Somalia vs Zimbabwe: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters
Somalia
5.60 million people
in 2025
Zimbabwe
7.60 million people
in 2024
Somalia rank
6th
Zimbabwe rank
5th
Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time
- Somalia
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 7.60 million people against 5.60 million people in Somalia, a difference of 2.00 million people.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.4 times Somalia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Somalia ranks 6th and Zimbabwe ranks 5th of 78 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | — |
| 2000s | 1.30 million people | 1.01 million people | 289,145 people | Somalia |
| 2010s | 1.97 million people | 1.08 million people | 887,409 people | Somalia |
| 2020s | 3.55 million people | 83,750 people | 3.47 million people | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual number of people affected by all natural disasters, Somalia or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 7.60 million people against 5.60 million people in Somalia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual number of people affected by all natural disasters between Somalia and Zimbabwe?
- 2.00 million people, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Zimbabwe?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2022.
- How do Somalia and Zimbabwe rank globally for annual number of people affected by all natural disasters?
- Somalia ranks 6th and Zimbabwe ranks 5th 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.