A total of 225,000 people were directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Haiti in 2023, up from some 13,000 people in the previous year. During the period in consideration, climate change-related disasters in the Caribbean country had the greatest impact in 2016, with a total of 5.8 million people affected. In October that year, hurricane Matthew struck the country – it was the worst disaster to hit Haiti since the 2010 earthquake.
Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Haiti from 1992 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 Haiti from 1992 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407452/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-haiti/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Haiti from 1992 to 2023." Chart. January 2, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407452/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-haiti/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2024). Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Haiti from 1992 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407452/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-haiti/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of People Directly Affected by Climate Change-related Disasters in Haiti from 1992 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407452/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-haiti/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Haiti from 1992 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407452/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-haiti/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Haiti from 1992 to 2023 [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, January 2, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407452/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-haiti/
