Table 1 Estimated average annual cost of landslide of different countries

Canada^a

–

$70 million–1.4 billion

Japan

$1.5 billion

$4 billion

Korea

$60 million

–

Based on poor record

Italy

–

$2.6–5 billion

Rough Estimate

Sweden

$10–20 million

–

Spain

$0.2 billion

–

Former USSR

$0.5 billion

–

New Zealand

$26.3 million

90% of costs are sustained in rural areas

Belgium^b

$0.85 million

$4.48 million

Germany^c

$0.3 billion

–

India

$1.3 billion

China

$0.5 billion

–

Costs based on valuations in 1989

Nepal

$19.6 million

–

Includes flood damage, but likely incomplete

Brazil^d

$45 million

$0.35 billion

Worldwide

$ 20 billion