Australia vs China: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters

Australia

0 people

in 2018

China

0 people

in 2024

Australia rank

61st

China rank

61st

Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time

Australia currently reports 0 people against 0 people in China, a difference of 0 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 1978 it was China ahead.

Australia ranks 61st and China ranks 61st of 78 countries.

Indicator: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters
Unit: people
Source: EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 78 places, 1,202 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total number of people affected by a natural disaster.