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disasters in numbers2015 (1)
346 reported disasters
US$66.5 billion economic damage98.6 million people affected22 773 people dead
NepalFrance
India
Pakistan
Guatemala
BelgiumIndia
PakistanMalawi
Earthquake, AprilHeat wave, June-August
Heat wave, May
Heat wave, June
Landslide, October
Heat wave, June-JulyFlood, November-December
Earthquake, OctoberFlood, January
8 831 3 275
2 248
1 229
627
410325
280278
Natural disasters by number of deaths Dem. Rep. of KoreaIndia
Ethiopia
Nepal
Bangladesh
PhilippinesMalawi
China, P RepGuatemala
South Africa
18 003 541 16 558 354
10 210 600
5 640 301
4 452 553
3 834 5143 438 995
3 006 0932 809 910
2 700 000
Total of affected peoplereported by country
93
23
56152
26China, P Rep
22 United States
11Indonesia
Per Continent
Per Country
Number of reported disasters by country
Americas
AsiaAfrica
Europe
United StatesChina, P Rep
Nepal
India
ChileAustralia
South AfricaPhilippines
France
24,88
13,66
3,30
3,102,40
2,001,90
1,00
Total of economic damagereported by country (in billion US$)
5,17 3,60
7 Japan
7Chile
19India
10Pakistan
15
Top 10
Top 10
22Oceania
Philippines
6Myanmar
6Bangladesh
(1): Natural disasters: Epidemic and insect infestations not included
IndiaFlood, July-August 293
7Australia
United Kingdom
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), IRSSUniversité catholique de Louvain, BelgiumTel. +32 [email protected] www.cred.be
Source: EM-DAT (25th January 2016) : The OFDA/CRED - International Disaster Database Université catholique de Louvain Brussels - Belgium www.emdat.be
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Annual reported economic damages and time trend from disasters: 1980-2015
Human impact by disaster types (2015 versus average 2005-2014)
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
Num
ber of disastersEc
onom
ic d
amag
e in
201
5 U
S$ v
alue
(billi
on) -
EarthquakeNepal($5 billion)
205
278259
413432
414389
421
346
($60
EarthquakeNaples Province, Italy
billion)
EarthquakeNorthridge, USA
($48 billion)
EarthquakeKobé, Japan ($155 billion)
Hurricane Sandy, USA ($52 billion)
Hurricane Katrina, Rita and Wilma, USA
($219 billion)
EarthquakeSichuan, China P.Rep($94billion)
Earthquake/TsunamiTohoku, Japan
($223 billion)
Flood,
($42billion)Thailand
FloodChina
($43 billion)
450
22 773500010000150002000025000300003500040000
Volcanic activity
20 000 000 40 000 000 60 000 000 80 000 000 100 000 000All disasters
76 424
98 580 793
173 241 621
2015 2005-2014
3 310
5 938Flood 27 504 263
85 139 394
99617 778
Storm 10 592 279
34 888 330
7 3467 232
Extremetemperature
1 262 6278 755 064
1 369
923Landslide 50 332
299 127
Mass movement (dry) 373
Drought35 50 551 35435 427 8522 030
6673 Wildfire
494 713193 534
46
958 592136 103
0
12623
0
20152005-2014
AfricaAmericasAsia Europe Oceania
5% 3.9%6.5%31.6%
71.8%55.6%
16.4%8.6% 0.3%
2015
2005-2014
32 15
19 25
24
152 171
2 1
90 99
8 6
12 9
346 367
20 1717
7 166 633
8 401 84342 381
9 525
Deaths Affected
Comparing present to past
Percentage of deaths by continent
StormAndrew, USA
($45 billion)
Economic damage
Time trend of reported disasters
2015 disaster with largest economic impactSelected disasters with largest economic impact
EarthquakeTsunami
&
Occurrence
11
0.2%