Pakistan Floods Facts and Figures

PAKISTAN BEFORE THE FLOODS

• Pakistan is 125th of 169 countries in the Human Development Index
• 22% of people live in extreme poverty: they survive on less than $1.25 (US) per day
• 23% of people are undernourished
• 25th highest infant mortality rate in the world

THE IMPACT OF THE FLOODS

• Unprecedented monsoon rains caused flooding of the Indus river, starting in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, spreading South through Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh.
• At its worst the flood waters covered roughly one-fifth of Pakistan’s land area
• 18 million people were affected
• 1,985 people killed
• 12 million people’s homes were damaged or destroyed
• 2.2 million hectares of crops were destroyed
• 10,000 schools damaged or destroyed
• 450,000 livestock lost

RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION HEADLINE ACHIEVEMENTS

• 1.8 million people  reached by DEC  funded aid
• 1 million people  given food
• 510,000+ provided with clean water
• 290,000+ people provided with emergency shelter
• 200,000 people given mosquito nets to prevent malaria
• 994 babies delivered
• 26,000+ people benefitting from help to restart farming