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Thailand Natural Disaster Profile

Basic Facts:

Area: 514,000 km²
Coastline: 3,219 km
Population: 64,865,523

GDP (PPP): $477.5 billion
GDP Per Capita: $7,400
Population Below Poverty Line: 10.4%

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 (1901 - 2004)

Disaster	# of Events	Total Killed	Avg. # Killed	Total Affected	Avg. # Affected
Cyclone	23	1,468	64	3,167,905	137,735
Drought	4	0	0	13,500,000	3,375,000
Earthquake	1	0	0	0	0
Flood	47	2,427	52	27,193,357	578,582
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
89,888	133,715	21.14

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
Droughts and floods pose the greatest threat to Thailand, influencing the entire country in with varying degrees of risk. The entire country is severely impacted by floods when weighted by mortality and GDP whereas droughts only rank in the moderate to lower deciles. Cyclones also pose a minor risk to the northern portions of the country. The Multi-hazard Disaster Risk maps indicate that Thailand is significantly affected by hydrological and drought events, particularly in the central, eastern, and southern regions.