Jamaica saw a total of 551,340 people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in 1991. This was the largest figure recorded in the Caribbean country over the last three decades. Climate change-related disasters include storms, floods, wet mass movements, extreme temperatures, droughts and fires.
Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Jamaica from 1991 to 2017
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 Jamaica from 1991 to 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407455/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-jamaica/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Jamaica from 1991 to 2017." Chart. January 2, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407455/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-jamaica/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2024). Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Jamaica from 1991 to 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407455/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-jamaica/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of People Directly Affected by Climate Change-related Disasters in Jamaica from 1991 to 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407455/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-jamaica/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Jamaica from 1991 to 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407455/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-jamaica/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Jamaica from 1991 to 2017 [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, January 2, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407455/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-jamaica/
