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Areas affected by drought (1982-2009) . Area and population of the drought-affected areas per country (CILSS countries)
1 – 2 drought affected seasons 3 – 5 drought affected seasons 6 – 10 drought affected seasons 11 –15 drought affected seasons
Area Population Area Population Area Population Area Population
abs. % abs. % abs. % abs. % abs. % abs. % abs. % abs. %
(km²)
(thsd.)
(km²)
(thsd.)
(km²)
(thsd.)
(km²)
(thsd.)
Burkina Faso 74,694 27.16 4,910 31.20 194,301 70.64 10,326 65.61 5,981 2.17 487 3.10 - - - -
Cape Verde - - - - - - - - 3,953 96.93 441 98.12 125 3.07 8 1.85
Chad 87,951 6.89 1,787 16.65 655,131 51.30 7,577 70.61 476,753 37.33 1,065 9.92 41,164 3.22 15 0.14
Gambia, The - - - - 10,862 100.00 1,428 100.00 - - - - - - - -
Guinea-Bissau 3,593 10.51 130 9.49 30,461 89.11 1,242 90.92 129 0.38 7 0.48 - - - -
Mali 207,090 16.46 2,497 16.39 688,367 54.70 12,281 80.60 344,871 27.41 447 2.93 7,587 0.60 4 0.03
Mauritania 108,624 10.40 292 8.21 432,223 41.39 1,784 50.14 481,919 46.15 1,482 41.65 21,417 2.05 9 0.25
Niger 134,147 11.27 2,069 13.33 529,189 44.46 11,668 75.14 508,652 42.74 1,754 11.30 18,221 1.53 17 0.11
Senegal 32,768 16.56 4,538 41.71 157,420 79.53 6,230 57.25 7,738 3.91 248 2.28 - - - -
total 648,866 12.26 16,223 21.65 2,697,954 50.98 52,536 70.12 1,829,996 34.58 5,931 7.92 88,514 1.67 53 0.07
> 15 drought affected seasons
Area Population
abs. % abs. % total area of total population
(km²)
(thsd.)
country (km²) of country (thsd.)
Burkina Faso - - - - 275,049 15,739
Cape Verde - - - - 4,079 450
Chad 195 0.02 0 0.00 1,277,143 10,730
Gambia, The - - - - 10,862 1,428
Guinea-Bissau - - - - 34,182 1,366
Mali - - - - 1,258,413 15,238
Mauritania - - - - 1,044,184 3,558
Niger - - - - 1,190,209 15,528
Senegal - - - - 197,926 10,881
total 195 0.00 0 0.00 5,292,047 74,918
Note: As only 0.000037 per cent of the area of the CILSS countries have been affected by more than 15 drought events, this category (>15 drought affected seasons) is
displayedin the same colour in the map as the areas that have been affected 11 to 15 times.
Note:
As only 0.000037 per cent of the area of the CILSS countries have been affected by more than 15 drought events, this category (> 15
drought affected seasons) is displayed in the same color in the map as the areas that have been affected 11 to 15 times.
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