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Bolivia - 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: 61
No of people killed: 1,611
Average killed per year: 52
No of people affected: 6,174,679
Average affected per year: 199,183
Economic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 3,081,000
Economic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 99,387


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.29
Earthquake*: 0.10
Epidemic: 0.29
Extreme temp: 0.13
Flood: 0.81
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.16
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.06
Wildfire: 0.13




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1983 1,583,049
Drought 1983 1,500,000
Flood 2007 485,000
Flood 2001 357,250
Flood 2007 339,495
Flood 1986 310,000
Drought 1990 283,160
Flood 2010 227,860
Flood 1997 190,000
Mass mov. wet 1994 165,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1991 329
Flood 1983 250
Earthquake* 1998 95
Flood 2002 76
Flood 2007 75
Mass mov. wet 2003 69
Flood 2003 69
Epidemic 1989 67
Mass mov. wet 1998 60
Mass mov. wet 1992 49

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Drought 1983 500,000
Flood 2007 500,000
Drought 1983 417,200
Flood 1982 400,000
Mass mov. wet 1992 400,000
Flood 2001 121,000
Flood 2002 100,000
Flood 1992 100,000
Flood 1992 100,000
Drought 2010 100,000



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 40.00
Epidemic: 53.33
Extreme temp: 4.75
Flood: 30.04
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 43.60
Volcano: ...
Storm: 10.00
Wildfire: 0.75

Affected People

Drought: 397,912.11
Earthquake*: 6,016.67
Epidemic: 2,906.56
Extreme temp: 6,320.50
Flood: 93,160.60
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 33,324.80
Volcano: ...
Storm: 9,370.00
Wildfire: 2,400.00

Economic Damages

Drought: 118,400.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 64,616.00
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 80,000.00
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
Desinventar
Bolivia's nationally produced disaster loss database of large, medium and small scale disaster damages.