Brazil vs China: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters
Brazil
0 people
in 2025
China
0 people
in 2024
Brazil rank
61st
China rank
61st
Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time
- Brazil
- China
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 0 people against 0 people in China, a difference of 0 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 18 shared years of data; in 1978 it was China ahead.
Brazil ranks 61st and China ranks 61st of 78 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.50 million people | 3.00 million people | 500,000 people | China |
| 1980s | 6.82 million people | 16.33 million people | 9.51 million people | China |
| 1990s | 5.70 million people | 19.00 million people | 13.30 million people | China |
| 2000s | 333,333 people | 29.55 million people | 29.22 million people | China |
| 2010s | 5.72 million people | 17.19 million people | 11.48 million people | China |
| 2020s | 338,250 people | 1.52 million people | 1.19 million people | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual number of people affected by all natural disasters, Brazil or China?
- Brazil, at 0 people against 0 people in China as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual number of people affected by all natural disasters between Brazil and China?
- 0 people, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China?
- 18 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and China rank globally for annual number of people affected by all natural disasters?
- Brazil ranks 61st and China ranks 61st 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.