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1.3 Vulnerability of Countries with Small Economy and Population:
It is obvious that the countries with small economy and population suffer more by even theoccurrence of one small disaster.

Following tables show the ranks of actual disasters in terms ofnumber of killed, number of affected people and amount of damage and the situation, compared to the
population and GNI (Gross National Income)2 respectively.
Table 4 to 9 illustrate that an actual damage in terms of human or economic loss is small,while its effect on the population and economy is large, compared to the population and GNI of thesecountries.

Accordingly this comparison reveals that countries with small economy and population

bear heavy damage in terms of loss share to population and GNI.

For example Table 4 shows theranks of disaster events according to the number of people killed.

Table 5 shows the ranks according

to the share of killed to population.

In Table 5, we can see that countries with small population havelarger share of human loss. It can be seen that New Caledonia, ranked at 233 in the Table 4 according
to actual number of killed, has moved up to the 20th rank in the Table 5 according to the share ofhuman loss to population.

Similar movements could be observed from other countries such as Fiji,

American Samoa, Bermuda, Kyrgyzstan, Togo, Oman, Mali and Sri Lanka. Further, Iran stays at the
1st rank in both tables and this shows the huge human effect of the Bam Earthquake.

Similarobservations can be made from other Tables 6 & 7 and 8 & 9 in terms of affected people and economic
damage respectively.

2

Here we used the values from World Bank, 2002 data and definition.

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Table 4: Top 25 Natural Disasters According to Number of People Killed (World) (2003)
Rank(Killed) Country
1 Iran Islam Rep
2 France
3 Germany
Italy
4

5

Algeria

RegionSouth Asia
European Union
European Union

DisType
Earthquake
ExtremeTemperature
ExtremeTemperature

European Union

ExtremeTemperature

North Africa

6 United Kingdom

European Union

7 Portugal
India

European Union

DisNameEarthquake
ExtremeTemperature
ExtremeTemperature

8South Asia

ExtremeTemperature

9 Netherlands
Burkina Faso

European Union

ExtremeTemperature

10

West Africa

Epidemic

East Asia

Month Day Killed
InjuredHomeless Affected1226
15,00075,60043,200☨8
114,947
8
5,250
7

16

4,175

5

21

2,266

DamageU
TotAff
S ('000s) Location
90,600 1,000,000 Bam (Kerran province)
Paris region00010,261200,000

210,261

8

2,045

0

8

2,007

0

5

14

1,210

0

0

7

31

1,200

Meningococcal
1
disease

1

1,058

Flood

6

23

430

South Asia

Flood

6

11

425

South Asia

ExtremeTemperature

12

15

400

7,146

7,146

12

India
India

13
14

Zaire/Congo Dem
Central Africa
Rep
Peru

15

16 El Salvador

Epidemic

South America

ExtremeTemperature

Central America

Epidemic

Cholera146,000

150,000,000 150,146,000

4,550,000

4,550,000
0

6

380

13,072

13,072

7339

1,839,888

1,839,888

304

50,00050,000Pneumonia 6

21

East Asia

Earthquake

2

24

262

2,055

50,000200,000

252,055South-east Asia

Slides

12

19

255

54

217,934

217,988

South-east Asia

Flood

11

2

241

30

1,468

1,498

Indonesia
19

Nepal

20

South Asia

Flood

7

3

239

South Asia

Flood

5

17

235

284

15,57543,39559,254

695,000

695,000

Guangxi, Guizhou, Gansu,
Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan,
Jiangxi, Hubei provinces
Assam, Bihar, Tripura, West
Bengal states
Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh,
Haryana, Jammu
Sud Kivu, Katanga, Kasai
Oriental
Ayacucho, Huancavelica, Tacna,
Moquegua, Arequipa, Puno,
Cuzco, Apurimac, South part of
Ayacucho departments
Country wide

Yuespuhu, Yingjisha, Maigati,
Shule, Shufu, Kashi districts(Xinjiang region)

Punta, San Ricardo (Leyte
province), Surigao, Mindana,
Caraga, Misamis Oriental,
Compostela Valley, Agusan delSur, Agusan del Norte, Surigaodel Sur, Surigao de Norte, South
Cotabato, Bohol provinces

Hahorok sub-district (Langkat
district , North Sumatra),Banyumas, Cilacap, Kebumen
districts (Central Java)

Baglung, Baitadi, Bajura, Banke,
Bara, Bhojpur, Chitwan, Dang,
Dhading, Dhanusha, Dolakha,
Gorkha, Gulmi, Humla, Ilam,
Jajarkot, Jhapa, Kabhre, Kailali,
Kanchanpur, Kapilvastu, Kaski,
Khotang, Lamjung, Mahottari,
Makwanpur, Morang, Myagdi,
Nawalparasi, Nuwakot,
Okhaldunda, Parsat, Parvat,
Puythan, Rasuwa, Rauthat,
Rukum, Rupandehi, Sarlahi,
Saptari, Sindhuli,
Sindhupachowk, Siraha,
Solukhumbu, Sunsari,
Syanga,Tanahu, Taplejung,
Terathum, Udayapur districts

29,000 Ratnapura, Matara, Galle,

Sri Lanka
21

Ouagadougou, Manga, Bogande,
Pama, Po, Bousla, Bousse, Zabre,
Zorgho, Batie, Leo

7,000 Liloan, San Francisco, Maasin,

Philippines

18

Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Tamil
Nadu, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh,Jharkland, Uttar Pradesh,Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh,
Bihar

145,035 Jiashi (Payzawat), Bachu,

China P Rep
175,000,000 Thenia, Boumerdes, Zemmouri

730,000 Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shaanxi,

China P Rep
11

Milan, Turin (Piémont), Milan,
Varese (Lombardie), Florence(Toscane), Lecce (Pouilles), Gê
nes

Pakistan

22

South Asia

Flood

7

22

230

23 Pakistan
Niger
24

South Asia

ExtremeTemperature

5

1

200

West Africa

Epidemic

2

25 Bangladesh

South Asia

Flood

6

11

456

1,265,767

1,266,223

0

195

1,861

1,861

187

50,00050,000Hambantota, Kulatara, Nuwara,
Eliya districts

Badin, Thatta, Larkana, Dadu,
Tharparkar, Shikarpur, Karachi,
Hyderabad, Nawabshah (Sindh
province), Zhob, Awaran, Harnai,
Dahdar, Jafarabad, Jhal Magsi,
Nascerabad, Bolan, Ziarat,
Khuzdar, Lasbela, Turbat districts(Balochistan province), Sialkot,
Narowal districts (Punjab
province)

Pendjab province
Matameye, Magaria, Aguié,
Madarounfa, Madaoua, Tahoua,
Mirriah districts

Source: ADRC, Japan and CRED-EMDAT, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, 2003
☨Ministry of Interior in Iran estimates 26,200 of people killed

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Table 5: Top 25 Natural Disasters According to the Ratio of Killed/Population (World) (2003)
Rank(Killed/Pop Rank.)
(Killed) Country
Iran Islam
1
1 Rep
France22

3

7

Portugal

4

American174 Samoa

DisNamep
Killed/Pop (2003)
ulation(World(for 1 Mn Fact
people)Book)

GNI (BnUS$)(WorldBank)

90,60063 68278826

DamageU
S ('000s) Location
1,000,000 Bam (Kerranprovince)
112.941

14,947025 60180529

1362.077

2,007

0

20 10102022

109.1163

9

Region

DisTypeMonth Day Killed

Injured Homeless Affected

South Asia

Earthquake

12

26

43,200☨European
Union

ExtremeTemperature

8

1European
Union

ExtremeTemperature

8

OceaniaFlood5

15,00075,600TotAffParis region

18

6

3

70260

0.500

50,000 Pago pago,
Fagatogo

Burkina Faso
5

10

6

9

West Africa Epidemic

Meningococcal
1
disease

1

1,058

7

31

1,200

7,146

7,146

8 13228460

2.914

0

7 16150511

377.603

Ouagadougou,
Manga, Bogande,
Pama, Po, Bousla,
Bousse, Zabre,
Zorgho, Batie, Leo

Netherlands
European
Union

ExtremeTemperature

European
Union

ExtremeTemperature

7

16

4,175

North Africa Earthquake

5

21

2,266

Italy
7

4

8

5

0

7 57998353

210,261

7 32818500

Milan, Turin (Piémont), Milan,
Varese1100.713(Lombardie),Florence(Toscane), Lecce(P ill ) Gê
5,000,000 Thenia,
53.814
Boumerdes,

5,250

0

6 82398326

1876.340

0

6

64482

2.250

50,00056470379

13.5583 60094648

1510.771

Algeria

9

3

10

187

11
12

16

Germany
BermudaEl Salvador

United6
Kingdom
Fiji

13

109

14

24

15

26

16

29

European
Union
North
America
CentralAmerica
European
Union

Oceania

10,261200,000

Zemmouri

ExtremeTemperature

8

Wind Storm Fabian

9

5

4

Epidemic

6

21

304

Pneumonia

ExtremeTemperature

8

Wind Storm Ami

1

50,000

2,045

14

0

17

30,00030,0002868531

1.750

195

1,861

1,861

2 11058590

2.012

3,835

3,835

2 10307333

3.457

0

1 10289088

237.058

Niger
West Africa Epidemic

2300,000
Country wide

30,000 Druadrua Isl.,
Vanua Levu Koro,
Ovalau, Gau,
Nayau, Vanuavatu,
Kabara, Moala
Islands
Matameye,
Magaria, Aguié,
Madarounfa,
Madaoua, Tahoua,
Mirriah districts

ZambiaBelgium

East Africa

Epidemic

European
Union

ExtremeTemperature

Cholera

12

4

179

8

1

150

Lusaka, Southern,
Copperbelt,
Northern andCentral provinces

Peru

17

15

18

21

South
America

ExtremeTemperature

7

South Asia

Flood

5

17

235

West Asia

Wind Storm

4

14

30

OceaniaWind Storm Erica

3

13

2

339

1,839,888 1,839,888

Ayacucho,
Huancavelica,
Tacna, Moquegua,
Arequipa, Puno,
Cuzco, Apurimac,
South part of
Ayacuchodepartments

1 28409897

54.038

1 19742439

16.110012807125

19.877

Nizwa, Muscat,
Wilayat

1,100

12107983.110

40,000 Noumea, Kone,
Bourail northprovince

Sri Lanka
695,000

695,000

Oman
19

78

20

233 Caledonia

New
100

1,000

Mali
21

35

22

20

23

41

24

65

25

68

West Africa Epidemic

Cholera

8

14

106

1,216

1,216

1 11626219

2.716

Nepal

Koulikoro, Segou,
Mopti, Bamako,
Tombouctou,
Sikasso regions(along Niger River)
Entire Nepal

South Asia

Flood

7

3

239

284

15,57543,39559,254

1 26469569

5.538

South
AmericaSlides

3

31

69

11

300

690

1,001

1

8586443

7.795

RussianFederation

Slides

4

20

38

2

53

156

211

1

4892808

1.442

661

661

1

5429299

1.280

Bolivia

Kyrgyzstan

29,000Togo

Chima (Tipuani,
Larecaja province,
La Paz department)
Karataryk (Uzgen
district)
Lome, Noepe

West Africa Epidemic

Cholera12

37

Source: ADRC, Japan and CRED-EMDAT, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, 2003
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Table 6: Top 25 Natural Disasters According to the Number of Totally Affected People (World) (2003)
Rank(TotAff) Country
China P Rep
1

2

China P Rep

3 Ethiopia
4

China P Rep

Region

DisType

DisNameEast Asia

Flood

6

East Asia

Drought

1

East Africa

Drought

East Asia

Wind Storm

South Asia
East Asia

ImbudoMonth Day Killed Injured

23

430

7

24

20

Flood

6

11

425

Drought

6

DamageU
S ('000s) Location
730,000 Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shaanxi,
Guangxi, Guizhou, Gansu,
150,000,000 150,146,000
Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan,
Jiangxi, Hubei provinces

Homeless Affected

146,000

20

TotAff

48,000,000

13,200,000

13,200,000

7,400,000

7,400,020

4,550,000

4,550,000

Assam, Bihar, Tripura, West
Bengal states

3,000,000

3,000,000

Hunan, Jiangxi, Zeijiang, Fujian
provinces

3,000,000

3,000,000

169,000 Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur,
Kendrapara, Jajpur, Puri,
Balangir, Sonepur, Kalahandi,
Rayagada, Gajapati, Baragarh,
Koraput, Nayagarh, Ganjam,
Angul (Orissa state)

1,900,000

1,900,000

1,839,888

1,839,888

1,720,000

1,720,000

India
5China P Rep
6
India

7

South Asia

8

Tanzania Uni R
East Africa

Flood

8

27

67

Drought

Peru
9

10 China P Rep
11

China P Rep

South Americ

ExtremeTemperature

East Asia

Wind Storm

7

Nepartak

11

339

18

East Asia

Flood

7

1

18

East Asia

Earthquake

7

21

16

1,600,000

1,600,000

1,250,000

1,295,584

China P Rep
1245,000South Asia

Flood

7

East Africa

Flood

4

22

230

456

1,266,223

72

1,000,000

1,000,000

Nyando, Kisumu, Rachuonyo,
Migori (Nyanza region), Bussia
regionRussian FederDrought

91,000,000

1,000,000

Vladisvostok region (Pacific Far
East)

East Asia

Flood

8

952,340

952,340

2,440,000 Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, Hubei,
Shandong provinces

East Africa

Drought

900,000

900,000

South Asia

Flood695,000

695,000

China P Rep
16

24

123

Eritrea17
Sri Lanka
18

19

Namibia

20 Madagascar

5

17

235

Southern Afri Drought

642,539642,539

East Africa

600,000

600,000

Drought

Bangladesh
21South Asia

Flood

6

19

65

East Asia

Earthquake

11

15

4

65

South Asia

Wind Storm

3

12

30

24

East Asia

Earthquake

8

16

4

25 Mauritania

West Africa Drought

29,000 Ratnapura, Matara, Galle,
Hambantota, Kulatara, Nuwara,
Eliya districts

South
Khagrachari, Chittagong, Bhola,Feni, Sylhet, Sunamganj, Moulvi
bazar, Habiganj, Netrakona,
Cox's Bazar, Jamalpur,
Lakshimpur, Comilla

500,000

3,000

490,000

493,065500

190,645294,765

485,910

16,000 Bankura, Hooghly, Howrah
districts (West Bengal)

1,000

39,500415,000

455,500

167,000 Lindong-Tianshan area (Inner
Mongolia)

420,000

420,000

India
23

Debub, Gash Barka, Anseba
regions

500,000

China P Rep
22

196,938 Hainan province
4,830,000 Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan provinces

1,265,767

Russia15

Ayacucho, Huancavelica, Tacna,
Moquegua, Arequipa, Puno,
Cuzco, Apurimac, South part of
Ayacucho departments

Badin, Thatta, Larkana, Dadu,
Tharparkar, Shikarpur, Karachi,
Hyderabad, Nawabshah (Sindh
province), Zhob, Awaran, Harnai,
Dahdar, Jafarabad, Jhal Magsi,
Nascerabad, Bolan, Ziarat,
Khuzdar, Lasbela, Turbat
districts (Balochistan province),
Sialkot, Narowal districts (Punjab
province)

Kenya
14

Guangxi, Guangdong provinces

75,000 Dayao district (Yunnan province)
584

Pakistan

13

Inner Mongolia Autonomous
region48,000,000

China P Rep

Ludian (Zhaotong region,
Yunnan province)

Source: ADRC, Japan and CRED-EMDAT, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, 2003

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Table 7: Top 25 Natural Disasters According to the Ratio of Totally Affected People to Population (World) (2003)
Rank Rank(TotAff (TotAf/Pop.) f)
Country
Namibia
1
19
2

17

3

3

4

29

5

25

Eritrea
Ethiopia
LesothoRegion

DisTypeDrought

642,539642,539

333,363

1927447

3.548

East Africa

Drought

900,000

900,000

206,31543622540.796

13,200,000

13,200,000

198,325 66557553

6.516

270,000

270,000

145,009

18619590.973

420,000

420,000

144,2022912584

0.791

116,666 1.287E+09

1234.157

Drought

Southern
AfricaDrought

Month Day Killed Injured

4

TotAff

GNI (BnUS$)(WorldBank)Southern
AfricaEast Africa

DisNameHomeless
Affectedp
TotAffected/P (2003)(Worldopulation
Fact(for 1 Mn.
Book)
People)DamageU
S ('000s) Location

Debub, Gash Barka, Anseba
regions

Mauritania
West Africa Drought

730,000 Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shaanxi,

China P Rep
6

1

7

9

8

Tanzania Uni
8 Rep

East Asia

Flood

6

23

South
America

ExtremeTemperature

7

East Africa

Drought

East Asia

Drought

East Africa

Drought

South Asia

Flood

5

17

OceaniaWind Storm Ami

1

14

East Africa

Flood

4

East Africa

Flood

2

Caribbean

Flood

Rest ofEurope430

146,000

150,000,000 150,146,000

Peru
339

Guangxi, Guizhou, Gansu,
Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan,
Jiangxi, Hubei provinces
Ayacucho, Huancavelica, Tacna,
Moquegua, Arequipa, Puno,
Cuzco, Apurimac, South part of
Ayacucho departments

1,839,888

1,839,888

64,762 28409897

54.0381,900,000

1,900,000

52,892 35922454

9.674

48,000,000

48,000,000

37,297 1.287E+09

1234.157

600,000

600,000

35,336 16979744

3.844

235

695,000

695,000

35,203 19742439

16.1101730,00030,00034,541868531

1.750

Ovalau, Gau, Nayau, Vanuavatu,
Kabara, Moala Islands

72

1,000,000

1,000,000

31,606 31639091

11.160Nyando, Kisumu, Rachuonyo,
Migori (Nyanza region), Bussia
region4

32

400,000

400,000

22,884 17479266

3.645

Pemba-Metuge district (Cabo
Delgado province), Nampula
province

12

20

38

150,000

150,000

19,9267527817

3.614

Drought

6

162,57562,575

15,6873989018

5.402

East Africa

Drought1

175,000

175,000

10,012 17479266

3.645

Magoe, Zumbo, Cahora Bassa,
Changara, Moatize, Chiuta,
Mutarara districts (Tete province)

East Africa

Wind Storm Manou

5

8

114,500

162,086

9,546 16979744

3.844

Vatomandry, Andevoranto
districts (Toamasina province)Wind Storm Lupit

11

21

9,247

108143

0.241

7

28

8,528 38114160

12.245China P Rep
9

2

10

20

11

18

12

68

13

14

14

26

15

43

16

Bosnia52 Hercegovenia

17

40

18

41

19

Micronesia Fed
180 States
Oceania20

27

1

Inner Mongolia Autonomous
regionSouth

Madagascar
Sri Lanka

30,000 Druadrua Isl., Vanua Levu Koro,

Fiji

Kenya

Mozambique

Cap-Haïtien, Port-De-Paix

Haiti

250,000 Srpska Republik, Posavina

Mozambique
9

Madagascar
89

86

47,500

1,000

1,000

North Africa Flood20

56

325,000

325,056

Pakistan

13

22

59

23

78

24

15

25

36

El Salvador

South Asia

Flood

7

22

230

CentralAmerica

Epidemic

Pneumonia 6

21

304

West Africa Flood

8

7

3

RussianFederation

9456

1,265,767

1,266,223

8,403 150694740

60.89650,00050,0007,728

6470379

13.558Algeria

Ulithi Atoll, Woleai Atoll, Fais
Island, Rumung Island, Yap
Island21,0007,2102912584

0.791

1,000,000

6,919 144526278

306.575

210,261

6,407 32818500

53.814Badin, Thatta, Larkana, Dadu,
Tharparkar, Shikarpur, Karachi,
Hyderabad, Nawabshah (Sindh
province), Zhob, Awaran, Harnai,
Dahdar, Jafarabad, Jhal Magsi,
Nascerabad, Bolan, Ziarat,
Khuzdar, Lasbela, Turbat districts(Balochistan province), Sialkot,
Narowal districts (Punjab
province)

Country wide

Mauritania

RussiaCanton, Neretva Canton

184,000 Kassala state

Sudan

21

Southern, western, Sabaragamua

29,000 Provinces

Drought

North Africa Earthquake

5

21,0001,000,000

21

2,266

10,261 200,000

Assaba, Gorgol, Brakna, Adrar
regions

Vladisvostok region (Pacific Far
East)

5,000,000 Thenia, Boumerdes, Zemmouri

Source: ADRC, Japan and CRED-EMDAT, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, 2003

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Table 8: Top 25 Natural Disasters According to Amount of Damage (World) (2003)
Rank
(Amt.
Damage)Country
Korea Rep

1
2

Algeria

Region

DisType

DisNameMonth
Day Killed

Maemi

9

12

130

5

21

2,266

9

18

21

East Asia

Wind Storm

North Africa

Earthquake

North America

Wind Storm

North America

Wind Storm

3

20

6

East Asia

Flood

7

1

East Asia

Flood

8

24

Injured HomelessAffected

15,00065,00010,261200,000

TotAff80,000210,261

United States
3
4
5

United States
China P Rep

Isabel

225,000

225,000

18

1,600,000

1,600,000

123

952,340

952,340

200

186

386

China P Rep
6
Portugal789European Union Wild Fires

FranceIran Islam Rep

27

20

European Union Flood

12

2

9

South Asia

Earthquake

12

26

43,200☨South America

Flood

4

28

23

European Union Flood

1

25

1

East Asia

Flood

6

23

European Union Flood

1

1

European Union Flood22

European Union Flood

8

29

2

East Asia

Earthquake

9

26

2

European Union Earthquake

4

11

North America

Wild Fires

8

1

East Asia

Earthquake

7

26

1,500

1,500

27,00015,00075,60027,00090,600Argentina
10

11

Italy

20,000430 146,000

14
15
16
17

Greece
Italy
Japan
Italy

7

1,000

839,000 Abuzzo, Puglia, Molise,
Basilicata

1,020

0
350
773

350
773

230

232

Canada
18

1

0

Japan
19

21
22
23

Croatia
Australia
Bermuda219

17,40325

China P Rep

656,218 Achaia, Ileia prefectures(Peloponese)
655,000 Udine province, Frioul-Vénétie
Julienne
563,000 Hokkaido
561,352 Alessandria (Piemont)
545,000 British Colombia, Alberta,
Saskatchewan, Manitoba

18,191

North America

Wind Storm

2

Rest of Europe

Drought

1

Oceania

Wild Fires

North America

Wind Storm

Rest of Europe

Drought

East Asia

Wind Storm

Fabian

15

4

18

1

8

4

150

9

5

4

6

1

9

3

18

0
2,500

2,650
0

Bosnia-Herceg
24730,000 Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shaanxi,
Guangxi, Guizhou, Gansu,
Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan,
Jiangxi, Hubei provinces
675,000 Bavière, Sarre, RhénaniePalatinat, Hesse, Rhénanie duNord-Westphalie, Saxe, SaxeAnhalt, Thuringe, Cologne,
Coblence, Hambourg

411,000 Miyagi prefecture (Honshu)
569

United States

20

1,730,000 Brabanca, Viseu, Viana do
Castelo, Guarda, Castelo
Branco, Portalegre, Santarem,
Leira, Amlals de Cima
(Pemes), Vale de Serra (Torres
Novas), Porto, Guarda, Braga
1,500,000 Herault, Gard, Bouches-duRhone, Vaucluse (South andE t)
1,000,000 Bam (Kerran province)

1,000

1,000

2

4,830,000 Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan
provinces
2,440,000 Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, Hubei,
Shandong provinces

982,000 La Capital (Sante Fe city),
Garay, Vera, San Cristobal,
San Justo, 9 de Julio, Las
Colonias, Castellanos, San

150,000,000 150,146,000

20

5,000,000 North Carolina, Maryland,
Virginia, Washington, West
Virginia
5,000,000 Georgia state

160,000

Germany
13

5,000,000 Thenia, Boumerdes, Zemmouri

140,000

China P Rep
12

DamageUS('000s)Location
5,500,000 Gyeongsang, Gangweon, SouthKyongsang, North Kyongsang,
Pusan, South Cholla provinces

Dujuan62,57538

1,000

68,925400,000 Connecticut, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Massachusetts, Maryland,
North Carolina, New
Hampshire, New Jerseyn New
York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Islands, South Carolina,
Tennessee, West Virginia,
330,000
300,000 Canberra region
300,000

62,575250,000 Srpska Republik, Posavina
Canton, Neretva Canton

69,925241,000 Shenzhen, Guangdong
province, Fujian province

Source: ADRC, Japan and CRED-EMDAT, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, 2003
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Table 9: Top 25 Natural Disasters According to the Ratio of Amount of Damage to GNI (World) (2003)

Rank
Rank
(Dam./GNI (Damage
)
)
1

23

2

44

Country
BermudaAmerican
Samoa
Algeria

RegionNorth
AmericaMont
Injure Homeles
DisType DisName h
Day KilleddsAffectedWind
Fabian9
5
4
Storm

Oceania

Flood

North
Africa3

2

4

BosniaRest of
24 Hercegovenia
Europe533

645 Tajikistan

5

Earthquake

5

18
21

6

3

2,266 10,261 200,000p(2003)(WorldFact
Book)

GNI (BnUS$)(World
Bank)

0

64482

Dam/G DamageU
NI (%) S ('000s)
300,000
2.250 13.333

3

70260

0.500

TotAff

210,261 32818500

53.81410.0009.291

Drought

61

East Africa Flood

1

18

16

RussianSlidesFederation

4

13

1

62,57562,5753989018

5.402

4.628

19,78823,370 16979744

3.844

3.902

6,000

6,000

1.115

3.677

28

East Africa Flood

8

62 Tajikistan

RussianFloodFederation

6863752

2

25

2

6

6

6

1

14

17

18,000780

18,000 12576742

6.457

Croatia

975

1,755

6863752

1.115

1.794

Wind
Storm

Rest ofEuropeDrought

117

12

30 SudanNorth
Africa

Flood

13

New
47 Caledonia

Oceania

Wind
Storm

Ami

30,00030,000868531

1.750

1.714

0

4422248

20.262

1.629

1Wild Fires

Erica

27

20

1,500

7

28

20

56

3

13

2

100

325,000
1,000

1,500 10102022

109.116

1.585

325,056 38114160

12.245

1.503

3.110

1.286

1,100

210798

East Asia

Wind
Storm

14

1

15

9 Iran Islam Rep South Asia Earthquake

Maemi

9

12

12

26

130

15,00043,200☨ 15,000

65,000

Greece

5

19

60

20

36

Honduras

Hungary

6

22

54

France
23

8

24

48

25

49

40,000 Noumea, Kone, Bourail
north province

75,600South Kyongsang, North
Kyongsang, Pusan, South
Cholla provinces

90,600 68278826

112.941

Bam (Kerran province)
0.885 1,000,000

982,000 La Capital (Sante Fe city),South
America

Flood

4

28

European
Union

Flood

2

2

23

20,000140,000

160,000 38740807

153.959

0.638

0 10665989

123.9150.530

Garay, Vera, San
Cristobal, San Justo, 9 deJulio, Las Colonias,
Castellanos, San Jeronimo

656,218 Achaia, Ileia prefectures(Peloponese)

4,830,000 Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan
East Asia

Flood

7

1

18

CentralAmerica

Flood

11

28

7

Rest ofEuropeDrought

7

1,600,000 1,600,000 1.287E+09

1234.157

0.391

6669789

6.316

0.317

0 10045407

53.707

0.242

provinces

20,000 Ceiba city region
3,000

3,000

(Atlantida, Yoro
provinces)

130,000
2,440,000 Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan,

East Asia
Sri Lanka

184,000 Kassala state

1.163

China P Rep
21

do Castelo, Guarda,
Castelo Branco,
Portalegre, Santarem,
Leira, Amlals de Cima
(Pemes), Vale de Serra(Torres Novas), Porto,
Guarda, Braga

473.050

China P Rep
18

330,000

80,000 48289037

Argentina

14

Koro, Ovalau, Gau,
Nayau, Vanuavatu,
Kabara, Moala Islands

5,500,000 Gyeongsang, Gangweon,

Korea Rep

17

West, Muzarabani,
Guruwe20,000 Sughd Oblast

1,730,000 Brabanca, Viseu, Viana
EuropeanUnion

1041,000 Lenin district

30,000 Druadrua Isl., Vanua Levu
Oceania

Portugal

16

Fianarantsoa,
Antsiranana, Mahajanga,
Toamasina provinces

3.097

Fiji

21

Posavina Canton, Neretva
Canton200,000 Mashonaland central and

7

10

Zemmouri

150,000 Antananarivo,
3,582

Zimbabwe53

50,000 Pago pago, Fagatogo
5,000,000 Thenia, Boumerdes,
250,000 Srpska Republik,

Madagascar

9

Location

Flood

8

24

123

952,340

952,340 1.287E+09

1234.157

0.198

South Asia Flood

5

17

235

695,000

695,000 19742439

16.1100.180

European
Union

Hubei, Shandong
provinces

29,0001,500,000 Herault, Gard, Bouches-

Flood

12

2

9

27,00027,000 60180529

1362.077

0.110South-east
Flood
Asia

9

10

15

1,000

1,000 81624716

34.8400.109

South-east AFlood

11

11

61

34.8400.100

du-Rhone, Vaucluse(South and East)

38,000 Nghe An, Thai Binh, Nam

Viet NamDinh, Lao Cai, Ha Tinhprovinces

35,000 Ninh Thuan, Binh Dinh,

Viet Nam
34

8,880

185,135

194,04981624716

Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa,
Quang Nam, Dac Lac
provinces

Source: ADRC, Japan and CRED-EMDAT, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, 2003
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The above tables and figures clearly show the trend of the world’s and Asia’s natural
disasters, their impacts, and characteristics for the year 2003. It is equally important to analyze disaster
impact on economic development and efforts for sustainable development in order to stimulate
effective disaster risk management approaches. The following chapters will illustrate these issues indetail with respect to human development and income levels.

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