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Guinea - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1981 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1981 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 23
No of people killed: 1,281
Average killed per year: 46
No of people affected: 309,832
Average affected per year: 11,065
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*: 0.04
Epidemic: 0.43
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.21
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.04
Wildfire: 0.04




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 2001 220,000
Epidemic 1994 24,000
Earthquake* 1983 21,436
Flood 2007 20,685
Flood 1993 6,066
Flood 1981 5,000
Flood 2008 4,200
Epidemic 2007 2,410
Epidemic 2005 1,884
Flood 2006 1,200

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1994 311
Earthquake* 1983 275
Epidemic 2000 190
Epidemic 2006 111
Epidemic 2004 100
Epidemic 2007 90
Epidemic 2005 72
Epidemic 2003 24
Epidemic 2002 23
Epidemic 1987 18

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Drought 1981 0
Flood 1981 0
Earthquake* 1983 0
Epidemic 1987 0
Flood 1993 0
Epidemic 1994 0
Drought 1998 0
Epidemic 1999 0
Epidemic 2000 0
Storm 2000 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: 6.00
Earthquake*: 275.00
Epidemic: 81.75
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 1.50
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 4.00
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 21,436.00
Epidemic: 2,539.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 42,858.50
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: 777.00

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