Natural Disaster Data Book
2011 (An Analytical Overview)

Asian Disaster Reduction Center

ADRC Natural Disasters Data Book 2011

Overview

affected people, economic damage, and theirrespective ratios to population and gross domestic
product. It also includes tables of 2011 disasters in
ADRC member and other Asian countries sorted bycountry and disaster type.

The Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
Natural Disasters Data Book 2011 provides thestatistical perspectives in figures and tables for2011 as well as for the period 1975-2011 based ondata obtained by EM-DAT.

*18,812 as of 26 June 2012 by the Government ofJapan

According to EM-DAT, 196 natural disasters
occurred in 2011 worldwide, killing about 28,800
people and affecting over 85 million people. The
estimated amount of economic damage came close
to US$290 billion.

(http://www.adrc.asia/nationframe.php?URL=./view_disas
ter_en.php?NationCode=&lang=en&KEY=1497)[Notes]
Source:The year 2011 sees two large-scale disasters in
Asia; the Great East Japan Earthquake andsubsequent tsunami in Japan and flood in Thailand,
which claimed 20,319* and 813 lives, affected over
400,000 and 9,500,000 people while bringing about
economic damage worth US$210 billion and US$40
billion respectively.

All the data are based on EM-DAT:The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database www.emdat.be, Université Catholique de Louvain,
Brussels (Belgium), data version v12.07 on 12 April
2012, unless otherwise stated.
EM-DAT Criteria:

By region, Asia is the highest in the indices ofdisaster occurrences and number of people
affected, and economic damage. Asia accounts for44.4 percent, occurrences; number of people killed,
82.0 percent; number of affected people, 94.0
percent; and amount of economic damage, 88.7
percent.

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.

Worldwide disaster trends in composition of indicesand top shares of impacts vary by disaster type.
For instance, flood made up the largest share of
41.8 percent of all disaster occurrences;
earthquake, 71.9 percent of number of people
killed; flood, 56.7 percent of affected people; andearthquake, 75.9 percent of total amount of
economic damage. This trend is largely attributed
to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and floodin Thailand.

Data:

The indices show a similar trend within Asia in 2011,
and to the past trend except for 2010 in the world in
the long term. In all categories, hydrometeorological disasters such as flood, storm, anddrought make up a substantial portion of the total
occurrences and number of affected people. On theother hand, earthquake and storm bring about
largest shares in number of people killed andeconomic damage.

“Earthquake or seismic activity” includes groundshaking and tsunami.
“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.
“Mass Movement” includes avalanche, landslide,and rockfall.
“Storm” includes local storm, tropical cyclone, andwinter storm.
“Volcano” means volcanic eruption.
“Wildfire” includes bush/brush fire, forest fire, andscrub/grassland fire.

“Affected people” in this Data Book 2011 are thesum of injured, homeless, and affected in EM-DAT.
EM-DAT defines affected people as people
requiring immediate assistance during a period of
emergency; it can also include displaced or
evacuated people.
Disaster Terms:

Data Book 2011 also contains tables of the 25
worst disasters by number of people killed and totali

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Table of Contents
1. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS BY REGION, 2011 ...................................................... 2
2. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS BY DISASTER TYPE, 2011......................................... 3
3. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS IN ASIA BY DISASTER TYPE, 2011 ........................... 4
4. TRENDS OF WORLD NATURAL DISASTERS, 1975-2011 ..................................................... 5
4-1 NUMBER OF DISASTERS IN THE WORLD (1975-2011) ..................................................................... 5
4-2 NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED IN THE WORLD (1975-2011) ............................................................... 6
4-3 NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED IN THE WORLD (1975-2011) ......................................................... 7
4-4 ECONOMIC DAMAGE IN THE WORLD (1975-2011) ........................................................................... 8

5. IMPACTS OF WORLD NATURAL DISASTERS BY REGION, 1975-2011 ............................... 9
6. THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA 2011 ......................................................................... 10
6-1 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED, 2011 ................................... 10
6-2 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED PER MILLION POPULATION,
2011 .......................................................................................................................................... 11
6-3 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED, 2011 ................... 12
6-4 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY TOTAL AFFECTED PEOPLE PER THOUSAND POPULATION,
2011 .......................................................................................................................................... 13
6-5 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY ECONOMIC DAMAGE, 2011 ............................................... 14
6-6 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY RATIO OF ECONOMIC DAMAGE TO GDP, 2011 .................. 15

7. DISASTERS IN ASIA BY COUNTRY, 2011 ........................................................................... 16
8. DISASTERS IN ASIA BY DISASTER TYPE, 2011 ................................................................. 17-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sources of Images on the Front Page
Photographed in Sendai, Japan by Mr. Yasuo Kawawaki

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1. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS BY REGION, 2011
This section covers the impacts of natural disasters—occurrence, number of deaths, number of affected people, andeconomic damage—that took place in different regions across the world in 2011. As shown in Figure 1, Asia ranks
first in all categories among regions. The shares of Africa and Americas are more than 20 percent in occurrences
while those of Asia in number of killed, affected and damage exceed over 80 percent. Most in number of killed anddamage are attributed to two catastrophic disasters of the year, the Great East Japan Earthquake and flood in
Thailand. Regarding number of the killed, affected and damage, the disaster in Japan accounts for 70.5 percent,
0.5 percent and 72.5 percent of the world while that of Thailand 2.8 percent, 11.1 percent and 13.8 percent
respectively. On the other hand, as the sum of the two disasters amount to only 11.6 percent in the affected people,
the remaining share of more than 80 percent originates from other countries in Asia.

Figure 1: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Region, 2011
Table 1: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Region, 2011

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

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2. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS BY DISASTER TYPE, 2011
This section provides the breakdown of impacts of disasters sorted by disaster type. As Figure 2 shows, while floodand storm are dominant in the categories of disaster occurrences and number of the affected, earthquake
outnumbers other disaster types in number of the killed and economic damage, both amounting to more than 70
percent of all types.

Figure 2: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Disaster Type, 2011
Table 2: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Disaster Type, 2011

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

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3. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS IN ASIA BY DISASTER TYPE, 2011
This section provides the overview of impacts of disasters sorted by disaster type in Asia. Figure 3 shows a similar
pattern to Figure 2. However, there is no record of wildfire in Asia in 2011.

Figure 3: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Disaster Type in Asia, 2011
Table 3: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Disaster Type in Asia, 2011

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

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4. TRENDS OF WORLD NATURAL DISASTERS, 1975-2011
4-1 NUMBER OF DISASTERS IN THE WORLD (1975-2011)
In terms of number of disasters, the year 2011 sees sharp decline, less than half of the average of last decade. In
the long run, the upward shift of disaster occurrence’s trend continues from the late 1970s through early 2000s,
which is clearly depicted in the collective 5-year period representation of data in Figure 4-2.

Figure 4-1: Disaster Occurrence, 1975-2011

Figure 4-2: Disaster Occurrence (Average of 5-year period), 1977-2011
Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)

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4-2 NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED IN THE WORLD (1975-2011)
The death toll in 2011 stands at around 28,800, indicating lower level compared to recent years which claimed
nearly or more than 100,000 lives such as in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2010. As seen in Figure4-4, for the trendof the 5-year period average, the number of people killed reaches highest in 1977-2011.

Figure 4-3: Number of People Killed, 1975-2011

Figure 4-4: Number of People Killed (Average of 5-year period), 1977-2011
Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)

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4-3 NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED IN THE WORLD (1975-2011)
In terms of number of affected people, 2011 sees a significantly low figure compared with the last decade. For the 5year period average representation of data, number of affected people in the last five-year still remains relatively
high, with nearly 190 million people affected, though the figure plunged by about 80 million from 2002-2006 period..

Figure 4-5: Total Number of Affected People, 1975-2011

Figure 4-6: Number of Affected People (Average of 5 year period), 1977-2011
Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)

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4-4 ECONOMIC DAMAGE IN THE WORLD (1975-2011)
Economic damage caused by natural disasters in 2011 (approximately US$290 billion) reaches the highest in the
1975-2011 period by rising three straight years. For the 5-year period average analysis too, the 2007-2011 average
has reached record high level.

Figure 4-7: Amount of Damage, 1975-2011

Figure 4-8: Economic Damage (Average of 5-year period), 1977-2011
Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)

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5. IMPACTS OF WORLD NATURAL DISASTERS BY REGION, 1975-2011
For the period 1975-2011, Asia dominates and ranks first in all natural disaster’s impact categories across regionsof the world.

Figure 5: Impacts of World Natural Disasters by Region, 1975-2011

Table 5: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Region, 1975-2011

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

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6. THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA 2011
6-1 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED, 2011
The death toll by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan overwhelmingly tops in Asia, and the world in 2011. Thereare eight disaster events in Asia found in the list which claimed more than 100 lives, compared to 21 disasters in2010.
Table 6-1: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Number of People Killed, 2011

Disaster TypeCountry

Date

KilledAffected

1 EarthquakeJapan

11/03/2011

20,319405,719

EconomicDamage(US$ Million)
210,000

2 Flood

Thailand05/08/2011

813

9,500,000

40,0003 Flood

Pakistan

00/08/2011

456

5,800,000

4 Flood

Cambodia

00/08/2011

207

1,350,000

5 Flood

China P Rep

03/06/2011168

6 Flood

Myanmar20/10/2011

106

10,0002

7 Storm

Philippines

24/09/2011

103

3,030,846

344

8 Flood

China P Rep

00/09/2011

102

21,560,000

4,080

9 Flood

Nepal

00/06/2011

89

1,858

10 Storm

Philippines

26/07/2011

84

1,108,224

11 EarthquakeIndia

18/09/2011

83575,200

12 Extreme Temperature India

00/01/2011

80

13 Earthquake

Myanmar24/03/2011

74

21,27714 Mass Movement

Korea Rep

26/07/2011

59

2,000

15 Extreme Temperature Bangladesh

07/01/2011

50

100,000

16 Storm

Philippines

27/08/2011

43

403,230

17 Flood

Sri Lanka

05/01/2011

43

1,000,000

18 Flood

Viet Nam

00/09/2011

43

292,152

19 Mass Movement

Philippines

22/04/2011

43

5

20 StormIndia

20/05/2011

42

50

21 FloodIndia

00/09/2011

34

190,000

22 Storm

Philippines

08/05/2011

31

70,00023 Flood

Korea Dem P Rep

23/06/2011

30

21,16024 Storm

Philippines

01/10/2011

25

1,113,775

25 Flood

Philippines

28/06/2011

25

75,000

95
1,143

63

4

34

3

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

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6-2 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED PER MILLIONPOPULATION, 2011
Using the index of the ratio of the number of people killed to total country population, earthquake and tsunami which
hit wide area of Japan on 11 March takes the first place with 159 persons per one million. In addition, flood
dominates the list with 13 incidences in 12 different countries. The flood gave great impact to the countries in many
parts of Asia in 2011.
Table 6-2: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Number of People Killed per Million Population, 2011

Type

Country

Date

Killed(per million)

KilledPopulation*(2010)

1 EarthquakeJapan

11/03/2011

159.4320319

127,451,000

2 Flood

Cambodia

00/08/2011

14.64

207

14,139,000

3 Epidemic

Maldives

00/06/2011

12.66

4

316,000

4 Flood

Thailand05/08/2011

11.76

813

69,122,000

5 Flood

Nepal

00/06/2011

2.97

89

29,959,000

6 Flood

Pakistan

00/08/2011

2.63

456

173,593,000

7 Flood

Lao P Dem Rep

23/06/2011

2.26

14

6,201,000

8 Flood

Myanmar20/10/2011

2.21

106

47,963,000

9 Flood

Sri Lanka

05/01/2011

2.06

43

20,860,000

10 Flood

Georgia

12/06/2011

1.57

7

4,452,000

11 Earthquake

Myanmar24/03/2011

1.54

74

47,963,000

12 Earthquake

Bhutan

18/09/2011

1.38

1

726,000

13 Flood

Korea Dem P Rep

23/06/2011

1.23

30

24,346,000

14 Mass Movement

Korea Rep

26/07/2011

1.21

59

48,875,000

15 Storm

Philippines

24/09/2011

1.10

103

93,261,000

16 Storm

Philippines

26/07/2011

0.90

84

93,261,000

17 Flood

Afghanistan

10/02/2011

0.73

25

34,385,000

18 Flood

Sri Lanka

01/02/2011

0.67

14

20,860,000

19 Mass Movement

Malaysia

21/05/2011

0.56

16

28,401,000

20 Flood

Viet Nam

00/09/2011

0.49

43

86,928,000

21 Storm

Philippines

27/08/2011

0.46

43

93,261,000

22 Mass Movement

Philippines

22/04/2011

0.46

43

93,261,000

23 Earthquake

Uzbekistan

20/07/2011

0.46

13

28,228,000

24 Flood

Saudi Arabia

25/01/2011

0.36

10

27,448,000

25 Extreme Temperature Bangladesh

07/01/2011

0.34

50

148,692,000

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)*Data from World Bank 201011

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6-3 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED, 2011
In terms of total number of people affected, the storm in China that occurred in April ranks first with 22 million
affected people. China has three disaster events ranked within worst five in the list, totaling more than 47 million
affected people. By disaster type, 15 floods rank in the list with over 44 million people affected followed by 6 storms
with about 29 million affected people.
Table 6-3: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Total Number of People Affected, 2011

Type

Country

Date

KilledAffected

Est. Damage(US$ Million)

1 Storm

China P Rep

17/04/2011

17

22,000,150

8

2 Flood

China P Rep

00/09/2011

102

21,560,000

4,080

3 Flood

Thailand05/08/2011

813

9,500,000

40,000

4 Flood

Pakistan

00/08/2011

456

5,800,000

5 Extreme Temperature China P Rep

00/01/2011

1

3,800,000

205

6 Storm

Philippines

24/09/2011

103

3,030,846

344

7 Drought

Afghanistan

00/08/2011

8 Flood

Bangladesh

19/07/2011

10

1,570,559

9 Flood

Cambodia

00/08/2011

207

1,350,000

95

10 Storm

Philippines

01/10/2011

25

1,113,775

3

11 Storm

Philippines

26/07/2011

84

1,108,224

63

12 Flood

Sri Lanka

01/02/2011

14

1,053,000

13 Flood

Sri Lanka

05/01/2011

43

1,000,000

14 Storm

Thailand04/08/2011

18

1,000,000

15 Flood

Philippines

25/01/2011

23

638,418

16 EarthquakeIndia

18/09/2011

83575,200

17 Flood

Viet Nam

21/10/2011

13

461,584

18 EarthquakeJapan

11/03/2011

20,319405,719

210,000

19 Storm

Philippines

27/08/2011

43

403,230

34

20 Flood

Viet Nam

14/09/2011

24

300,000

44

21 Flood

Viet Nam

00/09/2011

43

292,152

22 Flood

Philippines

14/03/2011

16

241,776

23 Flood

Thailand

23/03/2011

6

200,000

24 FloodIndia

00/09/2011

34

190,000

25 Flood

Philippines

31/05/2011

3

173,458

1,750,000

12

0

8

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

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6-4 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY TOTAL AFFECTED PEOPLE PER THOUSAND
POPULATION, 2011
Using the index of total affected people per thousand population, flood in Thailand resulted in 137 affected person
per thousand population followed by 95 of Cambodia’s flood. Flood disasters in 9 countries occupy 14 ranks in thelist.
Table 6-4: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Total Number of People Affected per Thousand Population, 2011

Disaster TypeCountry

Date

Affected(per thousand)Affected

Population*(2010)

1 Flood

Thailand05/08/2011

137.449,500,000

69,122,000

2 Flood

Cambodia

00/08/2011

95.48

1,350,000

14,139,000

3 Drought

Afghanistan

00/08/2011

50.89

1,750,000

34,385,000

4 Flood

Sri Lanka

01/02/2011

50.48

1,053,000

20,860,000

5 Flood

Sri Lanka

05/01/2011

47.94

1,000,000

20,860,000

6 Flood

Pakistan

00/08/2011

33.41

5,800,000

173,593,000

7 Storm

Philippines

24/09/2011

32.50

3,030,846

93,261,000

8 Earthquake

Bhutan

18/09/2011

27.57

20,016

726,000

9 Storm

China P Rep

17/04/2011

16.44

22,000,150

1,338,300,000

10 Flood

China P Rep

00/09/2011

16.11

21,560,000

1,338,300,000

11 Storm

Thailand04/08/2011

14.47

1,000,000

69,122,000

12 Storm

Philippines

01/10/2011

11.94

1,113,775

93,261,000

13 Storm

Philippines

26/07/2011

11.88

1,108,224

93,261,000

14 Flood

Bangladesh

19/07/2011

10.56

1,570,559

148,692,000

15 Flood

Philippines

25/01/2011

6.85

638,418

93,261,000

16 Flood

Lao P Dem Rep

23/06/2011

5.97

37,0006,201,000

17 Flood

Viet Nam

21/10/2011

5.31

461,584

86,928,000

18 Storm

Philippines

27/08/2011

4.32

403,230

93,261,000

19 Epidemic

Maldives

00/06/2011

4.08

1,289

316,000

20 Flood

Viet Nam

14/09/2011

3.45

300,000

86,928,000

21 Flood

Viet Nam

00/09/2011

3.36

292,152

86,928,000

22 EarthquakeJapan

11/03/2011

3.18

405,719

127,451,000

23 Flood

Thailand

23/03/2011

2.89

200,000

69,122,000

24 Extreme Temperature China P Rep

00/01/2011

2.84

3,800,000

1,338,300,000

25 Flood

14/03/2011

2.59

241,776

93,261,000

Philippines

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)*Data from World Bank 201013

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6-5 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY ECONOMIC DAMAGE, 2011
According to the EM-DAT database, 22 natural disasters in Asia incurred economic damage in 2011. In the
category of economic damage, earthquake and tsunami in Japan tops the list with damage amounting toapproximately US$210 billion, worth more than five times of the following Thai flood.
Among the disasters, China and Philippines have respective six and nine disaster events, most of which are floods
and storms, with economic damage, though total amounts do not exceed the first or second worst disaster as seenin the table 6-5.
Table 6-5: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Economic Damage, 2011

Disaster TypeCountry

Date

KilledTot. Affected

Est. Damage(US$ Million)

1 EarthquakeJapan

11/03/2011

20,319405,719

210,000.00

2 Flood

Thailand05/08/2011

813

9,500,000

40,000.00

3 Flood

China P Rep

00/09/2011

102

21,560,000

4,080.00

4 Flood

China P Rep

03/06/2011

168

5 Storm

China P Rep

09/08/2011

6 Storm

Philippines

24/09/2011

103

7 Storm

China P Rep

02/10/2011

3

8 Extreme Temperature

China P Rep

00/01/2011

1

3,800,000

204.62

9 Flood

Kazakhstan

09/04/2011

2

16,000135.2310 Flood

Cambodia

00/08/2011

207

1,350,000

95.00

11 Storm

Philippines

26/07/2011

84

1,108,224

63.26

12 Flood

Viet Nam

14/09/2011

24

300,000

44.00

13 Storm

Philippines

27/08/2011

43

403,230

34.45

14 Flood

Philippines

25/01/2011

23

638,418

12.41

15 Storm

China P Rep

17/04/2011

17

22,000,150

8.47

16 Flood

Philippines

31/05/2011

3

173,458

7.66

17 Earthquake

Myanmar24/03/2011

74

21,277

3.60

18 Storm

Philippines

01/10/2011

25

1,113,775

2.66

19 Flood

Myanmar20/10/2011

106

10,0001.70

20 Flood

Philippines

14/03/2011

16

241,776

0.28

21 Flood

Philippines

19/09/2011

274

0.12

22 Storm

Philippines

02/08/2011

8,423

0.06

11

1,142.89
27,000482.593,030,846

344.17219.00Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)

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6-6 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY RATIO OF ECONOMIC DAMAGE TO GDP, 2011
In terms of economic damage incurred relative to gross domestic product (GDP), flood in Thailand, resulted indamage worth approximately 12.6 percent of its GDP, tops the list. In the second place, the earthquake and tsunami
in Japan gave impact to its economy accounting for damage cost 3.8 percent of its GDP. Cambodia’s flood stood at
0.8 percent in terms of its impact on the economy.
Table 6-6: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Ratio of Economic Damage to GDP, 2011

Disaster TypeCountryDate

1 Flood

Thailand05/08/2011

Damage(as percent of
GDP)
12.55799

Est. Damage(US$ Million)

GDP (2010)*(US$ Million)

40,000.00

318,522.26

2 EarthquakeJapan

11/03/2011

3.84697

210,000.00

5,458,836.66

3 Flood

Cambodia

00/08/2011

0.84503

95.00

11,242.27

4 Storm

Philippines

24/09/2011

0.17244344.17

199,589.45

5 Flood

Kazakhstan

09/04/2011

0.09072

135.23

149,058.91

6 Flood

China P Rep

00/09/2011

0.06884

4,080.00

5,926,612.01

7 Flood

Viet Nam

14/09/2011

0.04134

44.00

106,426.85

8 Storm

Philippines

26/07/2011

0.03169

63.26

199,589.45

9 Flood

China P Rep

03/06/2011

0.01928

1,142.89

5,926,612.01

10 Storm

Philippines

27/08/2011

0.0172634.45

199,589.45

11 Storm

China P Rep

09/08/2011

0.00814482.595,926,612.01

12 Earthquake

Myanmar24/03/2011

0.00793

3.60

45,380.00**

13 Flood

Philippines

25/01/2011

0.0062212.41

199,589.45

14 Flood

Philippines

31/05/2011

0.00384

7.66

199,589.45

15 Flood

Myanmar20/10/2011

0.00375

1.70

45,380.00**

16 Storm

China P Rep

02/10/2011

0.00370219.005,926,612.01

17 Extreme Temperature

China P Rep

00/01/2011

0.00345204.62

5,926,612.01

18 Storm

Philippines

01/10/2011

0.00133

2.66

199,589.45

19 Storm

China P Rep

17/04/2011

0.000148.47

5,926,612.01

20 Flood

Philippines

14/03/2011

0.000140.28

199,589.45

21 Flood

Philippines

19/09/2011

0.00006

0.12

199,589.45

22 Storm

Philippines

02/08/2011

0.00003

0.06

199,589.45

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)*Data from World Bank 2010; **Data from IMF World Economy Outlook Database15

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7. DISASTERS IN ASIA BY COUNTRY, 2011
Country

Disaster Type

Occurrence

Drought
Flood
Bangladesh
Extreme Temperature
Flood
BhutanEarthquake
Cambodia
Flood
China P Rep
Earthquake
Extreme Temperature
Flood
Mass Movement
Storm
Georgia
Flood
India
Earthquake
Extreme Temperature
Flood
Storm
Indonesia
Earthquake
Flood
Mass Movement
Iraq
Flood
Japan
Earthquake
Mass Movement
Storm
Kazakhstan
Flood
Korea Dem P Rep Flood
Storm
Korea Rep
Flood
Mass Movement
Kyrgyzstan
Earthquake
Lao P Dem Rep Flood
Malaysia
Mass Movement
Maldives
Epidemic
MyanmarEarthquake
Flood
Nepal
Earthquake
Flood
Pakistan
Earthquake
Flood
Philippines
Epidemic
Flood
Mass Movement
Storm
VolcanoSaudi Arabia
Flood
Sri Lanka
Flood
Tajikistan
Flood
ThailandDrought
Earthquake
Flood
Storm
TurkeyEarthquake
Uzbekistan
Earthquake
Viet Nam
Flood
Storm
Grand Total

1
1
1
1
1
1
5
1
3
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
8
2
9
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
3
1
87

Afghanistan

KilledAffected

25
50
10
1
207
32
1
286
40
20
7
83
80
34
42
11
12
19
6
20,321
5
15
2
30
4
13
59

1,750,000
3,000
100,000
1,570,559
20,0161,350,000
23,7443,800,000
21,620,000
2
22,027,150
1,750
575,200
190,000
50
95
13,8104
2,001
405,851
100
16,00021,160
1,255

95
205
5,223
710

210,000
135

37,0006
1,289
21,277
10,000
7,367
1,858
1,000
5,800,000
254
1,133,171
315
5,847,755
32,616

10
57

In
2011,
Philippines
accounts for 24 percent(21 occurrences) of thetotal number of disasters
that hit Asia, followed by
China’s 14 disasters (16percent).
Japan suffered largest
number of people killed,
20,341, 86 percent in
Asia, due mainly to theearthquake and tsunami
in March. The toll ofThailand accounts for 4
percent (838) in theregion.
With regards to number of
the affected, China ranks
first with more than 47
millionpeople(59
percent), followed by
Thailand’s 10.7 million(13 percent) and 7 million(9 percent) of Philippines.
Similarly,
economicdamage is made up of
Japan
(82
percent),
Thailand (16 percent),
andPhilippines(2
percent), totaling nearly
100 percent.

2,000

14
16
4
74
106
8
89
2
456
3
78
43
322

1
819
18
2
13
80
16
23,646

Damage(US$ Million)

4
2

20
445

2,053,000
1,279
16
9,700,000
1,000,000
79
86
1,053,736
63
80,195,914

40,00044
256,882

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

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8.

DISASTERS IN ASIA BY DISASTER TYPE, 2011
Disaster Type

Drought
Earthquake

Epidemic
Extreme Temperature
Flood

Mass Movement

Storm

VolcanoGrand Total

Country
Afghanistan
Thailand
BhutanChina P Rep
India
Indonesia
Japan
Kyrgyzstan
Myanmar
Nepal
PakistanThailandTurkeyUzbekistan
Maldives
Philippines
Bangladesh
China P Rep
India
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Cambodia
China P Rep
Georgia
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Korea Dem P Rep
Korea Rep
Lao P Dem Rep
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Thailand
Viet Nam
China P Rep
Indonesia
Japan
Korea Rep
Malaysia
Philippines
China P Rep
India
Japan
Korea Dem P Rep
Philippines
Thailand
Viet Nam
Philippines

Occurrence
1
1
1
5
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
8
1
2
1
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
1
1
9
1
1
1
87

KilledAffected

Damage(US$ millions)

1750000
1
32
83
11
20321

20016
23744
57520095405851

74
8
2
1
2
13
4
3
50
1
80
25
10
207
286
7
34
12
6
2
30
13
14
106
89
456
78
10
57

21277
7367
1000
16
79
86
1289
254
1000003800000
3000
1570559
1350000
21620000
1750
190000
13810
2001
16000
21160
37000
10000
1858
5800000
113317120530001279
9700000
1053736
2
4

819
80
40
19
5
59
16
43
20
42
15
4
322
18
16

2000
6
315
22027150
50
100
1255
5847755
1000000
63
32616
80195914

23646

This
table
shows
disasters in Asia in 2011by disaster type.

2100003.6

204.617955222.886

135.227

Flood has largest share inoccurrences (41percent)and number of affected
people (56percent) in
Asia. A total of 21
countries have one ormore flood disasters outof 28 disaster-affected
countries in Asia in 2011.
Number of the affected byflood disasters in China
amounts to 27percent inAsia
For number of people
killedandeconomicdamage, earthquake tops
otherdisastersbyclaiming
more
than
20,000 lives (87percent)and US$ 210 billion (82$)
in 12 countries in Asia.

1.7
20.47

40000
44

710.051444.597256882.148

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

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