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Zambia - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1980 and 2010.

Natural Disasters from 1980 - 2010


Overview

No of events: 38
No of people killed: 1,311
Average killed per year: 42
No of people affected: 9,364,579
Average affected per year: 302,083
Economic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 20,700
Economic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 668


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.16
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.55
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.45
Insect infestation: 0.03
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.03
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1991 1,700,000
Flood 2007 1,400,000
Flood 1998 1,300,000
Drought 1995 1,273,204
Drought 2005 1,200,000
Flood 1989 800,000
Flood 2001 617,900
Flood 2009 614,814
Flood 2004 196,398
Flood 2007 118,755

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1999 393
Epidemic 2003 179
Epidemic 2008 173
Epidemic 2000 163
Epidemic 2009 87
Epidemic 1990 85
Epidemic 1982 51
Epidemic 1999 44
Flood 2009 31
Epidemic 1999 23

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 1998 20,700
Drought 1982 0
Epidemic 1982 0
Drought 1983 0
Insect infestation 1986 0
Flood 1989 0
Flood 2000 0
Epidemic 2000 0
Epidemic 2000 0
Flood 2001 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 73.06
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 4.29
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 9.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 834,640.80
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 3,846.59
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 366,130.93
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 150.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 1,478.57
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...


Statistics By Disasters Type


Percentage of reported people killed by disaster type

Percentage of reported people affected by disaster type




Estimated economic damages reported by disaster type (US$ X 1,000)

*: 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