Kenya vs Zambia: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters
Kenya
1.07 million people
in 2025
Zambia
1.47 million people
in 2025
Kenya rank
31st
Zambia rank
28th
Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time
- Kenya
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 1.47 million people against 1.07 million people in Kenya, a difference of 392,510 people.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.4 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 9 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 31st and Zambia ranks 28th of 78 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.12 million people | 991,067 people | 126,519 people | Kenya |
| 2000s | 273,989 people | 1.20 million people | 926,011 people | Zambia |
| 2010s | 2.60 million people | 714,021 people | 1.89 million people | Kenya |
| 2020s | 1.39 million people | 940,872 people | 452,876 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 Zambia?
- Zambia, at 1.47 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 Zambia?
- 392,510 people, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Zambia?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Zambia rank globally for annual number of people affected by all natural disasters?
- Kenya ranks 31st and Zambia ranks 28th 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.