Table 2 Recorded Historical Droughts in Ethiopia (
Starting month/year | Ending month/year | Drought-affected areas of Ethiopia | River basins | Total number of affected people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
05/1983 | 12/1984 | Wollo, Gondar, Gore, Tigray, Shoa, Harerge, Sidamo | All river basins | 7,750,000 |
06/1987 | 12/1987 | Ogaden, Eritrea, Tigray, Wello, Shewa, Gama, Gofa, Sidamo, Gondar, Bale | Danakil, Tekeze, Blue Nile, Awash, Rift valley, Genale, and Shebelle | 7,000,000 |
10/1989 | 12/1992 | Northern Ethiopia, Eritrea, Tigray, Wollo, Gondar, Harerge | Tekeze, Blue Nile, Awash, Danakil, Omo and Baro river basin | 6,500,000 |
02/1997 | 12/1997 | Borena, Bale (Oromiya state) South Omo zone, the Somali state | Rift valley, Genale, and Shebelle | N/A |
09/1999 | 12/2000 | Oromia, Amhara, Tigray Beneshangul Gumuz, Gambella, SNNPR, Somali provinces | All river basins | 4,900,000 |
01/2003 | 12/2004 | Tigray, Oromia, Amhara, Somali, Afar provinces | All river basins | 12,600,000 |
11/2005 | 12/2006 | Afder, Liben districts (Somali province), Gode zones (Shabelle district, Somali province), Borena district (Oromiya province) | Rift valley, Genale, and Shebelle | N/A |
05/2008 | 12/2008 | Oromia, Somali, Amhara, Afar, Tigray, SNNPR provinces | Rift valley, Genale, and Shebelle | 6,400,000 |
01/2009 | 12/2009 | Afar, part of Amhara, part of SNNP, Gambela provinces, Oromia, Somali and Tigray | Tekeze, Blue Nile, Awash, Danakil, Omo, Genale and Shebele | 6,200,000 |
01/2010 | 10/2010 | Afar, part of Tigray, part of Amhara, part of SNNP, Gambela provinces and part of Oromia | Tekeze, Blue Nile, Awash, Danakil,and Omo river basin | N/A |
01/2011 | 12/2011 | Somali, Oromia, Afar, Tigray, Amhara provinces | All river basins | 4,805,679 |
01/2012 | 01/2012 | Somali, Oromia, Afar, Tigray, Amhara provinces | All river basins | 1,000,000 |
09/2015 | 01/2016 | Somali, Afar provinces | Rift valley, Genale, and Shebelle | 10,200,000 |