Malawi vs Niger: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters
Malawi
3.48 million people
in 2025
Niger
4.40 million people
in 2022
Malawi rank
13th
Niger rank
10th
Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time
- Malawi
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 4.40 million people against 3.48 million people in Malawi, a difference of 921,090 people.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.3 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 10 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Niger ahead.
Malawi ranks 13th and Niger ranks 10th of 78 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 3 and Niger in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 715,612 people | 1.00 million people | 284,388 people | Niger |
| 1990s | 2.80 million people | 815,000 people | 1.99 million people | Malawi |
| 2000s | 2.64 million people | 1.68 million people | 961,707 people | Malawi |
| 2010s | 1.82 million people | 1.31 million people | 509,930 people | Malawi |
| 2020s | 2.68 million people | 4.40 million people | 1.72 million people | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual number of people affected by all natural disasters, Malawi or Niger?
- Niger, at 4.40 million people against 3.48 million people in Malawi as of 2022.
- What is the difference in annual number of people affected by all natural disasters between Malawi and Niger?
- 921,090 people, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Niger?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2022.
- How do Malawi and Niger rank globally for annual number of people affected by all natural disasters?
- Malawi ranks 13th and Niger ranks 10th 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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Total number of people affected by a natural disaster.