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Benin - 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: 32
No of people killed: 1,432
Average killed per year: 53
No of people affected: 4,114,133
Average affected per year: 152,375
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 8,766
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 325


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.04
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.67
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.44
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: 0.04




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1983 2,100,000
Flood 1982 580,000
Flood 1985 475,000
Flood 1998 420,000
Flood 2008 158,235
Flood 1996 148,727
Flood 1995 123,000
Flood 1988 84,000
Flood 1999 57,469
Flood 1997 51,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 2000 300
Epidemic 2001 300
Epidemic 1989 228
Epidemic 1998 78
Epidemic 1996 65
Flood 1985 61
Epidemic 2001 57
Epidemic 2002 50
Epidemic 1997 47
Epidemic 1987 41

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 1985 4,800
Flood 1995 3,100
Drought 1983 651
Flood 1999 215
Flood 1982 0
Wildfire 1984 0
Epidemic 1987 0
Epidemic 1987 0
Flood 1988 0
Epidemic 1989 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 72.72
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 10.25
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 2,100,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 1,281.67
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 165,921.92
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 651.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 676.25
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