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Botswana - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1982 and 2006.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1982 - 2006


Overview

No of events: 10
No of people killed: 684
Average killed per year: 27
No of people affected: 1,335,425
Average affected per year: 53,417
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 5,000
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 200


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.12
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.08
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.16
Insect infestation: 0.04
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1982 1,037,300
Flood 2000 138,776
Drought 1992 100,000
Epidemic 2006 22,264
Epidemic 1988 14,618
Flood 1988 12,007
Flood 1995 5,500
Flood 2004 4,960
Insect infestation 1986 0
Drought 2005 0

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 2006 470
Epidemic 1988 183
Flood 1995 20
Flood 1988 8
Flood 2000 3
Drought 1982 0
Insect infestation 1986 0
Drought 1992 0
Flood 2004 0
Drought 2005 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 2000 5,000
Drought 1982 0
Insect infestation 1986 0
Flood 1988 0
Epidemic 1988 0
Drought 1992 0
Flood 1995 0
Flood 2004 0
Drought 2005 0
Epidemic 2006 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 326.50
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 7.75
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 379,100.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 18,441.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 40,310.75
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 1,250.00
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