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Guinea-Bissau - 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: 19
No of people killed: 2,996
Average killed per year: 111
No of people affected: 241,877
Average affected per year: 8,958
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: 0.11
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.30
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.11
Insect infestation: 0.07
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.07
Wildfire: 0.04




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 2002 100,000
Drought 2006 32,000
Epidemic 1996 26,967
Epidemic 2005 25,111
Epidemic 1997 22,299
Epidemic 2008 14,004
Epidemic 1994 8,631
Epidemic 1987 6,000
Storm 1987 3,703
Epidemic 1999 2,169

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1996 961
Epidemic 1997 781
Epidemic 1999 404
Epidemic 2005 399
Epidemic 2008 221
Epidemic 1994 195
Epidemic 1987 68
Wildfire 1998 3
Flood 2004 3
Epidemic 2004 3

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Drought 1982 0
Insect infestation 1986 0
Insect infestation 1987 0
Storm 1987 0
Epidemic 1987 0
Storm 1993 0
Epidemic 1994 0
Epidemic 1996 0
Epidemic 1997 0
Wildfire 1998 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 373.63
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 1.00
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.50
Wildfire: 3.00

Affected People

Drought: 44,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 12,650.25
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 583.33
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 2,712.50
Wildfire: 1,500.00

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