International Strategy for Disaster Reduction   


Disaster statistics 1991-2005
 
 
Introduction
Disaster occurrence
Disaster impact
Top 50 countries
2005 disaster in numbers
Classification of countries Human Development Report 2005
   
 
 Disasters Impact
 
 
Number of people reported affected by natural disasters
1991 - 2005
 
 

Average number of people reported affected, per million inhabitants by continent and disaster origin
1991 - 2005
 
 
 
Cumulative number of people reported affected by type of disasters and level of development
1991 - 2005
 
 
The droughts & related disasters category includes extreme temperatures
 
Source of data: EM-DAT : The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database.
http://www.em-dat.net, UCL - Brussels, Belgium
 
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