In 2021, four percent of Brazilian households were at risk of flooding. The share of households under flood hazard in the South American country has been increasing for the last three years, up from some 3.3 percent in 2018. However, 2015 recorded the largest share during the period in consideration, with 4.2 percent of households in Brazil at risk of flooding. In 2021, the number of people displaced or left homeless due to impacting hydrological events in Brazil reached a new record high.
Percentage of households that are at risk of flooding in Brazil from 2015 to 2021
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Ministério da Integração e do Desenvolvimento Regional (Brazil). (May 22, 2023). Percentage of households that are at risk of flooding in Brazil from 2015 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386096/share-of-households-at-risk-of-flooding-brazil/
Ministério da Integração e do Desenvolvimento Regional (Brazil). "Percentage of households that are at risk of flooding in Brazil from 2015 to 2021." Chart. May 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386096/share-of-households-at-risk-of-flooding-brazil/
Ministério da Integração e do Desenvolvimento Regional (Brazil). (2023). Percentage of households that are at risk of flooding in Brazil from 2015 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386096/share-of-households-at-risk-of-flooding-brazil/
Ministério da Integração e do Desenvolvimento Regional (Brazil). "Percentage of Households That Are at Risk of Flooding in Brazil from 2015 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386096/share-of-households-at-risk-of-flooding-brazil/
Ministério da Integração e do Desenvolvimento Regional (Brazil), Percentage of households that are at risk of flooding in Brazil from 2015 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386096/share-of-households-at-risk-of-flooding-brazil/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Percentage of households that are at risk of flooding in Brazil from 2015 to 2021 [Graph], Ministério da Integração e do Desenvolvimento Regional (Brazil), May 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386096/share-of-households-at-risk-of-flooding-brazil/