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Ethiopia - 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: 78
No of people killed: 313,285
Average killed per year: 10,803
No of people affected: 46,160,070
Average affected per year: 1,591,727
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 31,700
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 1,093


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.28
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.62
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 1.45
Insect infestation: 0.14
Mass mov. dry: 0.03
Mass mov. wet: 0.07
Volcano: 0.07
Storm: ...
Wildfire: 0.03




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 2003 12,600,000
Drought 1983 7,750,000
Drought 1987 7,000,000
Drought 1989 6,500,000
Drought 2008 6,400,000
Drought 1999 4,900,000
Drought 2005 2,600,000
Drought 1997 986,200
Flood 2006 361,600
Flood 1990 350,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Drought 1983 300,000
Epidemic 1988 7,385
Epidemic 1985 1,101
Epidemic 1981 990
Flood 2006 498
Drought 1987 367
Flood 2006 364
Epidemic 2000 311
Epidemic 2001 311
Flood 1997 297

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Drought 1998 15,600
Flood 2005 5,000
Flood 1994 3,500
Flood 2006 3,200
Flood 1999 2,700
Flood 2005 1,200
Flood 1995 500
Epidemic 1980 0
Epidemic 1981 0
Flood 1981 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: 37,545.88
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 608.06
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 45.93
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 13.00
Mass mov. wet: 13.00
Volcano: 2.50
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 5,479,525.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 9,467.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 51,006.31
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 97.00
Volcano: 5,500.00
Storm: ...
Wildfire: 5.00

Economic Damages

Drought: 1,950.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 383.33
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