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Haiti - 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: 65
No of people killed: 8,165
Average killed per year: 282
No of people affected: 7,220,916
Average affected per year: 248,997
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 823,906
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 28,411


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.14
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.03
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 1.17
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.03
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.86
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Storm 1994 1,587,000
Storm 1980 1,165,000
Drought 1992 1,000,000
Storm 1988 870,000
Storm 2004 315,594
Flood 2003 150,000
Storm 2008 125,050
Storm 2007 108,763
Drought 1980 103,000
Flood 1986 98,860

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Storm 2004 2,754
Flood 2004 2,665
Storm 1994 1,122
Storm 2008 529
Storm 1980 220
Storm 1998 190
Storm 2007 90
Storm 2008 85
Flood 1986 79
Storm 2008 74

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 1980 400,000
Storm 1998 180,000
Storm 1988 91,286
Storm 1994 50,000
Storm 2004 50,000
Storm 2005 50,000
Flood 2002 1,000
Storm 2004 1,000
Storm 2005 500
Storm 1996 100



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 40.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 92.74
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 198.88
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 284,500.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 200.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 16,727.29
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 1,060.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 220,517.12
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 29.41
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 32,916.24
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