Naturall Disaster
N
Di
Data
D
Book
B k 2014
An Analytical Overview

Asian Disaster Reduction Center

Overview
The Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
Natural Disasters Data Book 2014 provides
statistical perspectives in figures and tables for2014 as well as for the period 1985-2014 basedon data obtained by EM-DAT.
According to EM-DAT, 328 natural disasters
occurred in 2014 worldwide, killing 18,740 people
and affecting over 107.3million people. The
estimated amount of economic damage cameclose to US$97.6 billion.
In 2014, the earthquake that hit China in August
brought about serious damages to the country.
The disaster killed 731 people and affected over
1.1 million people. The death toll is the largest in
Asia and the fourth in the world following three
epidemic events in Africa.
Drought and flood in China have largest affected
people in the world with over 27.5 million and 15.0
million people, respectively.
By region, Asia is ranked the highest in disasteroccurrences, the number of affected people andeconomic damage with 43.6 percent inoccurrences; number of affected people, 86.2
percent; and amount of economic damage, 65.8
percent. Africa has the largest share in number ofkilled people with 60.7 percent.
By disaster types, flood is dominant in occurrence
and economic damage at 39.3 percent and 34.1
percent, respectively, while epidemics tops innumber of people killed by 58.2 percent and sodoes drought in number of affected people with
37.0 percent.
Data Book 2014 also contains tables of the 25
worst disasters by number of people killed andtotal affected people, economic damage, and theirrespective ratios to population and grossdomestic product. It also includes tables of 2014
disasters in Asian countries sorted by country anddisaster type.

[Notes]
Source:All disaster data are based on D. Guha-Sapir, R.
Below, Ph. Hoyois - EM-DAT: International
Disaster Database – www.emdat.be – Université
Catholique de Louvain – Brussels – Belgium.
Data set was obtained on 12 June 2015, unlessotherwise stated.
EM-DAT Criteria:
For a disaster to be entered into the database, atleast one of the following criteria must be fulfilled: Ten (10) or more people reported killed Hundred (100) or more people reported
affected Declaration of a state of emergency
 Call for international assistance.
In this Data Book 2014 “killed people” are definedas persons confirmed as dead and persons
missing and presumed dead. “Affected people”
are the sum of injured, homeless, and affected in
EM-DAT. EM-DAT defines affected people aspeople requiring immediate assistance during theperiod of emergency; it can also include displacedor evacuated people.

Disaster Terms:“Animal accident” is that human encounters withdangerous or exotic animals in both urban andrural developments.
“Drought” includes an extended period of
unusually low precipitation that produces ashortage of water for people, animals and plants.
“Earthquake” includes ground shaking andtsunami.
“Epidemic” includes bacterial and viral infectious
diseases.
“Extreme Temperature” includes heat wave, cold
wave, and extreme winter conditions.
“Flood” includes general flood, and flash flood.
“Landslide” includes avalanche, debris, androckfall.
“Storm” includes local storm, tropical cyclone, andwinter storm.
“Volcanic activity” means volcanic eruption.
“Wildfire” includes bush/brush fire, forest fire, andscrub/grassland fire.

Disclaimer:
Country and region classification used in thisbook is based on EM-DAT criteria.

Table of Contents
1. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS BY REGION, 2014 ...................................................... 2
2. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS BY DISASTER TYPE, 2014......................................... 3
3. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS IN ASIA BY DISASTER TYPE, 2014 ........................... 4
4. TRENDS OF WORLD NATURAL DISASTERS, 1985-2014 ..................................................... 5
4-1 NUMBER OF DISASTERS IN THE WORLD (1985-2014) ..................................................................... 5
4-2 NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED IN THE WORLD (1985-2014) ............................................................... 6
4-3 NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED IN THE WORLD (1985-2014) ......................................................... 7
4-4 ECONOMIC DAMAGE IN THE WORLD (1985-2014)........................................................................... 8

5. IMPACTS OF WORLD NATURAL DISASTERS BY REGION, 1985-2014 ............................... 9
6. THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA 2014 ......................................................................... 10
6-1 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED, 2014 ................................... 10
6-2 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED PER MILLION POPULATION,
2014 .......................................................................................................................................... 11
6-3 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED, 2014 .............................. 12
6-4 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY AFFECTED PEOPLE PER THOUSAND POPULATION, 2014 ... 13
6-5 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY ECONOMIC DAMAGE, 2014 ............................................... 14
6-6 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY RATIO OF ECONOMIC DAMAGE TO GDP, 2014 .................. 15

7. DISASTERS IN ASIA BY COUNTRY, 2014 ........................................................................... 16
8. DISASTERS IN ASIA BY DISASTER TYPE, 2014 ................................................................. 18

1. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS BY REGION, 2014
This section shows the impacts of natural disasters in four indices, occurrence, number of deaths, number ofaffected people and economic damage that were reported across the world in 2014. As shown in Figure 1, Asia
ranks the first among all regions in the categories of disaster occurrence, the number of affected people andeconomic damage, accounting for 43.6 percent, 86.2 percent and 65.8 percent respectively. On the other hand,Africa is ranked the highest in the number of killed people, which is largely attributed to epidemics in Africa.

Figure 1: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Region, 2014

Table 1: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Region, 2014
ImpactRegionOccurrence(share in %)AfricaKilledAffected(share in %)(share in %)49(14.9%)

11,376

Americas77(23.5%)

1,095(5.8%)

Asia

143(43.6%)

5,861(31.3%)

207(1.1%)

Oceania11(3.4%)

201(1.1%)

Total

328(100.0%)18,740(100.0%)EuropeDamage (US$ million)(60.7%)

6,817,848640(0.7%)

4,968,997(4.6%)

25,159(25.8%)

92,520,523(86.2%)

64,265(65.8%)

2,864,313(2.7%)

6,473(6.6%)

170,033(0.2%)

1,080(1.1%)

107,341,714(100.0%)97,616(100.0%)Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)2(share in %)(6.4%)

2. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS BY DISASTER TYPE, 2014
Regarding the breakdown of impacts of disasters by disaster type, 2014 sees different patterns of impacts by eachindex. In occurrence, flood tops at 39.3 percent followed by storm 29.6 percent though in number of killed andaffected people, epidemic and drought have the largest shares, 58.2 percent and 37.0 percent, respectively.
However, storm brings the heaviest economic damage by 40.9 percent followed by flood, 37.2 percent.

Figure 2: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Disaster Type, 2014

Table 2: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Disaster Type, 2014
ImpactDisaster Type

Occurrence

Killed(share in %)(share in %)Animal accident

1(0.3%)

12

Affected

Damage (US$ million)(share in %)(share in %)(0.1%)

5(0.0%)(0.0%)

Drought

15(4.6%)(0.0%)

39,724,280(37.0%)

11,005(11.3%)

Earthquake27(8.2%)

778(4.2%)

3,695,051(3.4%)

7,274(7.5%)

Epidemic

20(6.1%)

10,909(58.2%)

157,199(0.1%)

Extreme temperature

15(4.6%)

1,049(5.6%)

1,101,441(1.0%)

2,518(0.0%)(2.6%)

Flood

129(39.3%)

3,344(17.8%)

36,556,893(34.1%)

36,338(37.2%)

Landslide15(4.6%)

1,303(7.0%)

201,898(0.2%)

258(0.3%)

Storm

97(29.6%)

1,228(6.6%)

25,713,696(24.0%)

39,878(40.9%)

Volcanic activity

6(1.8%)

101(0.5%)

179,654(0.2%)

186(0.2%)

Wildfire

3(0.9%)

16(0.1%)

11,597(0.0%)

159(0.2%)

Total

328(100.0%)18,740(100.0%)107,341,714(100.0%)97,616(100.0%)Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)33. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS IN ASIA BY DISASTER TYPE, 2014
Regarding the overview of impacts of disasters by disaster type in Asia, flood tops in all indices. Storm is ranked thesecond in occurrence and economic damage at around 36-39 percent. Landslide and drought have the second
largest shares in number of killed and affected, respectively.

Figure 3: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Disaster Type in Asia, 2014

Table 3: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Disaster Type in Asia, 2014
ImpactDisaster Type

Occurrence

KilledAffected

Damage (US$ million)(share in %)(share in %)(share in %)(share in %)Animal accident
Drought5(3.5%)

Earthquake

13(9.1%)(0.0%)

31,500,000(34.0%)

3,705(5.8%)

739(12.6%)

2,470,711(2.7%)

5,743(8.9%)

Epidemic

1(0.7%)

2(0.0%)

197(0.0%)

Extreme temperature

4(2.8%)

351(6.0%)

1,000,000(1.1%)

18(0.0%)(0.0%)

Flood

54(37.8%)

2,560(43.7%)

31,879,425(34.5%)

29,559(46.0%)

Landslide11(7.7%)

1,151(19.6%)

189,998(0.2%)

38(0.1%)

Storm

51(35.7%)

957(16.3%)

25,304,418(27.4%)

25,016(38.9%)

Volcanic activity

4(2.8%)

101(1.7%)

175,774(0.2%)

186(0.3%)

143(100.0%)5,861(100.0%)92,520,523(100.0%)64,265(100.0%)Wildfire
Total

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)44. TRENDS OF WORLD NATURAL DISASTERS, 1985-2014
4-1 NUMBER OF DISASTERS IN THE WORLD (1985-2014)
In terms of number of disasters, the year 2014 sees a slight decline from the previous year’s 361 to 328. In the longrun, the upward trend continues from the late 1980s till 2000 and the downward trend follows. In the collective 5year period representation of data in Figure 4-2, a downward trend is observed in the last 15 years starting from
2000-2004 period.

Figure 4-1: Disaster Occurrence, 1985-2014

Figure 4-2: Disaster Occurrence (Average of 5-year period), 1985-2014
Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)54-2 NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED IN THE WORLD (1985-2014)
The death toll in 2014 shows a decrease from the previous year’s 23,538 to 18,740. As seen in Figure 4-4 about thetrend of the 5-year period average, the number of people killed for the period 2010-2014 remains high at around80,000 people in the last 15 years.

Figure 4-3: Number of People Killed, 1985-2014

Figure 4-4: Number of People Killed (Average of 5-year period), 1985-2014
Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)64-3 NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED IN THE WORLD (1985-2014)
In terms of number of the affected people, 2014 sees a slight increase from the previous year’s 99,908,268 people
to 107,341,714. The 5-year period average representation shows that the number of affected people continues todecrease in the last 15 years.

Figure 4-5: Total Number of Affected People, 1985-2014

Figure 4-6: Number of Affected People (Average of 5 year period), 1985-2014
Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)7

4-4 ECONOMIC DAMAGE IN THE WORLD (1985-2014)
Economic damage caused by natural disasters declines from some US$119 billion in 2013 to US$ 97.6 billion in2014, the lowest in the last five years. By contrast, in the 5-year period average analysis, the 2010-2014 averagereached a record high level in the last 30 years.

400,000,000
350,000,000
300,000,000

200,000,000
150,000,000
100,000,000
50,000,000
0

1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

'000 US$250,000,000

Figure 4-7: Amount of Damage, 1985-2014

Figure 4-8: Economic Damage (Average of 5-year period), 1985-2014
Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)85. IMPACTS OF WORLD NATURAL DISASTERS BY REGION, 1985-2014
For the period 1985-2014, Asia dominates and ranks the first in all natural disaster’s impact categories acrossregions of the world, especially in terms of the number of killed and affected.

Figure 5: Impacts of World Natural Disasters by Region, 1985-2014

Table 5: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Region, 1985-2014
ImpactRegionOccurrence

KilledAffected

Damage (US$ million)(share in %)(share in %)(share in %)(share in %)Africa2,069(20.1%)

202,563(10.4%)

376,889,879(6.4%)

19,051(0.7%)

Americas2,503(24.3%)

385,930(19.9%)

175,459,552(3.0%)

926,238(36.1%)

Asia

3,949

(38.3%)

1,171,945(60.3%)

5,294,962,652(89.7%)

1,226,204(47.9%)(12.7%)

Europe1,374(13.3%)

176,139(9.1%)

37,593,587(0.6%)

325,781

Oceania424(4.1%)

5,757(0.3%)

20,328,057(0.3%)

65,116(2.5%)

Total

10,319(100.0%)1,942,334(100.0%)5,905,233,727(100.0%)2,562,390(100.0%)Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)

9

6.

THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA 2014

6-1 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED, 2014
The death toll by the earthquake in China in August tops at 731 in Asia in 2014, followed by the landslide in Nepal at450. There are 11 disaster events in Asia found in the list which claimed more than 100 lives. Flood occupies ten
ranks in the worst 25 list.

Table 6-1: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Number of People Killed, 2014
Economic
Disaster TypeCountry

Date

KilledAffected

Damage(US$ Million)

1 Earthquake

China P Rep

03/08/2014

731

1,120,513

2 Landslide

Nepal

02/08/2014

450

184,894

3 Flood

Afghanistan

24/04/2014

431

140,100

4 Flood

Pakistan

01/09/2014

367

2,470,673

2,000

5 FloodIndia

00/09/2014

298

275,000

16,0006 Extreme temperature

Pakistan

00/01/2014

248

7 Flood

Nepal

12/08/2014

217

8 LandslideIndia

30/07/2014

209

9 Landslide

Sri Lanka

29/10/2014

196

10 Storm

Philippines

15/07/2014

111

11 LandslideIndonesia

12/12/2014

108

3,900

12 FloodIndia

24/09/2014

95

650,000

13 Storm

Nepal

14/10/2014

83

175

14 LandslideJapan

20/08/2014

82

67

15 Flood

Afghanistan

03/06/2014

81

10,03516 Storm

Philippines

19/01/2014

79

1,148,707

17 Storm

Philippines

28/12/2014

72

578,54918

18 Storm

China P Rep

18/07/2014

71

9,960,099

4,233

19 Flood

China P Rep

13/07/2014

66

110,500

1,250

20 Flood

China P Rep

01/09/2014

65

300,000

570

21 Storm

Afghanistan

01/02/2014

63

22 Extreme temperature

Thailand00/01/2014

63

1,000,000

23 Volcanic activity

Japan

27/09/2014

62

69

24 Flood

Bangladesh

11/08/2014

59

2,800,447

25 Flood

China P Rep

12/05/2014

53

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)

10

5,000

18
28,2794,654,966

821
163
38
13

160
700

6-2 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED PER MILLIONPOPULATION, 2014
Using the ratio of the number of people killed to total country population, the landslide in Nepal tops with 16 persons
killed per one million. By disaster type, floods occupy the largest share in the 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by numberof people killed per population in 2014 with ten disaster events listed in the list.

Table 6-2: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Number of People Killed per Million Population, 2014

Disaster TypeCountry

Date

Killedper million

KilledPopulation

1 Landslide

Nepal

02/08/2014

16.19

450

27,797,457

2 Flood

Afghanistan

24/04/2014

14.11

431

30,551,674

3 Landslide

Sri Lanka

29/10/2014

9.57

196

20,483,000

4 Flood

Nepal

12/08/2014

7.81

217

27,797,457

5 Storm

Nepal

14/10/2014

2.99

83

27,797,457

6 Flood

Cambodia

30/07/2014

2.97

45

15,135,169

7 Flood

Afghanistan

03/06/2014

2.65

81

30,551,674

8 Flood

Tajikistan

22/04/2014

2.44

20

8,207,834

9 Storm

Afghanistan

01/02/2014

2.06

63

30,551,674

10 Flood

Pakistan

01/09/2014

2.01

367

182,142,594

11 Flood

Sri Lanka

01/12/2014

2.00

41

20,483,000

12 Landslide

Sri Lanka

28/10/2014

1.86

38

20,483,000

13 Epidemic

Timor-Leste

00/01/2014

1.70

2

1,178,252

14 Extreme temperature

Pakistan

00/01/2014

1.36

248

182,142,594

15 Flood

Sri Lanka

04/06/2014

1.32

27

20,483,000

16 Storm

Philippines

15/07/2014

1.13

111

98,393,574

17 Extreme temperature

Thailand00/01/2014

0.94

63

67,010,502

18 Storm

Philippines

19/01/2014

0.80

79

98,393,574

19 Storm

Philippines

28/12/2014

0.73

72

98,393,574

20 Landslide

Nepal

02/08/2014

0.65

18

27,797,457

21 LandslideJapan

20/08/2014

0.64

82

127,338,621

22 Landslide

Nepal

18/04/2014

0.58

16

27,797,457

23 Flood

Nepal

01/07/2014

0.58

16

27,797,457

24 Flood

Malaysia

16/12/2014

0.57

17

29,716,965

25 Earthquake

China P Rep

03/08/2014

0.54

731

1,357,380,000

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)*Data from World Bank 201211

6-3 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED, 2014
In terms of the number of people affected, the drought in China ranks the first with 27.5 million people affected. In
2014, the number of disaster events that affected more than one million amounts to 18. By country, China has nineranks in the list. By disaster type, flood amounts to 12 out of the 25 disasters followed by 8 storms .

Table 6-3: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Total Number of People Affected, 2014

Disaster TypeCountry

Date

1 Drought

China P Rep

00/08/2014

2 Flood

China P Rep

17/06/2014

3 Storm

China P Rep

4 Storm

Philippines

5 Storm
6 Flood

KilledAffected

Economic Damage(US$ Million)

27,500,000

2,500

24

15,000,000

900

18/07/2014

71

9,960,099

4,233

15/07/2014

111

4,654,966

821

Philippines

12/12/2014

18

4,150,400

114

India

09/08/2014

47

3,600,000

100

7 Flood

Bangladesh

11/08/2014

59

2,800,447

160

8 Flood

Pakistan

01/09/2014

367

2,470,673

2,000

9 Drought

Malaysia

00/03/2014

10 Storm

Philippines

17/09/2014

11 Drought

Sri Lanka

00/01/2014

12 Storm

Philippines

19/01/2014

79

13 Earthquake

China P Rep

03/08/2014

14 Flood

Sri Lanka

01/12/2014

15 Flood

China P Rep

16 Extreme temperature
17 Storm

2,200,000
2,052,157

76

1,800,000

25

1,148,707

13

731

1,120,513

5,000

41

1,100,020

10/09/2014

50

1,065,000

Thailand00/01/2014

63

1,000,000

India

12/10/2014

45

920,000

7,000

18 Flood

China P Rep

01/06/2014

33

720,000677

19 FloodIndia

24/09/2014

95

650,000163

20 Storm

Philippines

28/12/2014

72

578,549

18

21 Flood

Cambodia

30/07/2014

45

530,450

22 Flood

China P Rep

24/05/2014

37

475,000

1,200

23 Flood

China P Rep

04/06/2014

37

450,000

1,100

24 Earthquake

China P Rep

12/02/2014

450,000174

25 Flood

Iran Islam Rep

01/06/2014

440,000

49

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)

12

22

37.00

1,400

6-4 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY AFFECTED PEOPLE PER THOUSAND POPULATION,
2014
Using the index of the affected people per thousand population, the drought in Malaysia results in 74 affected
person per thousand population. Among top 25 countries, flood and storm disasters occupy 14 and 7 ranks in thelist, respectively.

Table 6-4: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Total Number of People Affected per Thousand Population, 2014

Disaster TypeCountry

Date

Affected
per thousand

Affected

Population

1 Drought

Malaysia

00/03/2014

74.03

2,200,000

29,716,965

2 Flood

Sri Lanka

01/12/2014

53.70

1,100,020

20,483,000

3 Storm

Philippines

15/07/2014

47.31

4,654,966

98,393,574

4 Storm

Philippines

12/12/2014

42.18

4,150,400

98,393,574

5 Flood

Cambodia

30/07/2014

35.05

530,450

15,135,169

6 Storm

Philippines

17/09/2014

20.86

2,052,157

98,393,574

7 Drought

China P Rep

00/08/2014

20.26

27,500,000

1,357,380,000

8 Flood

Bangladesh

11/08/2014

17.88

2,800,447

156,594,962

9 Extreme temperature

Thailand00/01/2014

14.92

1,000,000

67,010,502

10 Flood

Pakistan

01/09/2014

13.56

2,470,673

182,142,594

11 Storm

Philippines

19/01/2014

11.67

1,148,707

98,393,574

12 Flood

China P Rep

17/06/2014

11.05

15,000,000

1,357,380,000

13 Flood

Malaysia

16/12/2014

7.74

230,000

29,716,965

14 Storm

China P Rep

18/07/2014

7.34

9,960,099

1,357,380,000

15 Landslide

Nepal

02/08/2014

6.65

184,894

27,797,457

16 Storm

Philippines

28/12/2014

5.88

578,549

98,393,574

17 Flood

Iran Islam Rep

01/06/2014

5.68

440,000

77,447,168

18 Flood

Sri Lanka

04/06/2014

5.08

104,00920,483,000

19 Flood

Afghanistan

24/04/2014

4.59

140,100

30,551,674

20 Storm

Philippines

10/09/2014

4.38

431,086

98,393,574

21 FloodIndia

09/08/2014

2.88

3,600,000

1,252,139,596

22 Flood

Georgia

21/09/2014

2.68

12,0004,476,900

23 Flood

Thailand

01/09/2014

1.09

73,26067,010,502

24 FloodIndonesia

24/01/2014

1.04

260,350

249,865,631

25 Flood

Nepal

12/08/2014

1.02

28,27927,797,457

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)*Data from World Bank 201213

6-5 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY ECONOMIC DAMAGE, 2014
According to the EM-DAT database, flood in India tops in the 25 ranks of the worst economic damage in Asia in2014 with US$ 16,000 million. By country, China occupies as many as 19 out of 25ranks. By disaster type, floodand storm have the largest shares with 15 and 7,ranks respectively.
Table 6-5: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Economic Damage, 2014

Disaster TypeCountry

Date

Total deaths

Total affected

Economic Damage(US$ Million)

1 FloodIndia

00/09/2014

298.0027500016,0002 StormIndia

12/10/2014

45.00

9200007,000

3 StormJapan

08/02/2014

37.00

4 Earthquake

China P Rep

03/08/2014

731.0011205135,000

5 Storm

China P Rep

18/07/2014

71.00

9960099

4,233

6 Storm

China P Rep

10/09/2014

9.00

3940002,900

7 Drought

China P Rep

00/08/2014

27500000

2,500

8 Flood

Pakistan

01/09/2014

367.002470673

2,000

5,900

9 Flood

China P Rep

10/09/2014

50.00

1065000

1,400

10 Flood

China P Rep

13/07/2014

66.00

1105001,250

11 Flood

China P Rep

24/05/2014

37.00

4750001,200

12 Drought

China P Rep

00/06/2014

13 Flood

China P Rep

04/06/2014

37.00

4500001,100

14 Flood

China P Rep

17/06/2014

24.00

15000000

900

15 Storm

Philippines

15/07/2014

111.004654966821

16 Flood

China P Rep

12/05/2014

53.00

17 Flood

China P Rep

01/06/2014

33.00

720000677

18 Storm

China P Rep

07/02/2014

10.00

100090675

19 FloodIndonesia

08/01/2014

32.00

20000

600

20 Flood

China P Rep

22/08/2014

10.00

50000

600

21 Flood

China P Rep

01/09/2014

65.00

300000570

22 Flood

China P Rep

03/07/2014

23.00

25000

500

23 Storm

China P Rep

22/07/2014

14.00

24 Flood

China P Rep

11/08/2014

27.00

150000487

25 Flood

China P Rep

25/06/2014

24.00

150000483

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)

14

1,180

700

500

6-6 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY RATIO OF ECONOMIC DAMAGE TO GDP, 2014
In terms of economic damage incurred relative to gross domestic product (GDP), two disasters, the floods inPakistan and India result in the highest damage with 0.861 percent and 0.853 percent of the individual GDP. Floodand storm have the highest ranks with 12 and 7 ranks, respectively. China shares nine ranks in the list.
Table 6-6: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Ratio of Economic Damage to GDP, 2014

Disaster TypeCountry

Date

Economic

EconomicDamage / GDP

Damage(as per cent)(US$ Million)

GDP(US$ Million)

1 Flood

Pakistan

01/09/2014

0.86102,000

232,287

2 FloodIndia

00/09/2014

0.852516,0001,876,797

3 StormIndia

12/10/2014

0.37307,000

1,876,797

4 Storm

Philippines

15/07/2014

0.3016821

272,067

5 StormJapan

08/02/2014

0.11995,900

4,919,563

6 Flood

Bangladesh

11/08/2014

0.1067160

149,990

7 Flood

Malaysia

16/12/2014

0.0907284

313,159

8 FloodIndonesia

08/01/2014

0.0691

600

868,346

9 Earthquake

China P Rep

03/08/2014

0.05415,000

9,240,270

10 Storm

China P Rep

18/07/2014

0.04584,233

9,240,270

11 Storm

Philippines

12/12/2014

0.0419114

272,067

12 Drought

Sri Lanka

00/01/2014

0.0372

25

67,18213 Storm

China P Rep

10/09/2014

0.03142,900

9,240,270

14 Storm

Philippines

17/09/2014

0.027976

272,067

15 Drought

China P Rep

00/08/2014

0.02712,500

9,240,270

16 FloodIndonesia

24/01/2014

0.0199173

868,346

17 FloodIndonesia

14/01/2014

0.0176

153

868,346

18 Earthquake

Thailand05/05/2014

0.016062

387,252

19 Flood

China P Rep

10/09/2014

0.01521,400

9,240,270

20 Flood

China P Rep

13/07/2014

0.01351,250

9,240,270

21 Flood

Iran Islam Rep

01/06/2014

0.013349

368,904

22 Flood

China P Rep

24/05/2014

0.01301,200

9,240,270

23 Drought

China P Rep

00/06/2014

0.01281,180

9,240,270

24 Flood

China P Rep

04/06/2014

0.01191,100

9,240,270

25 Volcanic activity

Indonesia

14/02/2014

0.0119103

868,346

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)*Data from World Bank 201215

7. DISASTERS IN ASIA BY COUNTRY, 2014
Country
Afghanistan
Bangladesh

Disaster Type

Occurrence

Total
deathsTotal
affected

Flood

2

512

Storm

1

63

Flood

1

59

Damage('000 US$)

150,1352,800,447

160,000

Storm

2

20

5,262

Cambodia

Flood

1

45

530,450

China

Drought

2

27,500,000

3,680,000

Earthquake

8737

2,437,673

5,638,000

Flood

13

473

18,556,500

9,867,000

Landslide

1

8

407

Storm

15

174

11,209,694

Flood

1

Georgia
India

Extremetemperature
Flood

9,969,973

12,0002

40
4,726,500

16,263,000

84

931,564

7,000,000

780

437,087926,000

Landslide

2

127

3,900

Volcanic activity

2

39

115,160

186,000

Earthquake

2

1

12,58043,000

Flood

1

37

440,000

49,000Earthquake

1

Landslide

1

82

67

38,000

Storm

9

129

38,482

6,541,000

Volcanic activity

1

62

69

Kazakhstan

Flood

1

5

2,709

Korea Rep

Flood

1

17

Storm

2

24

Kyrgyzstan

Storm

1

Lao P Dem Rep

Flood

1

Malaysia

Drought

1

Flood

1

Myanmar

Flood

2

Nepal

Flood

3

241

30,679Landslide3

484

184,894

Storm

1

83

175

1

248

1

367

2,470,673

Storm

1

16

82

Flood

2

4

102,955

Storm

9

326

13,068,983

Volcanic activity

1

Indonesia

Iran Islam Rep
Japan

Pakistan

Philippines

8586

Landslide

1

209

Storm

4

Flood

Extremetemperature
Flood

16

2,611

101

11,000750
2,200,000
17

230,000

284,000

40,00018,00060,5452,000,000

1,062,899

Country

Disaster TypeSri Lanka

Occurrence

Total
affected

Drought

1

Flood

2

68

1,204,029

241

730

Landslide3

Taiwan (China)

Storm

2

Tajikistan

Flood

2

ThailandDrought

1

Earthquake
Extremetemperature
Flood

1

1

17,5231

63

1,000,000

4

29

131,288

Timor-Leste

Epidemic

1

TurkeyEarthquake

1

Storm

Damage('000 US$)
25,000420,000
13,223

1

Total

1,800,000

20

Storm

Viet Nam

Total
deaths62,00010,000

2,000
2

197
324

3

38

48,075

10,700143

5861

92,520,523

64,264,572

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)This table shows sum of disaster impacts in Asia in 2014.
In 2014, China accounts for the highest in all indices in Asia, occurrence, number of killed people, number of affected
people and economic damage by 27 percent, 24 percent, 65 percent and 45 percent, respectively.
While India has the second largest shares after China by 10 percent, in number of killed people, Nepal and Pakistan
follow China by 14 and 11 percent.
On the other hand, the Philippines has the second largest number of people affected by 14 percent after China.
Similar to disaster occurrence, India follows China in economic damage by 36 percent.

17

8.

DISASTERS IN ASIA BY DISASTER TYPE, 2014

Disaster Type

Total
deathsTotal
affected

Damage('000 US$)Country

Occurrence

China P Rep

227,500,000

Malaysia12,200,000

Sri Lanka

1

1,800,000

25,000Thailand1

China P Rep

8737

2,437,673

5,638,000

Iran Islam Rep

2

1

12,58043,000Japan

1

Thailand1

Turkey1

Epidemic

Timor-Leste

1

2

Extreme temperature

India

2

40

Pakistan1

248

Thailand1

63

Afghanistan

2

512

150,135

Bangladesh

1592,800,447

Drought

Earthquake

Flood

LandslideStorm

3,680,000

2,611
1

17,52362,000324
197
18,0001,000,000
160,000

Cambodia1

45

530,450

China P Rep

13

473

18,556,500

Georgia

1

India

8

586

4,726,500

16,263,000

Indonesia

780

437,087926,000

Iran Islam Rep

137

440,000

49,000

Kazakhstan

1

5

2,709

Korea Rep

1

17

Lao P Dem Rep

1

Malaysia

1

Myanmar

2

Nepal

3

241

30,679Pakistan1367

2,470,673

Philippines2

4

102,955

Sri Lanka

2

68

1,204,029

Tajikistan

2

20

13,223Thailand4

29

131,288

China P Rep

1

8

407

India

1

209

Indonesia

2

127

Japan

1

82

67

Nepal

3

484

184,894

Sri Lanka

3

241

730

Afghanistan

1

63

9,867,000

12,000750
17230,000

284,000

40,0002,000,000

10,0003,900
38,000

Bangladesh

2

20

5,262

China P Rep

15

174

11,209,694

9,969,973

India

4

84

931,564

7,000,000

Japan

9

129

38,482

6,541,000

Korea Rep

2

24

101

11,00018

Disaster Type

Volcanic activity

Country

Occurrence

Total
deathsTotal
affected

Damage('000 US$)

Kyrgyzstan

1

Nepal

1

83

Pakistan

1

16

82

Philippines

9326

13,068,983

Taiwan (China)

2

Thailand1

Viet Nam

3

38

48,075

10,700Indonesia

2

39

115,160

186,000

Japan

1

62

Philippines

1

Total

143

175
1,062,899
420,000
2,000

69
60,5455861

92,520,523

64,264,572

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)This table shows disasters in Asia in 2014 by disaster type.
Flood makes up for the largest shares in all indices of occurrence, the number of people killed, the number of people
affected and economic damage, by 38 percent, 44 percent, 34 percent and 46 percent, respectively. A total of 19
countries have impacts by flood.
Then storm ranks second in occurrence, number of killed people and economic damage by 36 percent, 16 percent and39 percent respectively with 13 countries.
In number of affected people, drought has second largest at 34 percent followed by storm by 27 percent.

19

The Asian Disaster Reduction Center was established in Kobe, Japan in 1998 with the mission to enhancedisaster resilience of its member‐countries, to build safe communities, and to create a society where
sustainable development is possible. The Center works to build disaster resilient communities and toestablish networks among countries through many programs including personnel exchanges in this field.

Asian Disaster Reduction Center