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Thailand - 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: 98
No of people killed: 11,694
Average killed per year: 403
No of people affected: 53,142,429
Average affected per year: 1,832,498
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 5,997,797
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 206,821


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.21
Earthquake*: 0.07
Epidemic: 0.14
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 1.83
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.10
Volcano: ...
Storm: 1.00
Wildfire: 0.03




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 2008 10,000,000
Drought 1999 6,000,000
Flood 1996 5,000,000
Drought 2002 5,000,000
Flood 1995 4,280,984
Flood 2002 3,289,420
Drought 1991 2,500,000
Flood 2000 2,500,000
Flood 2006 2,212,413
Storm 1991 1,894,238

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Earthquake* 2004 8,345
Flood 1988 664
Storm 1989 458
Flood 1995 231
Flood 2006 164
Flood 2002 154
Storm 1997 152
Flood 2006 116
Flood 2001 104
Flood 1996 91

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 1993 1,261,000
Earthquake* 2004 1,000,000
Storm 1989 452,000
Drought 2005 420,000
Flood 1993 400,100
Flood 1984 400,000
Flood 1993 319,850
Flood 1994 238,000
Flood 2004 175,000
Flood 1988 169,146



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 4,172.50
Epidemic: 28.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 43.64
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 15.67
Volcano: ...
Storm: 30.24
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 3,916,666.67
Earthquake*: 33,503.50
Epidemic: 491.25
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 496,129.13
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 14,370.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 111,569.07
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 70,716.67
Earthquake*: 500,000.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 69,461.47
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 30,759.97
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