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Namibia - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1982 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1982 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 19
No of people killed: 297
Average killed per year: 11
No of people affected: 884,953
Average affected per year: 32,776
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 59,490
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 2,203


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.22
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.19
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.30
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 2002 345,000
Drought 1991 250,000
Drought 1995 163,200
Flood 2008 30,000
Drought 1998 25,000
Flood 2004 20,000
Flood 2007 15,000
Epidemic 2001 12,098
Flood 2003 12,000
Flood 2000 5,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 2001 134
Epidemic 1988 100
Flood 2008 18
Epidemic 2000 14
Epidemic 2006 10
Flood 2007 7
Epidemic 2007 7
Flood 2006 5
Flood 2003 2
Drought 1982 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Drought 1991 50,000
Flood 2006 8,490
Drought 1998 1,000
Drought 1982 0
Epidemic 1988 0
Drought 1995 0
Epidemic 2000 0
Flood 2000 0
Epidemic 2001 0
Drought 2001 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 53.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 4.00
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 130,533.33
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 2,490.60
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 11,162.50
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 8,500.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 1,061.25
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
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