Botswana vs Gambia: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters
Botswana
18,399 people
in 2024
Gambia
63,100 people
in 2015
Botswana rank
54th
Gambia rank
51st
Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time
- Botswana
- Gambia
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 63,100 people against 18,399 people in Botswana, a difference of 44,701 people.
That makes Gambia's figure about 3.4 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Gambia ahead.
Botswana ranks 54th and Gambia ranks 51st of 78 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 1 and Gambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60,000 people | 180,000 people | 120,000 people | Gambia |
| 1980s | 169,098 people | 93,750 people | 75,347 people | Botswana |
| 2010s | 0 people | 63,100 people | 63,100 people | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual number of people affected by all natural disasters, Botswana or Gambia?
- Gambia, at 63,100 people against 18,399 people in Botswana as of 2015.
- What is the difference in annual number of people affected by all natural disasters between Botswana and Gambia?
- 44,701 people, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Gambia?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2015.
- How do Botswana and Gambia rank globally for annual number of people affected by all natural disasters?
- Botswana ranks 54th and Gambia ranks 51st of 78 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total number of people affected by a natural disaster.