Ethiopia vs Malawi: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters

Ethiopia

3.35 million people

in 2023

Malawi

3.48 million people

in 2025

Ethiopia rank

14th

Malawi rank

13th

Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time

Malawi currently reports 3.48 million people against 3.35 million people in Ethiopia, a difference of 125,370 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 14th and Malawi ranks 13th 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.