In 2023, a total of 785 people across Latin America and the Caribbean lost their lives due to climate change-related disasters. This represented a decline when compared to the previous year, down from 1,125 people. Since 1990, figures reached a record high in 1999, when a total of 31,000 people died due to storms, floods, fires and other natural disasters related to climate change.
Number of human deaths due to climate change-related disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean 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.
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (January 2, 2024). Number of human deaths due to climate change-related disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1990 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409757/number-of-human-deaths-due-to-climate-change-related-disasters-latin-america/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of human deaths due to climate change-related disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1990 to 2023." Chart. January 2, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409757/number-of-human-deaths-due-to-climate-change-related-disasters-latin-america/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2024). Number of human deaths due to climate change-related disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1990 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409757/number-of-human-deaths-due-to-climate-change-related-disasters-latin-america/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of Human Deaths Due to Climate Change-related Disasters in Latin America and The Caribbean from 1990 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409757/number-of-human-deaths-due-to-climate-change-related-disasters-latin-america/
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Number of human deaths due to climate change-related disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1990 to 2023 [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, January 2, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409757/number-of-human-deaths-due-to-climate-change-related-disasters-latin-america/
