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Gambia - 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: 15
No of people killed: 200
Average killed per year: 7
No of people affected: 551,915
Average affected per year: 19,032
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 0
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 0


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.07
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.07
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.14
Insect infestation: 0.14
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.10
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1980 500,000
Flood 1999 32,000
Storm 2003 8,019
Storm 2004 6,137
Flood 1996 4,000
Epidemic 1997 793
Flood 2008 400
Flood 2007 300
Storm 2008 300
Flood 2001 250

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1997 120
Flood 1999 53
Epidemic 2000 21
Storm 2003 3
Storm 2004 2
Flood 2001 1
Drought 1980 0
Insect infestation 1986 0
Insect infestation 1987 0
Insect infestation 1988 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Drought 1980 0
Insect infestation 1986 0
Insect infestation 1987 0
Insect infestation 1988 0
Flood 1996 0
Epidemic 1997 0
Flood 1999 0
Epidemic 2000 0
Flood 2001 0
Drought 2002 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 70.50
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 13.50
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 1.67
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 250,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 454.50
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 9,137.50
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 4,818.67
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

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