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Saudi Arabia - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1982 and 2005.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1982 - 2005


Overview

No of events: 11
No of people killed: 299
Average killed per year: 12
No of people affected: 19,118
Average affected per year: 797
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 450,000
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 18,750


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.13
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.29
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.04
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 2003 13,000
Flood 1985 5,000
Flood 2004 430
Epidemic 2000 329
Epidemic 2000 168
Epidemic 2001 74
Flood 2005 67
Flood 2003 50
Storm 1982 0
Flood 2002 0

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 2000 76
Epidemic 2000 57
Epidemic 2001 35
Flood 2005 34
Flood 1985 32
Flood 2005 29
Flood 2002 19
Flood 2003 12
Flood 2004 5
Storm 1982 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 1985 450,000
Storm 1982 0
Epidemic 2000 0
Epidemic 2000 0
Epidemic 2001 0
Flood 2002 0
Flood 2003 0
Flood 2003 0
Flood 2004 0
Flood 2005 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 56.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 18.71
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 190.33
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 2,649.57
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 64,285.71
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