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Central African Republic - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1981 and 2007.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1981 - 2007


Overview

No of events: 22
No of people killed: 906
Average killed per year: 34
No of people affected: 132,428
Average affected per year: 4,905
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 125
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 5


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.04
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.30
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.33
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.07
Wildfire: 0.07




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 1999 33,919
Flood 2005 23,805
Flood 1996 17,500
Flood 2004 12,698
Flood 1999 12,000
Flood 1998 9,200
Flood 2007 7,812
Flood 1995 3,914
Storm 2001 3,000
Storm 1981 1,850

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 2001 343
Epidemic 2000 300
Epidemic 2000 108
Epidemic 1992 56
Epidemic 2000 40
Epidemic 2003 23
Epidemic 1999 14
Flood 1996 7
Epidemic 2002 6
Storm 2001 3

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 1981 125
Drought 1983 0
Epidemic 1992 0
Flood 1995 0
Wildfire 1995 0
Flood 1996 0
Flood 1998 0
Flood 1999 0
Flood 1999 0
Epidemic 1999 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 111.25
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 1.33
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 1.50
Wildfire: 0.50

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 706.88
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 13,454.22
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 2,425.00
Wildfire: 417.50

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 62.50
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