International Strategy
ISDR
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
for Disaster Reduction
Disaster statistics OCCURRENCE: trends-century
CRED
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
Number of natural disasters registered in EMDAT
1900-2005
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
19
00
19
03
19
06
19
09
19
12
19
15
19
18
19
21
19
24
19
27
19
30
19
33
19
36
19
39
19
42
19
45
19
48
19
51
19
54
19
57
19
60
19
63
19
66
19
69
19
72
19
75
19
78
19
81
19
84
19
87
19
90
19
93
19
96
19
99
20
02
20
05
0
Biological
Geological
Hydrometeorological
Distribution of natural disasters by origin
(1900-2005, by decades*)
19001909
19101919
19201929
19301939
19401949
19501959
19601969
19701979
19801989
19901999
20002005
Total
Hydrometeorological
28
72
56
72
120
232
463
776
1 498
2 034
2 135
7 486
Geological
40
28
33
37
52
60
88
124
232
325
233
1 252
Biological
5
7
10
3
4
2
37
64
170
361
420
1 083
73
107
99
112
176
294
588
964
1 900
2 720
2 788
9 821
Total
International Strategy
ISDR
for Disaster Reduction
International Strategy for
Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR)
Tel: +41 22 9172529/762/759
[email protected]
www.unisdr.org
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology
of Disasters (CRED), Department of Public Health
Université catholique de Louvain
Tel. +32-2-764-3327
[email protected]
www.cred.be
Source of data: EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED
International Disaster Database
www.em-dat.net
Université Catholique de Louvain
Brussels - Belgium
International Strategy
ISDR
for Disaster Reduction
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Disaster statistics OCCURRENCE: trends-century
CRED
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
Distribution in percentage of natural disasters by origin
(1900-2005, by decades*)
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
1900-1909
1910-1919
1920-1929
Hydrometeorological
1930-1939
Geological
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
Biological
*: (2000-2005 : 6-year period)
Natural disaster occurrence by type:
comparison 2004-2005
400
360
350
305
300
250
200
168
150
107
100
81
50
15
22
29
21
33
44
7 7
2
16 12
0
Drought
2004
Earthquake
2005
69
Epidemic
Extreme
Temperature
Flood
Insect
infectation
Slide
5 7
2
8 10
Volcano Wave / Surge Wild Fire
(Including tsunami)
Wind Storm
Total
2000-2005
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Number of natural disasters by type
1970-2005
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International Strategy
ISDR
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
for Disaster Reduction
Disaster statistics OCCURRENCE: trends-century
CRED
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
Distribution in percentage of natural disasters by type
1970-2005
35.0
30.7
30.0
Drought and related disasters
26.6
Earthquake and tsunami
25.0
20.0
15.0
11.2
8.9
10.0
7.8
5.1
5.0
3.4
3.5
1.7
1.0
0.2
0.0
Insect
Infestation
Volcano
Wild Fire
Extreme
Temperature
Drought
Slide
Tsunami
Earthquake
Epidemic
Wind Storm
Flood
Number of natural disasters by type: regional distribution
1991-2005
Hydrometeorological disasters
Extreme
Wild Wind
Drought Temperature Flood Slide Fire
Storm
Africa
Eastern Africa
Middle Africa
Northern Africa
Southern Africa
Western Africa
Sub-total
87
8
9
23
18
145
Americas
Carribean
Central America
North America
South America
Sub-total
6
20
8
23
57
Asia
Eastern Asia
South Central Asia
South East Asia
Western Asia
Sub-total
31
22
25
13
91
8
47
Europe
Eastern Europe
Northern Europe
Southern Europe
Western Europe
Sub-total
Oceania
Australia
Melanasia
Micronesia
Polynesia
Sub-total
Total
6
1
2
9
132
37
56
24
87
336
7
2
2
1
2
14
2
2
2
7
2
15
13
11
21
45
44
82
90
165
381
2
12
1
46
61
11
66
132
285
198
57
672
7
2
9
1
19
46
12
19
19
96
6
5
2
1
14
326
274
50
84
73
126
607
11
1
12
2
26
2
7
56
20
85
95 149
76 210
236 402
36 311
443 1 072
34
63
47
7
151
8
7
13
5
33
219 432
137 561
140 423
23 116
519 1 532
108
22
70
60
260
10
2
5
6
23
23
47
27
20
38
132
241
65
148
127
581
12
2
22
5
41
5
36
9
2
5
11
1
5
45
2
9
12
49
24
10
16
99
109
44
12
19
184
1
11
1
1
14
221 1 694
258
196
1 281 3 976
431
25
3
51
46
1
9
17
15
88
Total
Geological disasters
Earthquake
& Tsunami Volcano Total
3
1
Biological disasters
Insect
Epidemic Infestation Total
1
5
14
2
12
2
1
31
146
50
19
12
151
378
5
31
10
34
80
4
19
1
10
34
9
50
11
44
114
6
30
9
28
73
81
95
56
38
270
5
86
95
79
38
298
17
103
61
12
193
1
4
1
12
3
24
5
44
19
6
10
6
41
1
2
5
2
2
11
2
10
2
20
1
1
24
80
511
696
27
23
28
1
2
3
1
9
3
2
2
Total
8
15
149
52
21
12
159
393
437
104
117
87
286
1 031
3
3
6
30
9
31
76
164
290
422
386
1 262
18
107
62
12
199
536
763
564
166
2 029
20
6
10
6
42
273
74
182
138
667
4
5
2
2
13
115
69
15
22
221
6
1
2
723 5 210
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Regional distribution of disasters by type
1991 - 2005
World distribution of disasters by type
1991 - 2005
Earthquake & Tsunami
8%
6%
6%
3%
14%
Europe
20%
Volcano
2%
8%
Epidemic
13%
Insect Infestation
1%
Wind Storm
25%
40%
3%
Asia
6%
Drought
6%
3%
10%
4%
3%
34%
6%
5%
Africa
4%
30%
Extreme temperature
4%
1%
13%
Americas
1%
14%
38%
26%
7%
2%
33%
34%
7%
5%
3%
9% 1%
1%
Oceania
6%
5%
5% 1% 6%
2%
20%
Wild Fire
4%
Flood
32%
Slide
5%
Extreme temperature
Earthquake & tsunami
Insect infestation
Epidemic
Slide
Volcano
Drought
Flood
Wind storm
Wild fire
1532
Regional distribution of natural disasters by origin
581
1991 - 2005
World distribution of disasters by origin
1991 - 2005
5%
46%
1072
44 42
Europe
Geological
10%
607
393
298
199
Biological
14%
114
31
Africa
Americas
Hydrometeorological
76%
Asia
76
184
24 13
Oceania
Hydrometeorological
Geological
Biological
4%