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Figure 1.19 Years in which the direct economic loss caused by natural disasters exceeded RMB 150 billion (US$ 25 billion equivalent), 1994–2013

04/02/2015

China is a country with recurrent and major natural disasters, including floods, snowstorms, droughts and earthquakes. Globally, China ranks among the top ten countries suffering the greatest toll from disasters, both in terms of the number of fatalities and in the economic costs from damage20.

Source: Ministry of Civil Affairs, China National Civil Affairs Statistical Yearbook, 2014

Figure 1.19
China is a country with recurrent and major natural disasters, including floods, snowstorms, droughts and earthquakes. Globally, China ranks among the top ten countries suffering the greatest toll from disasters, both in terms of the number of fatalities and in the economic costs from damage.

* Data reflect fatalities from the 1976 Tangshan earthquake only.

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