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

Ghana
5.56 million people
in 1985
Sudan
11.84 million people
in 2022
Ghana rank
7th
Sudan rank
4th

Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time

  • Ghana
  • Sudan
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How they compare

Sudan currently reports 11.84 million people against 5.56 million people in Ghana, a difference of 6.28 million people.

That makes Sudan's figure about 2.1 times Ghana's.

Ghana ranks 7th and Sudan ranks 4th 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.