In 2023, a total of almost 410,000 people across Brazil were directly affected by climate change-related disasters. This represented an increase when compared to the previous year, up from 215,600 million people. Since 1990, figures reached a record high in 2014, when a total of 27.6 million people were directly affected by storms, floods, fires and other natural disasters related to climate change. That year, heavy rains affected several regions of Brazil, triggering widespread floods that affected a large number of people throughout the country.
Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Brazil from 1990 to 2023
According to the source, a disaster is a calamitous and sudden event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material, economic and environmental loss that exceeds the capacity of the affected community or society to cope with the situation with their own resources.
Climate change-related disasters included are storms, extreme temperatures, floods, wet mass displacement, droughts, and wildfires.
The source did not provide data for the missing years.
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (January 2, 2024). Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Brazil from 1990 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407441/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-brazil/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Brazil from 1990 to 2023." Chart. January 2, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407441/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-brazil/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2024). Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Brazil from 1990 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407441/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-brazil/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of People Directly Affected by Climate Change-related Disasters in Brazil from 1990 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407441/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-brazil/
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Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Brazil from 1990 to 2023 [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, January 2, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407441/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-brazil/
