Kenya vs Madagascar: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters
Kenya
1.07 million people
in 2025
Madagascar
1.20 million people
in 2025
Kenya rank
31st
Madagascar rank
29th
Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time
- Kenya
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 1.20 million people against 1.07 million people in Kenya, a difference of 125,000 people.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 31st and Madagascar ranks 29th of 78 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.35 million people | 200,016 people | 1.15 million people | Kenya |
| 2000s | 3.50 million people | 132,717 people | 3.37 million people | Kenya |
| 2010s | 1.86 million people | 433,313 people | 1.43 million people | Kenya |
| 2020s | 1.39 million people | 602,642 people | 791,105 people | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual number of people affected by all natural disasters, Kenya or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 1.20 million people against 1.07 million people in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual number of people affected by all natural disasters between Kenya and Madagascar?
- 125,000 people, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Madagascar?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Madagascar rank globally for annual number of people affected by all natural disasters?
- Kenya ranks 31st and Madagascar ranks 29th 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.