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Madagascar - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1981 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1981 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 48
No of people killed: 3,740
Average killed per year: 134
No of people affected: 8,531,370
Average affected per year: 304,692
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 1,637,881
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 58,496


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.18
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.14
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.21
Insect infestation: 0.04
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 1.14
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1981 1,000,000
Storm 2004 988,139
Drought 1988 950,000
Storm 2000 736,937
Storm 1997 600,000
Drought 2002 600,000
Storm 1994 540,043
Storm 2002 526,200
Storm 2008 524,153
Storm 2000 369,272

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1999 860
Epidemic 2002 671
Storm 2004 363
Drought 1988 200
Storm 1994 200
Storm 1997 140
Storm 2000 130
Epidemic 1999 121
Storm 1981 107
Storm 1986 99

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 1981 250,000
Storm 1982 250,000
Storm 1984 250,000
Storm 2004 250,000
Storm 2007 240,000
Storm 1986 150,000
Flood 2003 150,000
Storm 1997 50,000
Storm 1983 25,000
Storm 1994 10,000



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: 40.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 418.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 8.67
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 56.75
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 559,058.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 10,180.75
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 27,368.33
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 172,848.34
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 25,000.00
Insect infestation: 3,500.00
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 46,386.91
Wildfire: ...


Statistics By Disasters Type





*: Including tsunami


More information and data on: www.emdat.be/

Source of data: "EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Bel."
Data version: v11.08

Data displayed does not imply national endorsement