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Yemen - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1991 and 2007.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1991 - 2007


Overview

No of events: 27
No of people killed: 835
Average killed per year: 49
No of people affected: 364,592
Average affected per year: 21,447
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 1,211,500
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 71,265


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 0.06
Epidemic: 0.12
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 1.18
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.06
Volcano: 0.06
Storm: 0.12
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 1996 238,210
Earthquake* 1991 40,039
Flood 1991 30,000
Flood 2008 25,000
Flood 1993 21,500
Flood 1999 19,750
Flood 1996 5,000
Flood 1998 3,000
Flood 2006 2,000
Flood 2007 2,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Flood 1996 338
Flood 2008 180
Flood 1998 70
Mass mov. wet 2005 65
Flood 2007 50
Flood 2007 36
Flood 2001 33
Epidemic 2000 32
Flood 1993 31
Flood 2002 28

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 1996 1,200,000
Flood 1996 10,000
Flood 1993 1,500
Earthquake* 1991 0
Flood 1991 0
Flood 1998 0
Flood 1998 0
Flood 1999 0
Epidemic 2000 0
Storm 2001 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 10.00
Epidemic: 16.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 34.60
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 65.00
Volcano: 6.00
Storm: 15.00
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 40,039.00
Epidemic: 234.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 16,202.95
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 11.00
Volcano: 15.00
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 60,575.00
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