economic2025

Annual economic damages as a share of GDP from earthquakes

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data104 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
1.3%
Median: 0.0%
Countries Covered
104
with available data
Highest
Maldives
38.3%
Lowest
Solomon Islands
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Maldives38.3%
2Croatia22.5%
3Samoa19.8%
4Myanmar13.5%
5Vanuatu7.7%
By Region
Other1.9%(53 countries)
Europe1.3%(18 countries)
Oceania1.0%(2 countries)
Africa0.9%(6 countries)
Asia0.5%(16 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (38.3%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1.3%)

Other (53)
Europe (18)
Oceania (2)
Africa (6)
Asia (16)
North America (3)
South America (6)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Maldives38.3%
2Croatia22.5%
3Samoa19.8%
4Myanmar13.5%
5Vanuatu7.7%
6Sri Lanka6.4%
7Morocco4.8%
8Albania4.8%
9Seychelles3.4%
10Tonga3.0%
11Somalia2.6%
12New Zealand2.1%
13Armenia2.0%
14Afghanistan1.3%
15Puerto Rico0.9%
16United Republic of Tanzania0.9%
17Honduras0.7%
18Kenya0.6%
19Libya0.6%
20Trinidad and Tobago0.4%
21Serbia0.3%
22Timor-Leste0.3%
23Iceland0.2%
24Bosnia and Herzegovina0.1%
25Costa Rica0.1%
26The Republic of North Macedonia0.1%
27Portugal0.1%
28Guinea0.1%
29Cyprus0.0%
30Belgium0.0%
31Slovenia0.0%
32Nicaragua0.0%
33Philippines0.0%
34Greece0.0%
35France0.0%
36Spain0.0%
37Türkiye0.0%
38People's Republic of China0.0%
39United Kingdom0.0%
40Mexico0.0%
41Italy0.0%
42Lao People's Democratic Republic0.0%
43Germany0.0%
44United States of America0.0%
45Malaysia0.0%
46Bulgaria0.0%
47Burundi0.0%
48Chile0.0%
49Colombia0.0%
50Comoros0.0%
51Democratic Republic of the Congo0.0%
52Cuba0.0%
53Dominica0.0%
54Dominican Republic0.0%
55Ecuador0.0%
56El Salvador0.0%
57Ethiopia0.0%
58Fiji0.0%
59Georgia0.0%
60Guatemala0.0%
61Haiti0.0%
62Hungary0.0%
63India0.0%
64Indonesia0.0%
65Islamic Republic of Iran0.0%
66Iraq0.0%
67Japan0.0%
68Kazakhstan0.0%
69South Korea0.0%
70Kyrgyzstan0.0%
71Malawi0.0%
72Mozambique0.0%
73Nepal0.0%
74Netherlands0.0%
75Pakistan0.0%
76Panama0.0%
77Papua New Guinea0.0%
78Peru0.0%
79Romania0.0%
80Russian Federation0.0%
81Rwanda0.0%
82Saint Lucia0.0%
83South Africa0.0%
84Sudan0.0%
85Tajikistan0.0%
86Thailand0.0%
87Turkmenistan0.0%
88Uganda0.0%
89Egypt0.0%
90Uzbekistan0.0%
91Venezuela0.0%
92Yemen0.0%
93Algeria0.0%
94American Samoa0.0%
95Azerbaijan0.0%
96Argentina0.0%
97Australia0.0%
98Austria0.0%
99Bangladesh0.0%
100Barbados0.0%
101Bhutan0.0%
102Bolivia0.0%
103Brazil0.0%
104Solomon Islands0.0%
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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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