Panama saw a total of 32,900 people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in 2010. This was the largest figure recorded in the Central American 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 Panama from 1991 to 2022
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 Panama from 1991 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407460/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-panama/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Panama from 1991 to 2022." Chart. January 2, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407460/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-panama/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2024). Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Panama from 1991 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407460/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-panama/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of People Directly Affected by Climate Change-related Disasters in Panama from 1991 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407460/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-panama/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Panama from 1991 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407460/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-panama/ (last visited November 05, 2024)
Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Panama from 1991 to 2022 [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, January 2, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407460/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-panama/
