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Niger - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1980 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1980 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 50
No of people killed: 9,077
Average killed per year: 313
No of people affected: 13,320,391
Average affected per year: 459,324
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 10,200
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 352


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.21
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.97
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.38
Insect infestation: 0.14
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.03
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 2001 3,584,558
Drought 1980 3,500,000
Drought 2005 3,000,000
Drought 1990 1,630,000
Drought 1988 1,000,000
Epidemic 1991 87,816
Flood 1988 80,000
Epidemic 1995 63,691
Flood 1994 61,992
Flood 2007 57,274

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1995 3,022
Epidemic 1991 2,618
Epidemic 1996 676
Epidemic 2001 321
Epidemic 2002 308
Epidemic 1997 251
Epidemic 2001 237
Epidemic 1991 224
Epidemic 1996 206
Epidemic 2003 195

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 1988 10,200
Drought 1980 0
Epidemic 1984 0
Insect infestation 1986 0
Insect infestation 1987 0
Insect infestation 1988 0
Drought 1988 0
Epidemic 1989 0
Epidemic 1989 0
Drought 1990 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 319.64
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 11.18
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 4.00
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 2,120,509.67
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 8,838.86
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 31,690.18
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 1,253.00
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 927.27
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