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Philippines - 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: 310
No of people killed: 31,060
Average killed per year: 1,071
No of people affected: 98,701,710
Average affected per year: 3,403,507
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 5,946,537
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 205,053


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.24
Earthquake*: 0.38
Epidemic: 0.31
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 2.45
Insect infestation: 0.03
Mass mov. dry: 0.14
Mass mov. wet: 0.72
Volcano: 0.41
Storm: 5.97
Wildfire: 0.03




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Storm 1990 6,159,569
Storm 2008 4,785,460
Storm 1998 3,902,424
Storm 2006 3,842,406
Storm 1988 3,250,208
Drought 1998 2,600,000
Storm 2006 2,562,517
Storm 2000 2,436,256
Storm 2002 2,278,386
Storm 1984 2,261,900

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Storm 1991 5,956
Earthquake* 1990 2,412
Storm 2004 1,619
Storm 1984 1,399
Storm 2006 1,399
Mass mov. wet 2006 1,126
Storm 1984 1,079
Storm 1987 882
Storm 1995 882
Storm 2008 644

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 1995 700,300
Storm 1990 388,500
Earthquake* 1990 369,600
Storm 2008 284,694
Storm 1995 244,000
Storm 1988 240,500
Storm 1984 216,700
Volcano 1991 211,000
Storm 1993 188,000
Storm 1988 149,060



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: 1.14
Earthquake*: 230.91
Epidemic: 40.89
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 27.97
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 95.50
Mass mov. wet: 106.76
Volcano: 59.92
Storm: 131.87
Wildfire: 2.00

Affected People

Drought: 935,648.86
Earthquake*: 179,897.55
Epidemic: 1,561.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 120,263.32
Insect infestation: 200.00
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 15,032.57
Volcano: 124,207.00
Storm: 461,351.92
Wildfire: 300.00

Economic Damages

Drought: 9,207.57
Earthquake*: 34,539.55
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 13,345.37
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 1,581.10
Volcano: 18,023.50
Storm: 24,885.22
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