Mauritania vs Uganda: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters

Mauritania

512,159 people

in 2022

Uganda

518,000 people

in 2022

Mauritania rank

36th

Uganda rank

35th

Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time

Uganda currently reports 518,000 people against 512,159 people in Mauritania, a difference of 5,841 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Uganda ahead.

Mauritania ranks 36th and Uganda ranks 35th of 78 countries.

Indicator: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters
Unit: people
Source: EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 78 places, 1,202 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total number of people affected by a natural disaster.