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Impact of natural disasters: number of deaths (average per year/million) (average per year per million people)

People confirmed as dead, or missing and presumed dead, as a result of natural disasters, which include drought, extreme temperature, flood, mass movement, wet storm and wildfire.

Source: WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (2011) and UNDESA (2011).

Data in the tables are those available to the Human Development Report Office as of 15 May 2011, unless otherwise specified.

HDI Rank Country
.. Very high human development
.. High human development
.. Medium human development
.. Low human development
1 Norway
2 Australia
3 Netherlands
4 United States
5 New Zealand
6 Canada
7 Ireland
8 Liechtenstein
9 Germany
10 Sweden
11 Switzerland
12 Japan
13 Hong Kong, China (SAR)
14 Iceland
15 Korea (Republic of)
16 Denmark
17 Israel
18 Belgium
19 Austria
20 France
21 Slovenia
22 Finland
23 Spain
24 Italy
25 Luxembourg
26 Singapore
27 Czech Republic
28 United Kingdom
29 Greece
30 United Arab Emirates
31 Cyprus
32 Andorra
33 Brunei Darussalam
34 Estonia
35 Slovakia
36 Malta
37 Qatar
38 Hungary
39 Poland
40 Lithuania
41 Portugal
42 Bahrain
43 Latvia
44 Chile
45 Argentina
46 Croatia
47 Barbados
48 Uruguay
49 Palau
50 Romania
51 Cuba
52 Seychelles
53 Bahamas
54 Montenegro
55 Bulgaria
56 Saudi Arabia
57 Mexico
58 Panama
59 Serbia
60 Antigua and Barbuda
61 Malaysia
62 Trinidad and Tobago
63 Kuwait
64 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
65 Belarus
66 Russian Federation
67 Grenada
68 Kazakhstan
69 Costa Rica
70 Albania
71 Lebanon
72 Saint Kitts and Nevis
73 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina
75 Georgia
76 Azerbaijan
77 Ukraine
78 Mauritius
79 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
80 Jamaica
81 Peru
82 Dominica
83 Saint Lucia
84 Ecuador
85 Brazil
86 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
87 Armenia
88 Colombia
89 Iran (Islamic Republic of)
90 Oman
91 Tonga
92 Turkey
93 Belize
94 Tunisia
95 Jordan
96 Algeria
97 Sri Lanka
98 Dominican Republic
99 Samoa
100 Fiji
101 China
102 Turkmenistan
103 Thailand
104 Suriname
105 El Salvador
106 Gabon
107 Paraguay
108 Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
109 Maldives
110 Mongolia
111 Moldova (Republic of)
112 Philippines
113 Egypt
114 Occupied Palestinian Territory
115 Uzbekistan
116 Micronesia (Federated States of)
117 Guyana
118 Botswana
119 Syrian Arab Republic
120 Namibia
121 Honduras
122 Kiribati
123 South Africa
124 Indonesia
125 Vanuatu
126 Kyrgyzstan
127 Tajikistan
128 Viet Nam
129 Nicaragua
130 Morocco
131 Guatemala
132 Iraq
133 Cape Verde
134 India
135 Ghana
136 Equatorial Guinea
137 Congo
138 Lao People's Democratic Republic
139 Cambodia
140 Swaziland
141 Bhutan
142 Solomon Islands
143 Kenya
144 Sao Tome and Principe
145 Pakistan
146 Bangladesh
147 Timor-Leste
148 Angola
149 Myanmar
150 Cameroon
151 Madagascar
152 Tanzania (United Republic of)
153 Papua New Guinea
154 Yemen
155 Senegal
156 Nigeria
157 Nepal
158 Haiti
159 Mauritania
160 Lesotho
161 Uganda
162 Togo
163 Comoros
164 Zambia
165 Djibouti
166 Rwanda
167 Benin
168 Gambia
169 Sudan*
170 Côte d'Ivoire
171 Malawi
172 Afghanistan
173 Zimbabwe
174 Ethiopia
175 Mali
176 Guinea-Bissau
177 Eritrea
178 Guinea
179 Central African Republic
180 Sierra Leone
181 Burkina Faso
182 Liberia
183 Chad
184 Mozambique
185 Burundi
186 Niger
187 Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
.. Tuvalu
.. Somalia
.. San Marino
.. Nauru
.. Monaco
.. Marshall Islands
.. Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of)

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