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Burundi - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1989 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1989 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 35
No of people killed: 893
Average killed per year: 45
No of people affected: 4,294,252
Average affected per year: 214,713
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 0
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 0


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.15
Earthquake*: 0.05
Epidemic: 0.60
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.75
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.20
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 2005 2,150,000
Epidemic 2000 722,591
Drought 1999 650,000
Epidemic 1999 616,034
Storm 1999 30,810
Epidemic 1997 23,889
Flood 2007 23,000
Storm 2004 15,000
Flood 2004 10,000
Epidemic 2000 8,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 2000 308
Epidemic 1992 220
Drought 2005 120
Epidemic 2002 68
Epidemic 1999 51
Epidemic 1999 29
Epidemic 1997 21
Epidemic 2002 13
Flood 1989 12
Flood 2006 11

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 1989 0
Epidemic 1992 0
Epidemic 1997 0
Epidemic 1997 0
Storm 1999 0
Epidemic 1999 0
Epidemic 1999 0
Drought 1999 0
Flood 2000 0
Epidemic 2000 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: 42.00
Earthquake*: 3.00
Epidemic: 60.17
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 2.80
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 933,333.33
Earthquake*: 120.00
Epidemic: 114,661.33
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 4,692.07
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 11,953.75
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
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