Haiti vs Mauritania: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters
Haiti
499,765 people
in 2017
Mauritania
512,159 people
in 2022
Haiti rank
37th
Mauritania rank
36th
Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time
- Haiti
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 512,159 people against 499,765 people in Haiti, a difference of 12,394 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Haiti ahead.
Haiti ranks 37th and Mauritania ranks 36th of 78 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Haiti averaged higher in 1 and Mauritania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Haiti | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 478,500 people | 447,335 people | 31,165 people | Haiti |
| 1980s | 25,750 people | 256,666 people | 230,916 people | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 0 people | 446,507 people | 446,507 people | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 16,700 people | 363,185 people | 346,485 people | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 499,765 people | 3.89 million people | 3.39 million people | Mauritania |
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 Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 512,159 people against 499,765 people in Haiti as of 2022.
- What is the difference in annual number of people affected by all natural disasters between Haiti and Mauritania?
- 12,394 people, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Mauritania?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2017.
- How do Haiti and Mauritania rank globally for annual number of people affected by all natural disasters?
- Haiti ranks 37th and Mauritania ranks 36th 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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About this data
Total number of people affected by a natural disaster.