(Source: ADRC, Japan based on CRED-EM- DAT data base, 2001)

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Top 10 Severest Disasters According to the Ratio of Amount of Damage to GDP
(Member Country Summary 1975-2000)

Rank Country DisType Year GDP (BnUS$) Killed Injured Homeless Affected TotAff DamageUS$ ('000s) Dam/GDP
1 Mongolia Forest Wild fire 1996 1.18 25 61   5,000 5,061 1,712,800 1.452
2 Armenia(Soviet Union) Earthquake 1988 16.90 25,000 12,000 530,000 1,100,000 1,642,000 20,500,000 1.213
3 Tajikistan Flood 1992 0.29 1,346     63,500 63,500 300,000 1.034
4 Mongolia Winter Wind storm 2000 1.00 4 0 0 500,000 500,000 875,000 0.875
5 Nepal Flood 1987 2.93 188     351,000 351,000 727,500 0.248
6 Lao, P Dem Rep Wind storm 1993 1.33 8 120     120 302,151 0.227
7 Tajikistan Flood 1993 0.68 5   60,357 15,000 75,357 149,000 0.219
8 Myanmar Flood 1991 2.38 23   17,570 359,976 359,976 498,800 0.210
9 Nepal Earthquake 1980 1.84 100 5,600 30,000 240,000 275,600 245,000 0.133
10 Tajikistan Landslide 1992 0.29 243         24,100 0.083