Natural disaster victims - type of catastrophe 2017
Number of natural disaster victims by type of disaster 2017 (in millions)
This statistic shows the number of victims from natural disasters around the world by the type of disaster which occurred in 2017. In 2017, around 55 million people were affected by floods across the world.
Number of natural disaster victims by type of disaster 2017 (in millions)
| Number of victims in millions | |
|---|---|
| Flood | 55 |
| Storm | 25 |
| Drought | 10 |
| Earthquake | 2 |
| Extreme Temperature | 1.8 |
| Landslide | 0.2 |
| Mass movement (dry) | 0.1 |
| Volcanic activity | 0.1 |
| Wildfire | 0.1 |
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