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Djibouti - 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: 18
No of people killed: 317
Average killed per year: 11
No of people affected: 1,484,310
Average affected per year: 51,183
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 3,219
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 111


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.28
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.14
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.17
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.03
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 2008 340,000
Flood 1989 150,300
Drought 2005 150,000
Drought 1980 145,000
Flood 1994 120,000
Flood 1981 102,000
Drought 1996 100,000
Drought 2001 100,000
Flood 2004 100,000
Drought 1983 80,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Flood 1994 145
Flood 2004 51
Epidemic 1998 43
Epidemic 1997 29
Flood 1981 25
Flood 1989 10
Epidemic 1994 10
Epidemic 2000 4
Drought 1980 0
Drought 1983 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 1994 2,119
Flood 1989 1,100
Drought 1980 0
Flood 1981 0
Drought 1983 0
Drought 1988 0
Flood 1993 0
Epidemic 1994 0
Storm 1995 0
Drought 1996 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 21.50
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 46.20
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 123,468.75
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 871.25
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 98,460.00
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 775.00
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 643.80
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