Colombia saw a total of 5,344 people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in 2023, down from nearly 270,000 people in previous year. During the period in consideration, climate change-related disasters in the South American country had the greatest impact in 2010, with a total of 2.8 million people affected. That year, the rainy season in Colombia was unusually heavy, resulting in floods and landslides that affected several people.
Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Colombia 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 Colombia from 1990 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407443/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-colombia/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Colombia from 1990 to 2023." Chart. January 2, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407443/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-colombia/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2024). Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Colombia from 1990 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407443/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-colombia/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of People Directly Affected by Climate Change-related Disasters in Colombia from 1990 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407443/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-colombia/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Colombia from 1990 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407443/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-colombia/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Colombia from 1990 to 2023 [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, January 2, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407443/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-colombia/
