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Brazil - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1980 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1980 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 129
No of people killed: 4,216
Average killed per year: 145
No of people affected: 44,157,097
Average affected per year: 1,522,659
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 7,613,170
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 262,523


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.38
Earthquake*: 0.07
Epidemic: 0.41
Extreme temp: 0.14
Flood: 2.38
Insect infestation: 0.03
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.55
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.38
Wildfire: 0.10




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1983 20,000,000
Drought 1998 10,000,000
Flood 1988 3,020,734
Flood 1983 3,008,300
Flood 2008 1,500,000
Drought 2001 1,000,000
Drought 2007 1,000,000
Drought 1987 750,000
Flood 1985 600,000
Flood 1989 528,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1984 300
Flood 1988 300
Flood 1988 289
Flood 1984 200
Epidemic 1991 196
Flood 2003 161
Flood 2008 151
Epidemic 2008 123
Flood 1985 100
Mass mov. wet 1996 96

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Drought 2004 1,650,000
Flood 1984 1,000,000
Flood 1984 1,000,000
Flood 1988 1,000,000
Drought 1985 651,000
Extreme temp. 1994 475,000
Flood 2008 390,000
Storm 2004 350,000
Flood 1983 338,000
Flood 2003 303,000



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: 1.82
Earthquake*: 1.00
Epidemic: 57.83
Extreme temp: 21.00
Flood: 37.81
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 41.75
Volcano: ...
Storm: 12.55
Wildfire: 0.33

Affected People

Drought: 2,977,272.73
Earthquake*: 11,643.00
Epidemic: 73,664.75
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 145,499.88
Insect infestation: 2,000.00
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 14,832.13
Volcano: ...
Storm: 19,002.55
Wildfire: 4,000.00

Economic Damages

Drought: 220,272.73
Earthquake*: 2,500.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 118,750.00
Flood: 60,103.91
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 5,375.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 40,090.91
Wildfire: 12,000.00


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