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Indonesia Natural Disaster Profile

Basic Facts:


Area:
1,919,440 km2
Coastline: 54,716 km
Population: 238,452,952


GDP (PPP): $758.8 billion
GDP Per Capita: $3,200
Population Below Poverty Line: 27%


Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots
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Cyclones   Droughts   Earthquakes   Floods   Landslides   Volcanoes


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

EM-DAT Information (1907 - 2004)

Disaster # of Events Total Killed Avg. # Killed Total Affected Avg. # Affected
Cyclone 10 1,992 199 19,698 1,872
Drought 11 9,329 848 4,894,220 444,929
Earthquake 78 21,856 280 1,723,756 18,180
Flood 93 4,296 46 5,069,306 49,643
Volcano 43 17,945 417 981,853 22,351


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


Demographic Information:

Population within 1km of coast
Population within 2km of coast
Infant Mortality Rate
318,069
645,352
36.82


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 southern and western islands (Java, Sumatra, etc.) are exposed to the largest number of hazards and have high risk levels for droughts, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes. The geophysical hazards are confined to the mountainous regions of the islands while droughts and floods affect larger areas. On other islands, droughts are the most widespread hazard, though landslides, floods, and earthquakes affect selected regions. Compared to other hazards, floods have the largest risk when weighted by the proportion of GDP and mortality.

 

 
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