 |
Of all drought-related disasters between 1975 and 2000, 98% of deaths occurred in just three territories: Ethiopia, Sudan and Mozambique. There were an estimated 560 thousand drought-related disaster deaths worldwide during this period, occurring in just 20 of the 200 territories that are mapped. A sustained drought can result in crop failure, deaths of livestock and ultimately deaths of people. Unlike other disasters, droughts are slow to unfold and may continue for years. |
“People cannot survive on just three glasses of water a day when the temperature is hitting 40 degrees." Mohamed Elmi, 2006 |
Territory size shows the proportion of all people who have died in disasters due to drought, who died there. A disaster is an event which overwhelms local resources.
|
All of the data we use is estimated; 
Open Population Map for comparison