This statistic shows the share of occurrences of natural disasters worldwide in the period from 1995 to 2015, by type of disaster. Floods have accounted for 43 percent of all natural disasters worldwide between 1995 and 2015.
Distribution of natural disasters worldwide in the period from 1995 to 2015, by type
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United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, & Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (November 23, 2015). Distribution of natural disasters worldwide in the period from 1995 to 2015, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 09, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/519127/share-of-occurrences-of-natural-disasters-worldwide-by-type/
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, und Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Distribution of natural disasters worldwide in the period from 1995 to 2015, by type." Chart. November 23, 2015. Statista. Accessed November 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/519127/share-of-occurrences-of-natural-disasters-worldwide-by-type/
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (2015). Distribution of natural disasters worldwide in the period from 1995 to 2015, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/519127/share-of-occurrences-of-natural-disasters-worldwide-by-type/
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, and Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Distribution of Natural Disasters Worldwide in The Period from 1995 to 2015, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Nov 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/519127/share-of-occurrences-of-natural-disasters-worldwide-by-type/
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction & Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Distribution of natural disasters worldwide in the period from 1995 to 2015, by type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/519127/share-of-occurrences-of-natural-disasters-worldwide-by-type/ (last visited November 09, 2024)
Distribution of natural disasters worldwide in the period from 1995 to 2015, by type [Graph], United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, & Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), November 23, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/519127/share-of-occurrences-of-natural-disasters-worldwide-by-type/
