SINGAPORE, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Around
$13.6 billion has been pledged by donors around the world to rebuild Indian
Ocean countries after the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami, which killed
231,452 people, the U.N. Envoy for Tsunami Recovery says.
It is more than enough to meet the estimated
needs.
Here are some key facts about the tsunami relief and rebuilding effort, which the United Nations says was the most generous and most immediately funded international emergency relief effort ever.
- Total damages: $10.73 billion; rebuilding costs: $10.375 billion.
- Number of countries affected: 12 (Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya, Bangladesh)
- Number of people displaced: 2,089,883
- Number of people who lost their livelihood: 1.5 million
- Number of houses reduced to rubble: 392,544; number needed: 308,000; number built or under construction: 46,000
- Number of boats destroyed: 103,829
- Ratio of women and children killed to men: 3:1
- Total time of earthquake which triggered the 2004 Asian tsunami: eight minutes
(Sources: U.N. office of the Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, Oxfam International, Reuters Alertnet)