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
Disaster occurrence
Number of natural disasters registered in EMDAT
1900 - 2005
Distribution of natural disasters: by origin
(1900-2005, by decades*)
Distribution in percentage of natural disasters: by origin
(1900-2005, by decades*)
Source:
EM-DAT : The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database.
http://www.em-dat.net
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