Annual global number of deaths from natural catastrophes per decade, 1900-20151
Yearly average global annual deaths from natural disasters, by decade | Drought | Earthquake | Extreme temperature | Flood | Impact | Landslide | Mass movement (dry) | Storm | Volcanic activity | Wildfire |
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1900s | 130000 | 17302 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1801 | 4494 | 0 |
1910s | 8500 | 6280 | 0 | 10138 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5995 | 648 | 107 |
1920s | 472400 | 54935 | 0 | 428 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 11999 | 514 | 10 |
1930s | 0 | 23770 | 169 | 436147 | 0 | 103 | 4 | 9384 | 318 | 7 |
1940s | 345000 | 16187 | 0 | 10103 | 0 | 1753 | 0 | 12712 | 213 | 25 |
1950s | 0 | 2093 | 150 | 205830 | 0 | 215 | 0 | 3126 | 510 | 1 |
1960s | 150865 | 5236 | 113 | 3239 | 0 | 504 | 218 | 13393 | 324 | 7 |
1970s | 11908 | 44022 | 155 | 5078 | 0 | 738 | 7 | 35734 | 53 | 1 |
1980s | 55727 | 6015 | 534 | 5155 | 0 | 623 | 127 | 4667 | 2400 | 40 |
1990s | 311 | 10359 | 932 | 9549 | 0 | 833 | 87 | 21115 | 97 | 86 |
2000s | 115 | 45364 | 9106 | 5401 | 0 | 772 | 28 | 17213 | 24 | 63 |
2010s | 3339 | 43302 | 11644 | 5811 | 0 | 1069 | 13 | 3177 | 71 | 52 |
Annual global death rate (per 100,000 of the world population) per decade from natural catastrophes, 1900-20152
Yearly average rate of deaths from disasters, by decade | Drought | Earthquake | Extreme temperature | Flood | Impact | Landslide | Mass movement (dry) | Storm | Volcanic activity | Wildfire |
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1900s | 7.65 | 1.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.26 | 0 |
1910s | 0.47 | 0.35 | 0 | 0.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
1920s | 24.2 | 2.81 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.61 | 0.03 | 0 |
1930s | 0 | 1.08 | 0.01 | 19.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.43 | 0.01 | 0 |
1940s | 14.58 | 0.68 | 0 | 0.43 | 0 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.54 | 0.01 | 0 |
1950s | 0 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 7.46 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0 |
1960s | 4.54 | 0.16 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.01 | 0 |
1970s | 0.29 | 1.08 | 0 | 0.13 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.88 | 0 | 0 |
1980s | 1.15 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0 |
1990s | 0.01 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 |
2000s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 |
2010s | 0.05 | 0.61 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 |