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Guatemala - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1982 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1982 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 56
No of people killed: 3,698
Average killed per year: 137
No of people affected: 1,019,343
Average affected per year: 37,753
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 1,867,050
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 69,150


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.11
Earthquake*: 0.30
Epidemic: 0.22
Extreme temp: 0.07
Flood: 0.52
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 0.04
Mass mov. wet: 0.22
Volcano: 0.30
Storm: 0.22
Wildfire: 0.07




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Storm 2005 475,314
Flood 2008 180,000
Drought 2001 113,596
Storm 1998 105,700
Flood 2002 98,740
Drought 1987 73,000
Epidemic 1991 26,800
Earthquake* 1991 23,890
Flood 1982 20,256
Flood 1995 7,435

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Storm 2005 1,513
Flood 1982 620
Storm 1998 384
Epidemic 1992 206
Epidemic 1990 200
Epidemic 1991 180
Flood 1987 84
Mass mov. wet 2002 68
Mass mov. wet 2005 63
Mass mov. wet 1998 51

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 2005 988,300
Storm 1998 748,000
Flood 1982 100,000
Drought 2001 14,000
Drought 1994 10,000
Earthquake* 1982 5,000
Flood 1999 1,000
Storm 1996 500
Storm 2001 100
Storm 2002 100



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: 13.67
Earthquake*: 5.88
Epidemic: 100.67
Extreme temp: 3.00
Flood: 59.43
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 23.00
Mass mov. wet: 39.67
Volcano: ...
Storm: 317.83
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 62,198.67
Earthquake*: 4,234.00
Epidemic: 5,598.17
Extreme temp: 925.00
Flood: 10,760.79
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 540.33
Volcano: 2,084.75
Storm: 98,810.83
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 8,000.00
Earthquake*: 631.25
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 7,214.29
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 289,500.00
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