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
Total amount of reported economic damages: all naturel disasters (in current US$ billion)
1991 - 2005
Total amount of reported economic damages by continent and disaster origin (2005 US$ billion)
1991 - 2005
Total amount of reported economic damages by level of development and type of disaster (2005 US$ billion)
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
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