Natural disasters - continents with the highest share of persons affected 2018

Published by Erin Duffin, Oct 18, 2019
The statistic shows the continents with the highest share of persons affected by natural disasters in 2018. In 2018, approximately 76.3 percent of people who were affected by natural disasters lived in Asia.

Continents with the highest share of persons affected by natural disasters in 2018

Share of affected
Asia76.3%
Africa12.6%
Americas9.8%
Oceania1.2%
Europe0.1%
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Release date

June 2019

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2018

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