TABLE: Which disasters get most aid?
Source: AlertNet
Emma Batha
The World Disasters Report released today gives an interesting rundown of how much aid in dollars each person affected by various disasters and conflicts received in 2005.
No prizes for guessing that survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami benefited more than those affected by conflict in places like Ivory Coast.
But you may be surprised to see just how vast the gap is - those in the tsunami region got 50 times more, and that's excluding the billions being poured into reconstruction.
To some extent this was because of the far greater media coverage, the report by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says. For more on this click here.
Click on the crisis name to get more background. If you're interested in comparing recent media coverage on crises around the globe have a look at AlertNet's new World Press Tracker.
Source: U.N. Financial Tracking Service, using U.N. beneficiary estimates
| Crisis | Aid per person | |
| Indian Ocean Tsunami | $1241 | Up to 230,000 dead, 2.1 mln uprooted |
| Darfur, Sudan | $431 | Conflict has displaced at least 2 mln |
| South Asia quake | $310 | Kashmir quake kills 75,000 in Oct 2005 |
| Chechnya | $281 | Rebels have been struggling for autonomy from Russia since 1991 |
| Hurricane Stan, Guatemala | $224 | Hundreds die in mudslides in Oct 2005, crops destroyed |
| Democratic Republic Congo | $213 | Some 1,200 people die each day |
| Northern Uganda | $86 | 1.7 mln uprooted by 20-year insurgency |
| Somalia | $53 | Years of anarchy compounded by drought |
| West Africa | $50 | Locust plague contributes to new hunger crisis |
| Ivory Coast | $27 | Country is split between rebels and govt |
