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Swaziland - 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: 14
No of people killed: 698
Average killed per year: 27
No of people affected: 2,549,862
Average affected per year: 98,072
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 55,941
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 2,152


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.19
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.12
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.08
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 2001 970,000
Storm 1984 632,500
Drought 2007 410,000
Flood 2000 272,000
Drought 1990 250,000
Storm 2006 6,535
Flood 2008 2,500
Epidemic 1992 2,228
Wildfire 2007 1,500
Epidemic 2000 1,449

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Drought 1983 500
Epidemic 1996 80
Storm 1984 53
Epidemic 2000 32
Epidemic 1992 30
Wildfire 2007 2
Storm 2006 1
Drought 1984 0
Drought 1990 0
Flood 2000 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 1984 54,152
Drought 1990 1,739
Flood 2000 50
Drought 1983 0
Drought 1984 0
Epidemic 1992 0
Epidemic 1996 0
Epidemic 2000 0
Drought 2001 0
Storm 2005 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: 100.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 47.33
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 18.00
Wildfire: 2.00

Affected People

Drought: 326,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 1,225.67
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 137,250.00
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 213,395.00
Wildfire: 1,500.00

Economic Damages

Drought: 347.80
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 25.00
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 18,050.67
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