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 killed by natural disasters
1991 - 2005
Average number of people reported killed, per million inhabitants by continent and disaster origin
1991 - 2005
Number of people reported killed by type of disaster 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
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