Cape Verde vs Gambia: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters
Cape Verde
46,093 people
in 2022
Gambia
63,100 people
in 2015
Cape Verde rank
52nd
Gambia rank
51st
Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time
- Cape Verde
- Gambia
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 63,100 people against 46,093 people in Cape Verde, a difference of 17,007 people.
That makes Gambia's figure about 1.4 times Cape Verde's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 1910 it was Gambia ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 52nd and Gambia ranks 51st of 78 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and Gambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | — |
| 1940s | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | — |
| 1970s | 0 people | 30,004 people | 30,004 people | Gambia |
| 1980s | 0 people | 93,750 people | 93,750 people | Gambia |
| 2000s | 30,000 people | 0 people | 30,000 people | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual number of people affected by all natural disasters, Cape Verde or Gambia?
- Gambia, at 63,100 people against 46,093 people in Cape Verde as of 2015.
- What is the difference in annual number of people affected by all natural disasters between Cape Verde and Gambia?
- 17,007 people, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Gambia?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 1910 to 2002.
- How do Cape Verde and Gambia rank globally for annual number of people affected by all natural disasters?
- Cape Verde ranks 52nd 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.