Disaster profiles

National data based profiles: The following countries have detailed (high resolution, spatially distributed) disaster profiles which are built based on information gathered, processed and made available by National Disaster Observatories run by national Governments, UNDP, LA RED, GRIP and it's associates and partners: Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Republic of Maldives, Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Orissa , Uttar Pradesh; Argentina, Bolivia, Chile , Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, El Salvador, Venezuela; Florida, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Dominican Republic Click here to go to detailed profiles   When analysing these National data profiles please keep in mind Observatories typically gather small, medium and large scale disaster data (with no minimum inclusion criteria), aggregated at municipality or equivalent level, and for a period normally between 30 and 40 years.

Global data (EM-DAT) based profiles: For those countries where there is no GRIP National Disaster Observatories we have prepared country profiles based on the information contained in the EM-DAT OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database available at http://www.emdat.be. Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Azores Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Hercegovenia Botswana Brazil Brunei Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Burma Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Canary Is Cape Verde Is Cayman Islands Central African Rep Chad Chile China P Rep Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Is Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Rep Czechoslovakia Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Rep East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvin Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia The Georgia Germany Germany Germany Dem Rep Germany Fed Rep Ghana Greece Greenland Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong (China) Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Islam Rep Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Jan Mayen Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea Dem P Rep Korea Rep Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao P Dem Rep Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamah Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia FRY Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Is Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Fed States Moldova Rep Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Northern Mariana Is Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine (West Bank) Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russia Rwanda Samoa San Marino Sao Tome et Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Montenegro Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Is Somalia South Africa Soviet Union Spain Sri Lanka St Helena St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia St Vincent and The Grenadines Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Rep Taiwan Taiwan (China) Tajikistan Tanzania Uni Rep Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Is Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Virgin Is (UK) Virgin Is (US) Wallis and Futuna Is Western Sahara Western Sahara Yemen Yemen Arab Rep Yemen P Dem Rep Yugoslavia Zaire/Congo Dem Rep Zaire/Congo, Dem Rep Zambia Zimbabwe   When analysing Global data profiles please keep in mind EM-DAT includes disasters aggregated at country level, from 1900 until present, which fit at least one of the following criteria:    •10 or more people killed;    •100 or more people affected;    •declaration of a state of emergency    •Call for international assistance