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Jordan - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1981 and 2002.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1981 - 2002


Overview

No of events: 12
No of people killed: 54
Average killed per year: 2
No of people affected: 348,981
Average affected per year: 15,863
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 401,000
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 18,227


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.09
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.05
Extreme temp: 0.09
Flood: 0.14
Insect infestation: 0.05
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.14
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1999 180,000
Drought 2000 150,000
Flood 1991 18,000
Epidemic 1981 715
Storm 2000 200
Flood 1987 29
Storm 2002 25
Extreme temp. 2000 12
Insect infestation 1989 0
Storm 1991 0

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Extreme temp. 1992 15
Flood 1987 9
Storm 2000 9
Flood 1991 8
Storm 2002 5
Epidemic 1981 4
Storm 1991 2
Flood 1997 2
Insect infestation 1989 0
Drought 1999 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Extreme temp. 1992 400,000
Flood 1997 1,000
Epidemic 1981 0
Flood 1987 0
Insect infestation 1989 0
Flood 1991 0
Storm 1991 0
Drought 1999 0
Extreme temp. 2000 0
Storm 2000 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 4.00
Extreme temp: 7.50
Flood: 6.33
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 5.33
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 165,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 715.00
Extreme temp: 6.00
Flood: 6,009.67
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 75.00
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 200,000.00
Flood: 333.33
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