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Panama - 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: 32
No of people killed: 249
Average killed per year: 10
No of people affected: 219,166
Average affected per year: 8,429
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 86,200
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 3,315


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.04
Earthquake*: 0.15
Epidemic: 0.15
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.73
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.12
Wildfire: 0.04




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1983 81,000
Flood 2008 23,292
Flood 1991 20,061
Earthquake* 1991 18,060
Flood 2002 15,000
Flood 2004 11,650
Flood 2002 11,500
Storm 1988 8,732
Flood 2004 7,698
Storm 1998 7,500

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1992 57
Epidemic 1991 43
Storm 1988 30
Earthquake* 1991 30
Flood 2004 16
Flood 2008 16
Flood 1991 12
Storm 1992 12
Flood 2008 12
Flood 2006 11

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 1988 60,000
Storm 1992 10,000
Flood 2008 10,000
Flood 1995 7,000
Flood 2005 7,000
Flood 2000 1,300
Flood 2002 500
Flood 1986 350
Storm 1998 50
Drought 1983 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 8.00
Epidemic: 25.25
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 3.74
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 15.00
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 81,000.00
Earthquake*: 5,377.75
Epidemic: 1,088.50
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 4,978.05
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 5,427.33
Wildfire: 1,436.00

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 850.00
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 23,350.00
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