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March, 2015
Target 3
250
6%
200
Billion USD
7%
5%
150
4%
100
3%
2%
50
1%
0%
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Damage
2007
GDP
Context
2010
2011
2012
2013
% of GDP
Trends
2009
Measurement Note
2008
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Rank
2001
Percent lose
2000
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Rank
2012
2013
The accumulated losses do not cover small-scale, highly frequent Different provinces/regions present different disaster proles
and localised disasters and the available statistics are solely and national databases should reect these variations to
accurately monitor disaster economic impact.
based on major disasters.
Sources
Asian Development Bank and World Bank (2010). Pakistan 2010 Floods: Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment.
http://gfdrr.org/gfdrr/sites/gfdrr.org/les/publication/Pakistan_DNA.pdf
http://www.emdat.be/
Global Climate Risk Index Reports (2006-2015) Available at http://germanwatch.org/en/cri.
Guha-Sapir, D., I. Santos and M.E. Alexandre Borde. (2013). The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters: Oxford University Press, USA.
Klieson, K.L. (1994) 'The Economics of Natural Disasters', http://bit.ly/18hkWdM
The Express Tribune. March 22, 2012. http://tribune.com.pk/story/353606/climate-change-at-its-current-trend-could-cost-pakistan-14billion-a-year/
1995-2015
Years of
Leadership