Areas Covered and Affected by Natural Disasters
(1 000 hectares)
Year	Areas Covered	Areas Affected	Percentage of Disaster Affected Areas to Areas Covered	Flood		Drought
				Areas Covered	Areas Affected	Areas Covered	Areas Affected
1978	50790	24457	48.2	2850	2012	40170	17970
1980	44526	29777	66.9	9146	6070	26111	14174
1985	44365	22705	51.2	14197	8949	22989	10063
1989	46991	24449	52.0	11328	5917	29358	15262
1990	38474	17819	46.3	11804	5605	18175	7805
1991	55472	27814	50.1	24596	14614	29414	10559
1992	51333	25859	50.4	9423	4464	32980	17049
1993	48829	23133	47.4	16387	8611	21098	8657
1994	55043	31383	57.0	17329	10744	30425	17049
1995	45821	22267	48.6	12731	7630	23455	10401
1996	46989	21233	45.2	18146	10855	20151	6247
1997	53429	30309	56.7	11414	5840	33514	20250
1998	50145	25181	50.2	22292	13785	14236	5060
1999	49981	26731	53.5	9020	5071	30156	16614
2000	54688	34374	62.9	7323	4321	40541	26784
2001	52155	31743	60.9	6042	3614	38472	23698
2002	47119	27319	58.0	12378	7474	22207	13247
2003	54390	32520	59.8	19210	12290	24850	14470