Deaths recorded
11,728 people
Source: EM-DAT · CRED/UCLouvainAs of 2000–2026
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Realised losses · 2000 to 2026
The exposure atlas maps the hazards ahead. This page records the losses already booked: the people killed, the lives disrupted and the money washed away by floods, cyclones and other natural disasters since 2000. It is the ledger every adaptation budget is implicitly arguing about.
Source: EM-DAT · CRED/UCLouvainAs of 2000–2026
Latest source data is available.
Current finding and interpretation
The ledger records 11,728 deaths and $15.6 billion in nominal reported damage. Read under-reported damage years as evidence gaps, not low-loss proof.
Deaths recorded
11,728 people
Source: EM-DAT · CRED/UCLouvainAs of 2000–2026
Economic damage
$15.6 billion nominal USD
Source: EM-DAT · CRED/UCLouvainAs of 2000–2026
Recorded events
147 events
Source: EM-DAT · CRED/UCLouvainAs of 2000–2026
Deadliest year
2007 · 5,635 deaths
Source: EM-DAT · CRED/UCLouvain
Source: EM-DAT · CRED/UCLouvainAs of 2000–2026
Source: EM-DAT, the international disaster database (CRED, UCLouvain), national totals for Bangladesh. Each row sums all recorded natural-disaster events in that year. Deaths and events are counts; damage is nominal reported US dollars, not inflation-adjusted, and is under-reported in years where economic losses were never formally estimated (shown as n/a or a low figure). The cumulative people-affected total counts repeated exposure across years, so it is person-times affected rather than distinct individuals. Years with 500 or more deaths are shaded. 2007 is dominated by Cyclone Sidr. For the hazards still ahead, see the exposure atlas.
Source: EM-DAT international disaster database · CRED/UCLouvainAs of 2000–2026