In 2023, a total of 112 people across Venezuela were directly affected by climate change-related disasters. This represented a significant decline when compared to 2021, when figures reached a record high at approximately 1.4 million people. In August 2021, heavy rains resulting from a tropical wave caused floods, landslides and other losses that affected a large number of people in the South American country.
Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Venezuela from 1993 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 Venezuela from 1993 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409751/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-venezuela/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Venezuela from 1993 to 2023." Chart. January 2, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409751/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-venezuela/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2024). Number of people directly affected by climate change-related disasters in Venezuela from 1993 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409751/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-venezuela/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of People Directly Affected by Climate Change-related Disasters in Venezuela from 1993 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409751/number-of-people-affected-by-climate-change-related-disasters-venezuela/
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