India vs Zimbabwe: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters
India
4.90 million people
in 2019
Zimbabwe
7.60 million people
in 2024
India rank
8th
Zimbabwe rank
5th
Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time
- India
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 7.60 million people against 4.90 million people in India, a difference of 2.70 million people.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.6 times India's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 1982 it was India ahead.
India ranks 8th and Zimbabwe ranks 5th of 78 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 50.00 million people | 0 people | 50.00 million people | India |
| 1990s | 1.18 million people | 1.05 million people | 123,730 people | India |
| 2000s | 109.51 million people | 1.44 million people | 108.07 million people | India |
| 2010s | 84.55 million people | 1.62 million people | 82.93 million people | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual number of people affected by all natural disasters, India or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 7.60 million people against 4.90 million people in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual number of people affected by all natural disasters between India and Zimbabwe?
- 2.70 million people, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Zimbabwe?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2019.
- How do India and Zimbabwe rank globally for annual number of people affected by all natural disasters?
- India ranks 8th and Zimbabwe ranks 5th 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.