Ghana vs India: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters

Ghana
5.56 million people
in 1985
India
4.90 million people
in 2019
Ghana rank
7th
India rank
8th

Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time

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How they compare

Ghana currently reports 5.56 million people against 4.90 million people in India, a difference of 660,580 people.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times India's.

Ghana ranks 7th and India ranks 8th 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.