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Table 4 Total annual and lifetime loss in GDP attributable to disaster-related deaths (in US$)

From: Impact of disaster-related mortality on gross domestic product in the WHO African Region

Countries

Disaster deaths

Annual GDP loss

Lifetime GDP loss

Algeria

3434

61.8

1545

Angola

4162

74.9

1873

Benin

655

11.8

295

Botswana

211

3.8

95

Burkina Faso

9496

170.9

4273

Burundi

398

7.2

179

Côte d'Ivoire

298

5.4

134

Cameroon

4890

88.0

2201

Cape Verde

159

2.9

72

Central African Republic

94

1.7

42

Chad

4918

88.5

2213

Comoros

318

5.7

143

Congo

690

12.4

311

Democratic Republic of Congo

3663

65.9

1648

Equatorial Guinea

15

0.3

7

Eritrea

130

2.3

59

Ethiopia

311602

5608.8

140221

Gabon

142

2.6

64

Gambia

292

5.3

131

Ghana

3169

57.0

1426

Guinea

1121

20.2

504

Guinea-Bissau

1455

26.2

655

Kenya

4905

88.3

2207

Lesotho

40

0.7

18

Madagascar

1702

30.6

766

Malawi

1273

22.9

573

Mali

7128

128.3

3208

Mauritania

2521

45.4

1134

Mauritius

166

3.0

75

Mozambique

113974

2051.5

51288

Namibia

120

2.2

54

Niger

6137

110.5

2762

Nigeria

30028

540.5

13513

Rwanda

483

8.7

217

Sâo Tomé and Principe

181

3.3

81

Senegal

1189

21.4

535

Seychelles

5

0.1

2

Sierra Leone

1427

25.7

642

South Africa

3323

59.8

1495

Swaziland

663

11.9

298

Tanzania, U. Rep. of

5441

97.9

2448

Togo

948

17.1

427

Uganda

1248

22.5

562

Zambia

3162

56.9

1423

Zimbabwe

2221

40.0

999

TOTAL GDP LOSS (US$)

539597

9712.7

242819