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Algeria - 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: 62
No of people killed: 6,808
Average killed per year: 235
No of people affected: 1,458,729
Average affected per year: 50,301
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 10,616,846
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 366,098


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.07
Earthquake*: 0.48
Epidemic: 0.07
Extreme temp: 0.03
Flood: 1.17
Insect infestation: 0.07
Mass mov. dry: 0.03
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.14
Wildfire: 0.07




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Earthquake* 1980 930,317
Earthquake* 2003 210,261
Flood 2006 60,000
Flood 2008 59,050
Flood 2001 45,423
Flood 1994 30,000
Flood 2004 27,545
Earthquake* 1999 15,175
Flood 1985 15,000
Earthquake* 1994 12,789

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Earthquake* 1980 2,633
Earthquake* 2003 2,266
Flood 2001 921
Earthquake* 1994 171
Flood 2008 89
Flood 1984 54
Flood 1981 43
Extreme temp. 2003 40
Flood 1982 37
Flood 1994 32

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Earthquake* 1980 5,200,000
Earthquake* 2003 5,000,000
Flood 2008 339,736
Flood 2001 300,000
Earthquake* 1999 60,929
Flood 2007 29,500
Flood 2007 13,561
Flood 2005 7,256
Flood 2002 1,500
Flood 2006 1,200



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: 6.00
Earthquake*: 368.57
Epidemic: 0.50
Extreme temp: 40.00
Flood: 44.79
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 15.00
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 6.75
Wildfire: 15.00

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 84,807.79
Epidemic: 284.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 7,648.06
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 696.00
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 2,530.50
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 733,066.36
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 10,409.32
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