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Burma Natural Disaster Profile

Basic Facts:

Area: 678,500 km2
Coastline: 1930 km
Population: 42,720,196

GDP (PPP): $74.53 billion
GDP Per Capita: $1,800
Population Below Poverty Line: 25%


Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots
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Cyclones   Droughts   Earthquakes   Floods   Landslides


Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots (Weighted by Mortality)
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Cyclones   Droughts   Earthquakes   Floods   Landslides

EM-DAT Information (1902 - 2004)

Disaster # of Events Total Killed Avg. # Killed Total Affected Avg. # Affected
Cyclone 14 6,218 444 1,188,689 84,906
Drought - - - - -
Earthquake 5 551 110 160 32
Flood 13 368 28 2,268,284 174,483
Volcano - - - - -


Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots (Weighted by Proportion of GDP Impacted)
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Cyclones   Droughts   Earthquakes   Floods   Landslides


Demographic Information:

Population within 1km of coast
Population within 2km of coast
Infant Mortality Rate
1,268,726
2,408,847
68.78


Multi-Hazard Disaster Risk Hotspots (All Hazards combined and weighted by Mortality and Proportion of GDP Impacted)
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Mortality   GDP


Multi-Hazard Disaster Risk Hotspots by Hazard Groups (Top Three Deciles)
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Observations
The GDP and mortality weighted multi-hazard hotspots maps demonstrate that almost the entire country is affected by natural hazards; however, the decile rankings for individual hazards greatly vary throughout the country. Drought is the most persistent hazard throughout the country and ranks in the middle and lower deciles when weighted by GDP or mortality. Cyclones impact three small distinct regions of the country and range from mid to high decile categories in GDP and mortality. Earthquakes and floods significantly affect similar areas when weighted by mortality, however, floods generally rank in higher deciles when weighted by GDP. Landslides also present a significant risk for regions on the western border.

 

 
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