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Nigeria - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1983 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1983 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 86
No of people killed: 18,640
Average killed per year: 717
No of people affected: 4,612,420
Average affected per year: 177,401
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 158,025
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 6,078


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.04
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 1.69
Extreme temp: 0.08
Flood: 1.23
Insect infestation: 0.08
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.12
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.08
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1983 3,000,000
Flood 1994 580,000
Flood 1988 300,000
Flood 2003 210,000
Flood 1998 100,000
Flood 1999 90,000
Flood 2001 84,065
Flood 2007 50,000
Epidemic 1996 30,212
Flood 1999 25,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1991 7,289
Epidemic 1996 4,346
Epidemic 1996 1,193
Epidemic 1986 1,000
Epidemic 2005 561
Epidemic 1991 400
Epidemic 1999 350
Epidemic 2001 340
Epidemic 1987 214
Flood 2001 200

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Drought 1983 71,103
Flood 1994 66,500
Flood 1985 8,000
Flood 2000 4,805
Flood 2001 3,000
Flood 2003 2,570
Flood 2000 1,900
Flood 2005 147
Epidemic 1986 0
Insect infestation 1986 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 401.39
Extreme temp: 39.00
Flood: 24.03
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 10.67
Volcano: ...
Storm: 50.00
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 3,000,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 2,093.16
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 47,422.53
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 600.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 500.00
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 71,103.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 2,716.31
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