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Uganda - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1982 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1982 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 56
No of people killed: 1,786
Average killed per year: 66
No of people affected: 4,491,935
Average affected per year: 166,368
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 72,671
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 2,692


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.22
Earthquake*: 0.15
Epidemic: 1.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.52
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.07
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.11
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 2008 750,000
Flood 2007 718,045
Drought 1999 700,000
Drought 2002 655,000
Drought 1987 600,000
Drought 2005 600,000
Flood 1997 153,500
Drought 1998 126,000
Epidemic 1997 100,000
Earthquake* 1994 50,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 2000 224
Epidemic 1990 197
Epidemic 1989 156
Drought 1999 115
Epidemic 1991 100
Flood 1997 100
Epidemic 2006 100
Epidemic 1999 91
Drought 2002 79
Epidemic 2007 67

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Earthquake* 1994 70,000
Drought 1998 1,600
Flood 1997 1,000
Flood 2007 71
Epidemic 1982 0
Epidemic 1986 0
Drought 1987 0
Earthquake* 1988 0
Epidemic 1989 0
Earthquake* 1990 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: 32.33
Earthquake*: 1.75
Epidemic: 50.93
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 12.79
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 15.50
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 563,500.00
Earthquake*: 13,000.00
Epidemic: 4,302.93
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 66,377.50
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 1,683.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 3,368.33
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 266.67
Earthquake*: 17,500.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 76.50
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