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Impact of natural disasters: population affected (average per year per million people)

People requiring immediate assistance during a period of emergency as a result of a natural disaster (as defined above), including displaced, evacuated, homeless and injured people.

Source: WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (2011) and UNDESA (2011).

Data in the tables are those available to the Human Development Report Office as of 15 May 2011, unless otherwise specified.

HDI Rank Country 2010
.. Very high human development 2,331
.. High human development 4,890
.. Medium human development 54,444
.. Low human development 19,221
1 Norway 33
2 Australia 1,378
3 Netherlands 0 1
4 United States 6,689
5 New Zealand 175
6 Canada 54
7 Ireland 11
8 Liechtenstein ..
9 Germany 404
10 Sweden 0
11 Switzerland 77
12 Japan 709
13 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 271
14 Iceland ..
15 Korea (Republic of) 1,158
16 Denmark 0
17 Israel 270
18 Belgium 31
19 Austria 735
20 France 891
21 Slovenia 52
22 Finland 7
23 Spain 14
24 Italy 29
25 Luxembourg 0
26 Singapore ..
27 Czech Republic 2,098
28 United Kingdom 617
29 Greece 112
30 United Arab Emirates ..
31 Cyprus 4
32 Andorra ..
33 Brunei Darussalam ..
34 Estonia 7
35 Slovakia 212
36 Malta ..
37 Qatar ..
38 Hungary 467
39 Poland 318
40 Lithuania 0
41 Portugal 1,418
42 Bahrain ..
43 Latvia 0
44 Chile 3,051
45 Argentina 1,790
46 Croatia 59
47 Barbados 1,968
48 Uruguay 4,548
49 Palau ..
50 Romania 764
51 Cuba 87,392
52 Seychelles 7,860
53 Bahamas 5,979
54 Montenegro 1,249
55 Bulgaria 179
56 Saudi Arabia 86
57 Mexico 7,097
58 Panama 3,612
59 Serbia 213
60 Antigua and Barbuda 34,720
61 Malaysia 1,573
62 Trinidad and Tobago 131
63 Kuwait ..
64 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
65 Belarus 19
66 Russian Federation 1,332
67 Grenada 59,003
68 Kazakhstan 442
69 Costa Rica 7,367
70 Albania 19,215
71 Lebanon 414
72 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
73 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 704
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,673
75 Georgia 94
76 Ukraine 1,421
77 Mauritius 81
78 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 53,874
79 Jamaica 15,757
80 Peru 20,752
81 Dominica 11,372
82 Saint Lucia 1,721
83 Ecuador 3,769
84 Brazil 3,440
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 918
86 Armenia 0
87 Colombia 14,482
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,156
89 Oman 722
90 Tonga 15,857
91 Azerbaijan 1,159
92 Turkey 224
93 Belize 28,239
94 Tunisia 320
95 Jordan 0
96 Algeria 564
97 Sri Lanka 22,652
98 Dominican Republic 3,480
99 Samoa 0
100 Fiji 10,511
101 China 93,151
102 Turkmenistan ..
103 Thailand 58,220
104 Suriname 6,013
105 El Salvador 9,436
106 Gabon 149
107 Paraguay 7,307
108 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 18,429
109 Maldives 522
110 Mongolia 59,135
111 Moldova (Republic of) 6,532
112 Philippines 48,370
113 Egypt 5
114 Occupied Palestinian Territory 12
115 Uzbekistan 5
116 Micronesia (Federated States of) 7,771
117 Guyana 54,311
118 Botswana 499
119 Syrian Arab Republic 6,371
120 Namibia 40,481
121 Honduras 13,628
122 Kiribati 85
123 South Africa 30,398
124 Indonesia 1,364
125 Vanuatu 24,519
126 Kyrgyzstan 37,899
127 Tajikistan 47,642
128 Viet Nam 19,794
129 Nicaragua 11,487
130 Morocco 419
131 Guatemala 26,888
132 Iraq 226
133 Cape Verde 6,048
134 India 41,245
135 Ghana 2,925
136 Equatorial Guinea ..
137 Congo 2,102
138 Lao People's Democratic Republic 15,096
139 Cambodia 34,829
140 Swaziland 117,337
141 Bhutan 0
142 Solomon Islands 4,672
143 Kenya 27,446
144 Sao Tome and Principe ..
145 Pakistan 18,218
146 Bangladesh 47,203
147 Timor-Leste 1,177
148 Angola 4,989
149 Myanmar 6,551
150 Cameroon 204
151 Madagascar 17,121
152 Tanzania (United Republic of) 13,270
153 Papua New Guinea 3,987
154 Yemen 135
155 Senegal 7,377
156 Nigeria 1,295
157 Nepal 9,738
158 Haiti 12,565
159 Mauritania 41,693
160 Lesotho 45,203
161 Uganda 9,460
162 Togo 4,972
163 Comoros 381
164 Zambia 32,196
165 Djibouti 82,450
166 Rwanda 9,919
167 Benin 12,662
168 Gambia 4,106
169 Sudan* 13,909
170 Côte d'Ivoire 96
171 Malawi 64,924
172 Afghanistan 9,799
173 Zimbabwe 78,319
174 Ethiopia 35,049
175 Mali 11,678
176 Guinea-Bissau 12,575
177 Eritrea 32,492
178 Guinea 3,355
179 Central African Republic 1,696
180 Sierra Leone 361
181 Burkina Faso 2,723
182 Liberia 924
183 Chad 33,141
184 Mozambique 25,059
185 Burundi 29,916
186 Niger 96,596
187 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 325
.. Tuvalu ..
.. Somalia 69,471
.. San Marino ..
.. Nauru ..
.. Monaco ..
.. Marshall Islands 1,110
.. Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 7,513

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