2011
disasters(1) in numbers
Top 10
Natural disasters by number of deaths(2-) 2011
(1): Epidemic and insect infestations not included
Time trend of reported natural disasters, 1975-2011 (3)
400
413 421
432
(2): Includes the reported missing persons
Number of reported natural
Total killed and affected people by natural disasters per 100,000
350
300
250
200
205
278
302
150
100
50
0 1975 1983
1990
2000 2002 2005 2011
400
(3): Natural Disasters = Country-level disasters
Annual reported economic damages from natural disasters: 1980-2011
350
300
Earthquake/Tsunami Tohoku
Japan
($210 billion)
250
200
Earthquake Kobé
Japan
($145 billion)
Hurricane Katrina, Rita and Wilma
USA ($176 billion)
Earthquake Sichuan China P. Rep ($87 billion)
150
100
50
Earthquake Naples Province
Italy
($54 billion)
Earthquake Northridge
USA ($45 billion)
Earthquake Izmit
Turkey
($27 billion)
Earthquake Niigata-ken
Japan
($33 billion)
Earthquake of Maule Region
Chile
($30 billion)
1980
1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
2010
Selected disasters with largest economic impact
Comparing present to past
Human impact by disaster types
Average 2001-2010
2011
Total affected Total killed
106 416 698
106 310 080
59 724 937
68 457 640
33 972 346
39 081 358
1 583 968
8 706 978
4 085 558
8 544 932
408
7 227
380 649
Drought
Earthquake
(including tsunami)
Extreme temperature
Flood
Mass mov. dry
Mass mov. wet
Storm
108
231
27
314
1 002
3 076
5 202
5 641
14 731
20 943
68 015
17 236
45 004
149 510
Volcano 3
56
5 300
213 143
Wild fires 13
205 841 038
231 844 699
Total
29 782
106 887
100 000 000
80 000 000
60 000 000
40 000 000
20 000 000 0
0 5 000 10 000 15 000 20 000
Natural disaster occurrence by disaster type
400
350
300
250
384
302
Percentage of people killed
by natural disasters by region
2011
Europe
0.20% Oceania
0.61% Africa
2.00%
200
150
100
50
0
16 16 28 22 11
175
138
1
20 18
104
79
6 6 12 4
Asia
89.20%
Average 2001-2010
Americas
7.97%
Europe
12.94%
Oceania
0.12%
Africa
1.32%
Average 2001-2010
2011
Asia
62.48%
Americas
23.13%
Source of data: EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED - International Disaster Database www.emdat.be Université catholique de Louvain Brussels - Belgium
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Tel: +41 22 9178908/8907
www.unisdr.org
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), IRSS
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Tel. +32 27643327 www.cred.be