Table 1. Number of affected people and deaths caused by natural floods, by year and WHO region, 1990–2022.

Year	No. of people affected							No. of deaths
	Africa	Americas	South-East Asia	Europe	Eastern Mediterranean	Western Pacific		Africa	Americas	South-East Asia	Europe	Eastern Mediterranean	Western Pacific
1990	540 368	232 186	2 477 100	27 988	152 000	43 224 589		278	220	709	88	37	919
1991	2 150 214	818 922	12 604 183	57 500	402 622	211 765 828		521	96	1 511	162	1 282	2 280
1992	2 258	598 819	4 072 328	105 500	12 878 868	1 940 021		21	201	840	1363	2 109	695
1993	262 705	1 330 229	145 851 779	527 873	803 523	474 814		90	940	2 719	174	848	1 379
1994	880 256	190 425	13 686 478	848 229	1 221 641	112 956 142		232	360	2 314	209	1 208	2 448
1995	1 220 225	588 415	58 331 432	3 679 918	1 918 261	127 702 996		428	272	2 888	78	1 935	2 347
1996	493 858	717 921	22 355 210	433 190	1 737 825	156 939 009		136	146	2 428	37	767	4 533
1997	2 019 704	753 881	31 330 468	547 971	2 205 734	7 794 944		639	494	2 528	170	2 641	1 213
1998	2 274 039	486 900	45 196 907	1 534 686	1 260 140	242 910 013		169	554	3 548	285	1 360	4 737
1999	1 210 708	2 438 670	28 900 385	368 424	327 508	115 840 373		357	30 868	1 024	133	153	2 272
2000	5 338 668	442 010	57 315 993	210 006	374 850	10 223 409		1 185	495	2 849	91	16	1 389
2001	2 748 481	760 568	22 054 975	753 858	1 709 513	6 519 111		1 574	265	1 357	122	737	926
2002	897 672	985 422	47 999 183	1 081 417	330 642	116 470 387		382	372	1 152	383	349	1 535
2003	1 074 374	837 462	9 415 977	68 641	1 663 772	156 367 046		356	578	1 604	32	497	843
2004	705 234	641 062	71 797 420	868 169	118 483	42 860 447		216	3603	2 342	54	117	650
2005	566 109	1 031 306	30 464 569	153 518	7 719 199	35 092 108		380	545	2 664	181	1 130	842
2006	1 463 015	814 647	11 136 995	183 379	761 730	15 949 598		1 325	302	2 447	120	898	751
2007	4 475 712	5 878 898	55 133 479	429 457	617 426	112 344 644		745	656	4 635	85	1 118	1 357
2008	943 523	15 848 647	17 699 918	256 435	391 088	9 771 150		495	623	1 932	66	238	653
2009	2 460 622	2 454 724	7 350 598	92 765	273 329	47 102 895		590	351	1 777	132	400	377
2010	4 279 406	4 651 572	14 208 701	388 680	20 533 154	144 732 921		523	1 249	1 559	301	2 410	2 314
2011	1 443 629	5 254 513	25 193 211	39 352	5 418 366	99 098 652		672	1 679	1 941	46	588	1 237
2012	9 167 877	770 043	10 540 815	230 051	5 271 549	38 019 184		786	209	674	225	763	887
2013	1 673 743	1 622 046	8 538 777	1 437 221	2 184 625	16 543 482		632	446	6 989	62	575	1 115
2014	593 818	1 537 037	10 408 785	1 154 026	3 477 012	24 567 410		457	254	1 200	167	854	604
2015	1 846 672	1 427 334	19 559 222	241 022	2 588 226	1 759 266		961	355	1 094	112	527	430
2016	1 089 525	3 704 426	8 748 970	74 742	241 431	65 360 232		646	231	1 819	60	676	965
2017	1 394 494	2 567 331	37 179 509	52 577	123 363	14 302 014		287	350	1 876	25	358	441
2018	2 618 198	586 544	24 524 598	81 294	895 175	5 551 048		678	85	1 057	65	290	706
2019	3 648 255	1 064 920	12 381 937	96 073	11 578 581	6 034 170		837	329	2 746	113	651	473
2020	5 890 694	284 785	9 080 369	189 065	4 253 999	14 654 443		1 045	272	3 070	59	1 160	579
2021	2 096 171	3 760 254	3 956 792	433 166	1 128 779	18 520 741		262	329	1 948	333	777	517
2022	7 024 127	4 064 092	11 186 292	23 052	33 790 206	1 206 293		2 022	901	2 472	10	2 350	307
Total	74 494 354	69 146 011	890 683 355	16 669 245	128 352 620	2 024 599 380		19 927	48 630	71 713	5 543	29 819	42 721

WHO: World Health Organization.