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Pakistan - 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: 126
No of people killed: 84,561
Average killed per year: 2,916
No of people affected: 39,116,514
Average affected per year: 1,348,845
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 8,789,814
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 303,097


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.03
Earthquake*: 0.66
Epidemic: 0.31
Extreme temp: 0.41
Flood: 1.72
Insect infestation: 0.03
Mass mov. dry: 0.03
Mass mov. wet: 0.55
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.59
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 2005 7,000,450
Flood 1992 6,655,450
Flood 1992 6,184,418
Earthquake* 2005 5,128,000
Drought 1999 2,200,000
Storm 2007 1,650,000
Flood 1996 1,300,000
Flood 2003 1,266,223
Flood 1995 1,255,000
Flood 1988 1,000,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Earthquake* 2005 73,338
Flood 1992 1,334
Flood 1998 1,000
Storm 1993 609
Flood 1995 600
Extreme temp. 1991 523
Flood 2005 520
Flood 1995 451
Flood 1994 316
Earthquake* 1991 300

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Earthquake* 2005 5,200,000
Storm 2007 1,620,000
Flood 1992 1,000,000
Flood 2007 327,118
Drought 1999 247,000
Flood 2001 246,000
Flood 1994 92,000
Flood 2005 30,000
Storm 1999 10,936
Earthquake* 1991 10,000



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: 143.00
Earthquake*: 3,900.63
Epidemic: 27.33
Extreme temp: 100.92
Flood: 136.48
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 50.00
Mass mov. wet: 33.06
Volcano: ...
Storm: 85.06
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 2,200,000.00
Earthquake*: 339,198.32
Epidemic: 1,712.33
Extreme temp: 47.83
Flood: 565,236.24
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 227.25
Volcano: ...
Storm: 128,841.94
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 247,000.00
Earthquake*: 274,552.63
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 33,907.56
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 95,937.41
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