Long-term trends in natural disasters

There is a lot of overlap when evaluating the top 10 countries by the number of disasters and the number of people affected by disasters. China tops the list by number of disasters (332) and number of people affected (over 1 billion). In decreasing order, the top 10 countries by number of disasters (cumulative, 2004-2014) are as follows: China, United States, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Japan, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Mexico and Bangladesh. In decreasing order, the top 10 countries by number of people affected over the same period are as follows: China, India, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Thailand, Ethiopia, Kenya and the United States.

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