Number of victims: more than 26 000 Šore than 26 000 people lost their lives Šore than 26 000 people lost their lives or ent missin in natural an‚ man‰ma‚e in ‚isaster events in 2015ˆ ‚isasters in 2015ˆ he number of lives lost as more than ‚ouble that in 201„… but as still ell belo the yearly averae of aroun‚ 66 000 ‚eaths since 1††0ˆ Šore than 1† 000 people ‚ie‚ in natural Šore than 1† 000 people ere €ille‚ or ent missin in natural catastrophes… the catastrophesˆ ma ority in the ‚evastatin earthŒua€e that struc€ Nepal in Aprilˆ žeataves an‚ other severe eather events in many reions also claime‚ a number of livesˆ here ere nearly 000 ‚eaths in here ere nearly 000 ‚eaths in man‰ma‚e ‚isasters… compare‚ to approximately man‰ma‚e events… many ‚ue to maritime 5†00 in 201„ˆ he sin€in of a boat carryin mirants off the ƒibyan coast on ‚isastersˆ 1† April 2015 €ille‚ more than ‡00… the hihest loss from a sinle event in the Še‚iterranean ‘ea on sigma recor‚sˆ he total number of reporte‚ ‚eaths in maritime ‚isasters rose to 2„‡ from 211‡ in the previous yearˆ Šany more are believe‚ to have ‚ie‚ in unreporte‚ inci‚ents of boats sin€in hile carryin mirants fleein ar‰torn lan‚sˆ A stampe‚e… ma or fires an‚ explosions ™ther man‰ma‚e catastrophes claimin a hih number of victims inclu‚e‚ a an‚ airplane crashes claime‚ many stampe‚e at the annual ža pilrimae in ‘au‚i Arabia here… accor‚in to victimsˆ overnment sources… 6† people ‚ie‚ˆ Aviation ‚isasters too€ 6‡5 lives in 2015… ‚on from †60 in 201„ˆ Šost of the fatalities ere in to crashesˆ “n Šarch… a pilot committe‚ suici‚e by crashin the plane he as flyin into the ˜rench Alps… ta€in ith his the lives of the other 1„† people on boar‚ˆ An‚ in ™ctober… a et crashe‚ in the ‘inai in Eypt… allee‚ly ‚ue to a bomb blast on the plane… €illin 22„ peopleˆ here ere other in‚ivi‚ual man‰ma‚e ‚isasters in 2015… inclu‚in ma or fires an‚ explosions hich too€ 112 victimsˆ Figure 2 10 000 000 Number of victims… 1†0–2015 1 1†0: ”anla‚esh s torm 1 000 000 2 1†6: anshan earthŒua€e… China 1 2 6  1††1: Cyclone –or€y… ”anla‚esh 3 4 5 „ 200„: “n‚ian ™cean earthŒua€e 100 000 an‚ tsunami 7 8 5 200‡: Cyclone Naris… Šyanmar 10 000 6 2010: žaiti earthŒua€e  201: yphoon žaiyan… •hilippines ‡ 2015: EarthŒua€e in Nepal 1000 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Man-made disasters Natural catastrophes Note: scale is loarithmic – the number of victims increases tenfol‚ per ban‚ˆ ‘ource: ‘iss e Economic esearch ¦ Consultin an‚ Cat •erilsˆ Swiss Re sigma No 1/2016 