Table I. Major drought years and their...

Table I.

Major drought years and their effects in different regions of ethiopia for the last 50 years

Year	Region	Impacts
1964-1966	Tigray and Wollo	About 1.5 million people were affected and 300,000 livestock died
1972-1973	Tigray and Wollo	Death of about 200,000 people and 30% of livestock population in the area
1978-1979	Southern Ethiopia	1.4 million people were affected
1983-1984	All regions	8 million people affected, 1 million people died
1982	Northern Ethiopia	2 million people were affected
1987-1988	All regions	7 million people were affected
1991-1992	North, east & south Ethiopia	4 million people were affected
1993-1994	Tigray and Wollo	7.6 million people were affected
2000	All regions	About 10.5 million people were affected
2002-2003	All regions	About 13 million people were affected; 1.4 million livestock died
2006	Southern Ethiopia (Borena)	About 7.4 million people affected; 247,000 livestock died
2008	Southern Ethiopia (Borena)	About 26,000 livestock died
2008-2009	All regions	About 5 million people were affected
2011	South-central, southeastern, and eastern parts of Ethiopia	About 4.5 million were affected
2015-2016	Northern, Southern and Eastern Ethiopia	About 10.2 million people were affected

Year	Region	Impacts
1964-1966	Tigray and Wollo	About 1.5 million people were affected and300,000 livestock died
1972-1973	Tigray and Wollo	Death of about 200,000 people and 30% of livestock population in the area
1978-1979	Southern Ethiopia	1.4 million people were affected
1983-1984	All regions	8 million people affected, 1 million people died
1982	Northern Ethiopia	2 million people were affected
1987-1988	All regions	7 million people were affected
1991-1992	North, east & south Ethiopia	4 million people were affected
1993-1994	Tigray and Wollo	7.6 million people were affected
2000	All regions	About 10.5 million people were affected
2002-2003	All regions	About 13 million people were affected; 1.4 million livestock died
2006	Southern Ethiopia (Borena)	About 7.4 million people affected; 247,000 livestock died
2008	Southern Ethiopia (Borena)	About 26,000 livestock died
2008-2009	All regions	About 5 million people were affected
2011	South-central, southeastern, and eastern parts of Ethiopia	About 4.5 million were affected
2015-2016	Northern, Southern and Eastern Ethiopia	About 10.2 million people were affected

Sources: Compiled from Degefu (1987), Meze-Hausken (2000), FAO (2003), Segele and Lamb (2005), Amsalu and Adem (2009), Deressa et al. (2010), Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) (2011), Viste et al. (2012) and FDRE (2016)

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