Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters in Malawi
Malawi: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters was 3.48 million people in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters in Malawi, 1987–2025
Source: EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 3.48 million people for annual number of people affected by all natural disasters in 2025. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 32.7% on the previous year and up 364.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual number of people affected by all natural disasters in Malawi peaked at 3.48 million people in 2025 and was at its lowest, 520,000 people, in 2007.
Malawi ranks 13th of 78 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 714,634 people | 713,655 people | 715,612 people | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.96 million people | 1.41 million people | 2.80 million people | 5 |
| 2000s | 2.11 million people | 520,000 people | 2.83 million people | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.72 million people | 561,196 people | 2.98 million people | 5 |
| 2020s | 2.93 million people | 2.62 million people | 3.48 million people | 3 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 10 Niger 4.40 million people compare
- 11 South Sudan 3.69 million people compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 3.50 million people compare
- 14 Ethiopia 3.35 million people compare
- 15 Papua New Guinea 2.52 million people compare
- 16 Cambodia 2.50 million people compare
- 16 Mexico 2.50 million people compare
More reference data data for Malawi
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.0372 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.606 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.3659 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.9529 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies -0.5269 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 1,313 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 1 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual number of people affected by all natural disasters in Malawi?
- Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters in Malawi was 3.48 million people in 2025, according to EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual number of people affected by all natural disasters recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 3.48 million people in 2025.
- What is the lowest annual number of people affected by all natural disasters recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 520,000 people in 2007.
- How does Malawi rank for annual number of people affected by all natural disasters?
- Malawi ranks 13th out of 78 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual number of people affected by all natural disasters rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 364.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of people affected by a natural disaster.