Data & Risk
Disaster Loss & Damage Database
A national inventory of recorded disaster events, following the DesInventar methodology for tracking human and economic losses. Data is indicative and compiled from official and humanitarian sources.
Event records
15 events
| Event | Hazard | Province | Year | Deaths | Affected | Economic loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Nino Drought 2024 | Drought | Midlands | 2024 | — | 7,600,000 | — |
| Cyclone Freddy Rains | Tropical Cyclone | Masvingo | 2023 | 2 | 15,000 | $12.0M |
| Measles Outbreak 2022 | Epidemic | Manicaland | 2022 | 750 | 6,500 | $8.0M |
| Harare Storm 2022 | Storm / Hail | Harare | 2022 | 3 | 1,200 | $2.0M |
| Kariba Drought Power | Drought | Mashonaland West | 2022 | — | 3,000,000 | — |
| Binga Floods | Flood | Matabeleland North | 2021 | 5 | 4,500 | $3.0M |
| Manicaland Veld Fires | Veld Fire | Manicaland | 2020 | 7 | 500 | $4.0M |
| Cyclone Idai | Tropical Cyclone | Manicaland | 2019 | 634 | 270,000 | $622.0M |
| Battlefields Mine Flood | Flood | Mashonaland West | 2019 | 24 | 70 | $500.0K |
| El Nino Drought 2019 | Drought | Masvingo | 2019 | — | 5,500,000 | — |
| Cholera Outbreak 2018 | Epidemic | Harare | 2018 | 54 | 10,730 | $15.0M |
| Tsholotsho Floods | Flood | Matabeleland North | 2017 | 6 | 2,000 | $5.0M |
| El Nino Drought 2016 | Drought | Matabeleland South | 2016 | — | 4,100,000 | — |
| Tokwe-Mukorsi Floods | Flood | Masvingo | 2014 | — | 60,000 | $20.0M |
| Cholera Outbreak 2008 | Epidemic | Harare | 2008 | 4,287 | 98,592 | $45.0M |