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Zimbabwe - 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: 29
No of people killed: 2,122
Average killed per year: 79
No of people affected: 14,707,809
Average affected per year: 544,734
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 2,827,700
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 104,730


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.19
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.59
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.22
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.07
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 2001 6,000,000
Drought 1991 5,000,000
Drought 2007 2,100,000
Drought 1982 700,000
Epidemic 1996 500,000
Flood 2000 266,000
Drought 1998 55,000
Flood 2001 30,000
Epidemic 2008 29,522
Flood 2003 18,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 2008 1,561
Epidemic 1996 1,311
Epidemic 1992 258
Epidemic 2000 93
Epidemic 2005 73
Flood 2000 70
Epidemic 2007 67
Epidemic 2003 40
Flood 1998 36
Epidemic 1999 32

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Drought 1982 2,500,000
Flood 2003 200,000
Flood 2000 72,900
Drought 1991 50,000
Flood 2001 3,600
Storm 2007 1,200
Epidemic 1992 0
Epidemic 1996 0
Epidemic 1998 0
Flood 1998 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 122.88
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 24.67
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 4.00
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 2,771,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 32,613.06
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 55,166.67
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 510,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 46,083.33
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 600.00
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