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Congo, Rep of the - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1983 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1983 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 19
No of people killed: 399
Average killed per year: 15
No of people affected: 169,281
Average affected per year: 6,511
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 59
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 2


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.04
Earthquake*: 0.04
Epidemic: 0.38
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.27
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 2002 53,000
Flood 1999 42,000
Flood 2007 25,000
Flood 1998 20,000
Flood 1994 16,500
Flood 2006 5,000
Epidemic 2006 3,030
Flood 2005 2,000
Earthquake* 2005 1,505
Epidemic 2008 527

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 2002 128
Epidemic 1997 83
Epidemic 2006 50
Epidemic 2003 29
Epidemic 2008 25
Epidemic 2000 24
Epidemic 2001 19
Epidemic 1999 15
Epidemic 2005 10
Earthquake* 2005 6

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 1998 59
Drought 1983 0
Flood 1994 0
Epidemic 1997 0
Flood 1999 0
Epidemic 1999 0
Epidemic 2000 0
Epidemic 2001 0
Flood 2002 0
Epidemic 2002 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 6.00
Epidemic: 38.40
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 1.29
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 1,505.00
Epidemic: 427.60
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 23,357.14
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 8.43
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