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Tunisia - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1982 and 2007.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1982 - 2007


Overview

No of events: 10
No of people killed: 205
Average killed per year: 8
No of people affected: 218,000
Average affected per year: 8,385
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 332,800
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 12,800


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.04
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.27
Insect infestation: 0.08
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 1990 152,000
Flood 1982 30,000
Flood 2003 27,000
Flood 2007 5,000
Flood 1986 2,500
Flood 2007 1,500
Insect infestation 1988 0
Insect infestation 1988 0
Drought 1988 0
Flood 2003 0

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Flood 1982 117
Flood 1990 37
Flood 1986 23
Flood 2007 16
Flood 2003 8
Flood 2003 4
Insect infestation 1988 0
Insect infestation 1988 0
Drought 1988 0
Flood 2007 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 1990 242,800
Flood 1982 90,000
Flood 1986 0
Insect infestation 1988 0
Insect infestation 1988 0
Drought 1988 0
Flood 2003 0
Flood 2003 0
Flood 2007 0
Flood 2007 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 29.29
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 31,142.86
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 47,542.86
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