Disaster and exposure to risk:

Top 10

Natural disasters by number of deaths

Earthquake, April Nepal 8,831
Heat wave, June-August France 3,275
Heat wave, May India 2,248
Heat wave, June Pakistan 1,229
Landslide, October Guatemala 627
Heat wave, June-July Belgium 410
Flood, November-December India 325
Flood, July-August India 293
Earthquake, October Pakistan 280
Flood, January Malawi 278

Total of affected people reported by country

Dem.Rep of Korea 18,003,541
India 16,558,354
Ethiopia 10,210,600
Nepal 5,640,301
Bangladesh 4,452,553
Philippines 3,834,514
Malawi 3,438,995
China, P Rep 3,006,093
Guatemala 2,809,910
South Africa 2,700,000

Total of economic damage reported by country (in billion US$)

United States 24,88
China, P Rep 13,66
Nepal 5,17
United Kingdom 3,60
India 3,30
Chile 3,10
Australia 2,40
South Africa 2,00
Philippines 1,90
France 1,00