EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database

General Info

Provider

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Tabulations only

Geography

Global

Coverage type

Global

Time period covered

January, 1900 - December, 2024

Data type

Event data

Summary

The EM-DAT database covers natural and technological disasters, occurrences and effects, from 1900 to present (ongoing). The database is maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). The Web site allows you to create extracts of the data by country, region, year and type of disaster.

Keywords

Disasters, Mortality

Citation

Contributors

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Funders

Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, USAID

Publisher

Catholic University of Leuven

Suggested citation

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database. Brussels, Belgium: Catholic University of Leuven.