Haiti vs Lesotho: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters
Haiti
499,765 people
in 2017
Lesotho
335,764 people
in 2025
Haiti rank
37th
Lesotho rank
40th
Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time
- Haiti
- Lesotho
How they compare
Haiti currently reports 499,765 people against 335,764 people in Lesotho, a difference of 164,001 people.
That makes Haiti's figure about 1.5 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 7 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Haiti ahead.
Haiti ranks 37th and Lesotho ranks 40th of 78 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Haiti averaged higher in 3 and Lesotho in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Haiti | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 210,217 people | 204,000 people | 6,217 people | Haiti |
| 1980s | 25,734 people | 238,571 people | 212,837 people | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 500,000 people | 101,662 people | 398,338 people | Haiti |
| 2000s | 16,700 people | 285,157 people | 268,457 people | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 1.80 million people | 354,500 people | 1.45 million people | Haiti |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual number of people affected by all natural disasters, Haiti or Lesotho?
- Haiti, at 499,765 people against 335,764 people in Lesotho as of 2017.
- What is the difference in annual number of people affected by all natural disasters between Haiti and Lesotho?
- 164,001 people, with Haiti ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Lesotho?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2017.
- How do Haiti and Lesotho rank globally for annual number of people affected by all natural disasters?
- Haiti ranks 37th and Lesotho ranks 40th 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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Total number of people affected by a natural disaster.