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Iraq - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1991 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1991 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 10
No of people killed: 74
Average killed per year: 4
No of people affected: 73,822
Average affected per year: 4,101
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 1,300
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 72


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.06
Earthquake*: 0.06
Epidemic: 0.28
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.17
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 2006 41,890
Flood 2006 18,020
Flood 2004 8,000
Epidemic 2007 4,696
Epidemic 2008 892
Flood 2008 600
Earthquake* 1991 500
Epidemic 1997 185
Drought 1998 0
Epidemic 2003 0

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 2007 24
Earthquake* 1991 20
Flood 2006 20
Epidemic 2008 11
Flood 2008 4
Epidemic 2006 2
Epidemic 1997 0
Drought 1998 0
Epidemic 2003 0
Flood 2004 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 2006 1,300
Earthquake* 1991 0
Epidemic 1997 0
Drought 1998 0
Epidemic 2003 0
Flood 2004 0
Epidemic 2006 0
Flood 2006 0
Epidemic 2007 0
Epidemic 2008 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 20.00
Epidemic: 6.80
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 6.67
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 500.00
Epidemic: 1,082.40
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 22,636.67
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 433.33
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