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

Ghana
5.56 million people
in 1985
Zimbabwe
7.60 million people
in 2024
Ghana rank
7th
Zimbabwe rank
5th

Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time

  • Ghana
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 7.60 million people against 5.56 million people in Ghana, a difference of 2.04 million people.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.4 times Ghana's.

Ghana ranks 7th and Zimbabwe ranks 5th 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.