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

Australia
0 people
in 2018
Spain
3,671 people
in 2024
Australia rank
61st
Spain rank
59th

Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time

  • Australia
  • Spain
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M196719952024

How they compare

Spain currently reports 3,671 people against 0 people in Australia, a difference of 3,671 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 61st and Spain ranks 59th of 78 countries.

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About this data

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
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Total number of people affected by a natural disaster.