Number of recorded natural disaster events, 1900 to 2023The number of global reported natural disaster events in any given year. Note that this largely reflects increases indata reporting, and should not be used to assess the total number of events.19002023192019401960198020000100200300400All disastersData source: EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2023)Note: Data includes disasters recorded up to September 2023.OurWorldInData.org/natural-disasters | CC BY