in Western Africa.
- Eastern Africa
55.568%
the middle country, of 11 measured · 19 members
Ethiopia12.531%
Mozambique64.237%Lowest and highest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Caribbean
1 of 24 measured — too few for a middle: Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic31.215%Lowest and highest reading in Caribbean.
- Central Asia
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan3.518%
Kazakhstan16.125%Lowest and highest reading in Central Asia.
- Eastern Asia
2 of 8 measured — too few for a middle: China, Mongolia.
China24.238%
Mongolia25.161%Lowest and highest reading in Eastern Asia.
03The whole field at once
The spread
98 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 20.455%; a quarter are above 31.652%, and a quarter below 12.512%. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 98 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first — position 1 is the highest value, the way World Bank Group’s own tables read. “=” marks a position shared with another country. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. Most high-income economies were not asked, so this table is mainly low- and middle-income countries. A three-year window can catch a single bad season, and what counts as 'severe weather' is the respondent's own judgement.
Showing 25 of 98 countries
Values for 2024.
05In this edition
Adults hit by natural disasters or severe weather in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading
77.542%
Adults who experienced a natural disaster or severe weather in the past three years (% of population aged 15+)
Lowest reading
2.738%
Adults who experienced a natural disaster or severe weather in the past three years (% of population aged 15+)
06By sex
Inside the number
World Bank Group also publishes separate female and male readings. The gap between them, where both exist.
Of the 81 countries with both readings, the female reading is higher in 32, the male reading in 49. The widest gaps each way:
07The measure
About adults hit by natural disasters or severe weather
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.
What the number is: Adults who experienced a natural disaster or severe weather in the past three years (% of population aged 15+).
08Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Risk & Resilience, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Moves with
Where adults hit by natural disasters or severe weather is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 95 countries in commonρ 0.61
- Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 98 countries in commonρ 0.61
- Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 98 countries in commonρ 0.61
Moves against
Where adults hit by natural disasters or severe weather is higher, these tend to be lower.
- ND-GAIN Country IndexNotre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame · 96 countries in commonρ −0.61
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 92 countries in commonρ −0.61
- Actual Individual Consumption per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 94 countries in commonρ −0.61
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 247 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
09Keep reading
Explore further
The subject
The data, edition by edition
The countries at either end
More from World Bank Group
10Questions
Adults hit by natural disasters or severe weather: questions and answers
Which country has the lowest adults hit by natural disasters or severe weather?
Montenegro, at 2.738%, among the 98 countries compared in 2024.
Which country has the highest adults hit by natural disasters or severe weather?
Philippines, at 77.542%, among the 98 countries compared in 2024.
How many countries does the Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather cover?
98 in 2024.
What is the world average adults hit by natural disasters or severe weather?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 98 compared in 2024, the figure was 20.455%.
Is this World Bank Group’s own ranking?
No. World Bank Group publishes the values but ranks nobody; the position on this page is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values, and equal values share a position.
How often is the Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather published?
This site holds one edition, describing 2024.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From World Bank Group, under CC BY 4.0. From World Bank Data360 (Global Findex, WB_FINDEX_FIN24C, survey wave 2024), the Bank's own figures for adults aged 15 and over. Female and male shares are the Bank's own, where it publishes them. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
11Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather — World Bank Group
From World Bank Data360 (Global Findex, WB_FINDEX_FIN24C, survey wave 2024), the Bank's own figures for adults aged 15 and over. Female and male shares are the Bank's own, where it publishes them.
Newest edition
Report year 2024Data year 2024
Cite the source as: World Bank. The Global Findex Database 2025. Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
Licence: CC BY 4.0, checked 2026-09-29.
How this page reads the numbers
- World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure. The position is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values; equal values share a position.
- Which end is better follows the publisher’s own reading of the measure.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Photographs
The countries at the top of this statistic, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Adults hit by natural disasters or severe weather by country: Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather, data from World Bank Group. https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/disaster-experience