Madagascar vs Mali: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters
Madagascar
1.20 million people
in 2025
Mali
1.74 million people
in 2022
Madagascar rank
29th
Mali rank
26th
Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time
- Madagascar
- Mali
How they compare
Mali currently reports 1.74 million people against 1.20 million people in Madagascar, a difference of 535,750 people.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.4 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 29th and Mali ranks 26th of 78 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 1 and Mali in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.00 million people | 249,771 people | 750,229 people | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 199,740 people | 302,000 people | 102,260 people | Mali |
| 2000s | 7,000 people | 512,500 people | 505,500 people | Mali |
| 2010s | 179,878 people | 1.17 million people | 993,928 people | Mali |
| 2020s | 403,708 people | 4.27 million people | 3.86 million people | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual number of people affected by all natural disasters, Madagascar or Mali?
- Mali, at 1.74 million people against 1.20 million people in Madagascar as of 2022.
- What is the difference in annual number of people affected by all natural disasters between Madagascar and Mali?
- 535,750 people, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Mali?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2022.
- How do Madagascar and Mali rank globally for annual number of people affected by all natural disasters?
- Madagascar ranks 29th and Mali ranks 26th 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.