|
No. of events |
Fatalities |
Persons Affected |
|
1980-89 |
1990-99 |
2000-09 |
1980-89 |
1990-99 |
2000-09 |
1980-89 |
1990-99 |
2000-09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Afghanistan |
3 |
16 |
45 |
70 |
2 629 |
1 218 |
191 000 |
164 355 |
435 796 |
Albania |
1 |
4 |
4 |
57 |
15 |
4 |
0 |
46 500 |
80 884 |
Algeria |
4 |
8 |
25 |
160 |
118 |
1 312 |
8 500 |
1 200 |
195 300 |
American Samoa |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Angola |
1 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
341 |
100 000 |
0 |
783 328 |
Anguilla |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Argentina |
11 |
10 |
20 |
136 |
85 |
77 |
11 838 000 |
377 000 |
707 610 |
Armenia |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
7 000 |
0 |
Australia |
10 |
14 |
21 |
71 |
66 |
34 |
0 |
49 375 |
35 360 |
Austria |
6 |
6 |
7 |
54 |
63 |
27 |
0 |
10 000 |
61 416 |
Azerbaijan |
0 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
16 |
11 |
0 |
1 577 800 |
35 000 |
Bahamas |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Bangladesh |
16 |
28 |
23 |
7 064 |
2 944 |
2 417 |
122 843 000 |
57 259 593 |
58 601 793 |
Barbados |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Belarus |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
42 000 |
0 |
Belgium |
2 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
875 |
2 610 |
Belize |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 600 |
38 000 |
Benin |
3 |
7 |
4 |
61 |
37 |
35 |
913 000 |
774 901 |
287 884 |
Bhutan |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
22 |
200 |
0 |
600 |
0 |
Bolivia |
7 |
9 |
13 |
304 |
209 |
430 |
378 000 |
356 000 |
1 431 485 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
294 230 |
Botswana |
1 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
20 |
3 |
12 000 |
3 500 |
116 392 |
Brazil |
27 |
28 |
39 |
1 741 |
764 |
1 099 |
8 463 335 |
209 523 |
4 055 552 |
Bulgaria |
0 |
1 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
52 |
0 |
200 |
13 260 |
Burkina Faso |
3 |
2 |
8 |
16 |
28 |
67 |
24 824 |
67 300 |
259 640 |
Burundi |
1 |
0 |
16 |
12 |
0 |
36 |
3 600 |
0 |
28 965 |
Cambodia |
0 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
672 |
455 |
0 |
2 613 574 |
6 644 182 |
Cameroon |
1 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
32 |
72 |
1 000 |
0 |
24 500 |
Canada |
5 |
6 |
18 |
3 |
25 |
9 |
4 500 |
37 900 |
16 070 |
Cape Verde |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Central African Republic |
0 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
37 957 |
6 000 |
Chad |
2 |
4 |
8 |
43 |
41 |
173 |
47 450 |
168 849 |
363 883 |
Chile |
6 |
5 |
14 |
203 |
300 |
74 |
178 482 |
135 293 |
641 570 |
China |
46 |
58 |
124 |
14 562 |
19 173 |
6 717 |
139 198 619 |
967 088 327 |
525 648 482 |
China, Hong Kong SAR |
8 |
4 |
1 |
30 |
87 |
0 |
2 692 |
5 560 |
0 |
Colombia |
15 |
25 |
34 |
1 459 |
532 |
1 265 |
398 800 |
406 539 |
4 488 763 |
Comoros |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 500 |
Congo |
0 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
76 500 |
25 000 |
Costa Rica |
2 |
5 |
14 |
8 |
27 |
51 |
11 350 |
227 372 |
284 189 |
Cote d'Ivoire |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
28 |
33 |
7 000 |
0 |
2 450 |
Croatia |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 050 |
Cuba |
4 |
10 |
6 |
38 |
65 |
4 |
265 036 |
671 773 |
75 775 |
Czech Republic |
0 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
36 |
38 |
0 |
87 785 |
218 765 |
Dem. Rep. of the Congo |
1 |
4 |
12 |
0 |
64 |
151 |
148 |
106 000 |
31 370 |
Djibouti |
2 |
2 |
1 |
35 |
145 |
51 |
252 000 |
120 000 |
98 500 |
Dominican Republic |
3 |
4 |
9 |
32 |
43 |
723 |
1 342 045 |
20 000 |
110 965 |
Ecuador |
6 |
5 |
11 |
542 |
717 |
227 |
946 000 |
246 907 |
413 630 |
Egypt |
0 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
624 |
18 |
0 |
110 920 |
800 |
El Salvador |
4 |
4 |
8 |
565 |
39 |
83 |
89 060 |
14 950 |
7 332 |
Eritrea |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 000 |
Ethiopia |
5 |
16 |
24 |
54 |
469 |
1 443 |
75 240 |
694 130 |
1 220 949 |
Fiji |
2 |
0 |
7 |
29 |
0 |
26 |
215 000 |
0 |
12 280 |
Finland |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
400 |
France |
9 |
13 |
18 |
65 |
94 |
44 |
4 300 |
5 890 |
53 661 |
French Guiana |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
French Polynesia |
1 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
500 |
0 |
Gabon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 000 |
0 |
0 |
Gambia |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
53 |
6 |
0 |
31 000 |
14 808 |
Georgia |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
600 |
3 100 |
Germany |
0 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
19 |
29 |
0 |
205 200 |
331 450 |
Ghana |
1 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
202 |
112 |
2 800 |
2 791 573 |
691 345 |
Greece |
0 |
3 |
14 |
0 |
26 |
15 |
0 |
1 900 |
12 180 |
Guadeloupe |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Guatemala |
4 |
4 |
14 |
714 |
104 |
264 |
32 500 |
9 983 |
314 356 |
Guinea |
1 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
5 000 |
6 066 |
286 085 |
Guinea-Bissau |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Guyana |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
44 |
0 |
28 000 |
409 774 |
Haiti |
13 |
4 |
20 |
208 |
44 |
2 910 |
167 390 |
5 040 |
355 119 |
Honduras |
5 |
8 |
9 |
19 |
624 |
106 |
45 200 |
724 447 |
334 275 |
Hungary |
0 |
4 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
131 441 |
45 814 |
Iceland |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
34 |
0 |
280 |
63 |
0 |
India |
43 |
58 |
109 |
13 591 |
14 504 |
14 275 |
152 544 200 |
278 980 700 |
238 302 253 |
Indonesia |
36 |
30 |
88 |
1 771 |
1 013 |
3 836 |
1 437 021 |
2 092 825 |
3 685 941 |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
13 |
30 |
22 |
1 534 |
1 319 |
764 |
1 140 200 |
887 451 |
1 412 850 |
Iraq |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
70 890 |
Ireland |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 500 |
300 |
Israel |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
1 000 |
0 |
Italy |
6 |
8 |
17 |
59 |
248 |
103 |
10 000 |
12 063 |
58 000 |
Jamaica |
3 |
2 |
2 |
63 |
24 |
10 |
66 000 |
554 290 |
30 000 |
Japan |
12 |
11 |
12 |
708 |
221 |
157 |
214 000 |
64 930 |
455 028 |
Jordan |
1 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
18 000 |
0 |
Kazakhstan |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
10 |
49 |
0 |
30 000 |
44 168 |
Kenya |
1 |
4 |
30 |
75 |
170 |
592 |
3 000 |
900 000 |
1 246 738 |
Kiribati |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. |
2 |
6 |
9 |
315 |
276 |
1 229 |
20 000 |
9 019 136 |
1 203 630 |
Korea, Republic of |
5 |
10 |
11 |
288 |
783 |
198 |
354 984 |
247 336 |
337 831 |
Kuwait |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
200 |
0 |
Kyrgyzstan |
0 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
163 |
90 |
0 |
45 000 |
1 481 |
Lao People's Dem. Rep. |
2 |
6 |
5 |
14 |
40 |
33 |
2 000 |
1 533 400 |
1 257 190 |
Lebanon |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 500 |
0 |
17 000 |
Lesotho |
2 |
1 |
0 |
18 |
22 |
0 |
180 000 |
0 |
0 |
Liberia |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
5 000 |
17 584 |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Lithuania |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Luxembourg |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Madagascar |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
52 |
28 223 |
20 000 |
111 488 |
Malawi |
2 |
6 |
15 |
13 |
477 |
91 |
6 000 |
417 000 |
1 159 276 |
Malaysia |
4 |
6 |
24 |
51 |
101 |
122 |
102 576 |
24 918 |
369 564 |
Maldives |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
300 |
0 |
1 649 |
Mali |
2 |
3 |
11 |
18 |
5 |
63 |
14 635 |
3 784 |
89 071 |
Marshall Islands |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
600 |
Mauritania |
2 |
3 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
45 |
9 000 |
4 208 |
98 120 |
Mexico |
10 |
14 |
28 |
255 |
1 243 |
413 |
125 000 |
817 500 |
1 893 220 |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Mongolia |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
46 |
41 |
0 |
0 |
15 500 |
Montenegro |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 536 |
Morocco |
1 |
5 |
12 |
1 |
876 |
221 |
10 000 |
98 000 |
57 850 |
Mozambique |
3 |
3 |
15 |
10 |
145 |
1 012 |
1 000 000 |
470 000 |
6 212 111 |
Myanmar |
0 |
5 |
9 |
0 |
169 |
143 |
0 |
487 795 |
223 668 |
Namibia |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
0 |
0 |
474 300 |
Nepal |
13 |
13 |
16 |
1 687 |
2 765 |
1 839 |
621 500 |
743 065 |
2 277 432 |
Netherlands |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
15 000 |
0 |
New Zealand |
15 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
17 007 |
1 155 |
6 850 |
Nicaragua |
1 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
15 |
56 |
40 000 |
206 411 |
66 866 |
Niger |
1 |
4 |
7 |
20 |
74 |
34 |
80 000 |
11 606 |
222 549 |
Nigeria |
3 |
6 |
28 |
130 |
134 |
568 |
6 000 |
260 000 |
532 865 |
Norway |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 000 |
2 100 |
Occupied Palestinian Territory |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Pakistan |
9 |
20 |
41 |
614 |
4 375 |
2 504 |
302 900 |
14 581 376 |
9 562 094 |
Panama |
2 |
4 |
15 |
3 |
14 |
66 |
4 500 |
21 000 |
89 097 |
Papua New Guinea |
2 |
5 |
11 |
56 |
240 |
85 |
13 000 |
104 000 |
89 256 |
Paraguay |
3 |
6 |
2 |
76 |
55 |
0 |
215 000 |
430 575 |
14 800 |
Peru |
20 |
15 |
20 |
2 021 |
738 |
326 |
1 048 500 |
610 700 |
659 997 |
Philippines |
20 |
37 |
51 |
867 |
1 291 |
2 216 |
850 791 |
5 284 292 |
4 319 639 |
Poland |
3 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
64 |
30 |
19 500 |
163 700 |
19 850 |
Portugal |
2 |
2 |
5 |
49 |
10 |
9 |
2 900 |
3 050 |
348 |
Puerto Rico |
3 |
1 |
3 |
626 |
18 |
4 |
0 |
600 |
11 705 |
Republic of Moldova |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
56 |
4 |
0 |
28 108 |
11 000 |
Romania |
1 |
8 |
32 |
0 |
197 |
214 |
2 000 |
27 418 |
202 778 |
Russian Federation |
0 |
19 |
32 |
0 |
460 |
486 |
0 |
1 200 404 |
872 104 |
Rwanda |
1 |
0 |
8 |
48 |
0 |
135 |
21 628 |
0 |
40 795 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Saint Lucia |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
175 |
0 |
Samoa |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Saudi Arabia |
1 |
0 |
7 |
32 |
0 |
260 |
0 |
0 |
13 450 |
Senegal |
3 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
51 |
8 000 |
305 000 |
523 177 |
Serbia |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 580 |
Seychelles |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 125 |
0 |
Sierra Leone |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
12 |
133 |
0 |
200 000 |
20 955 |
Slovakia |
0 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
56 |
4 |
0 |
46 057 |
330 |
Slovenia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Solomon Islands |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
7 000 |
Somalia |
4 |
5 |
19 |
39 |
2 434 |
140 |
80 000 |
1 010 600 |
713 550 |
South Africa |
3 |
9 |
14 |
635 |
314 |
152 |
65 000 |
25 100 |
118 116 |
Spain |
6 |
4 |
8 |
139 |
100 |
35 |
728 600 |
4 400 |
6 030 |
Sri Lanka |
10 |
17 |
17 |
483 |
170 |
348 |
1 699 485 |
1 519 425 |
3 737 043 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 142 |
200 |
0 |
Sudan |
3 |
11 |
13 |
96 |
330 |
242 |
1 602 000 |
1 288 006 |
1 408 246 |
Suriname |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
31 548 |
Swaziland |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
274 500 |
Sweden |
1 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Switzerland |
3 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
33 |
27 |
2 000 |
0 |
7 381 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
86 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Tajikistan |
0 |
11 |
21 |
0 |
1 723 |
146 |
0 |
311 081 |
470 664 |
Thailand |
8 |
18 |
33 |
872 |
527 |
997 |
3 564 501 |
10 499 912 |
13 013 634 |
The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia |
0 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 500 |
109 750 |
Timor-Leste |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
4 505 |
Togo |
0 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
47 |
0 |
215 405 |
174 615 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
200 |
1 200 |
Tunisia |
2 |
1 |
5 |
140 |
37 |
45 |
30 000 |
152 000 |
33 500 |
Turkey |
6 |
10 |
22 |
202 |
475 |
247 |
61 505 |
1 516 200 |
111 476 |
Turkmenistan |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
300 |
0 |
Uganda |
0 |
3 |
14 |
0 |
120 |
139 |
0 |
163 000 |
489 066 |
Ukraine |
0 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
27 |
49 |
0 |
2 035 000 |
538 665 |
United Kingdom |
0 |
8 |
15 |
0 |
17 |
26 |
0 |
1 930 |
350 830 |
United Rep. of Tanzania |
4 |
11 |
12 |
10 |
421 |
175 |
187 556 |
357 991 |
71 248 |
United States |
22 |
52 |
57 |
140 |
382 |
314 |
118 550 |
642 840 |
11 317 806 |
Uruguay |
1 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
16 000 |
15 500 |
142 200 |
Uzbekistan |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 500 |
Vanuatu |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 950 |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
6 |
8 |
12 |
260 |
30 052 |
160 |
39 480 |
452 547 |
128 421 |
Viet Nam |
4 |
17 |
41 |
385 |
2 237 |
2 109 |
3 466 000 |
7 249 289 |
10 961 710 |
Yemen |
0 |
7 |
16 |
0 |
446 |
412 |
0 |
153 490 |
28 075 |
Zambia |
1 |
1 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
60 |
800 000 |
1 300 000 |
3 013 620 |
Zimbabwe |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
36 |
112 |
0 |
0 |
265 000 |
|
Sources: |
EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be– Université catholique de Louvain – Brussels – Belgium. |
|
Definitions & Technical notes: |
Hydrological disasters are defined as events caused by deviations in the normal water cycle and/or overflow of bodies of water caused by wind set-up. Such events are further classified as: Flood (river flood, flash flood, storm surge/coastal flood), and Wet Mass Movement (rock fall). |
Only disasters that fulfil at least one of the below criteria are included in EM-DAT:
- 10 or more people reported killed
- 100 or more people reported affected
- Declaration of a state of emergency
- Call for international assistance |
Fatalities are the number of Killed according to the EM-DAT definitions. Killed is defined as persons confirmed as dead and persons missing and presumed dead (official figures when available). |
Persons affected are the number of Total affected according to the EM-DAT definitions. Total affected is the sum of injured, homeless, and affected. Injured is defined as people suffering from physical injuries, trauma or an illness requiring medical treatment as a direct result of a disaster. Homeless is defined as people needing immediate assistance for shelter. Affected is defined as people requiring immediate assistance during a period of emergency; it can also include displaced or evacuated people. |
A “0” in EM-DAT does not represent a value and can mean either there were no reported events or no information is available. |
Data Quality: |
The EM-DAT database is compiled from various sources, including UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, insurance companies, research institutes and press agencies. Priority is given to data from UN agencies, governments and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The entries are constantly reviewed for redundancy, inconsistencies and incompleteness. CRED consolidates and updates data on a daily basis. A further check is made at monthly intervals. Revisions are made annually at the end of each calendar year. |
For more information see: http://www.emdat.be. |