In 2023, a total of 166 people across Brazil lost their lives due to climate change-related disasters. This represented a decrease when compared to the previous year, down from over 500 people. Since 1990, figures reached a record high in 2011, when a total of 978 people died due to storms, floods, fires and other natural disasters related to climate change. That year, the South American country experienced heavy rains for several consecutive days, which resulted in floods and landslides that affected a significant number of people.
Number of human deaths due to climate change-related disasters in Brazil 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.
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 human deaths due to climate change-related disasters in Brazil from 1990 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409771/number-of-human-deaths-due-to-climate-change-related-disasters-brazil/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of human deaths due to climate change-related disasters in Brazil from 1990 to 2023." Chart. January 2, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409771/number-of-human-deaths-due-to-climate-change-related-disasters-brazil/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2024). Number of human deaths due to climate change-related disasters in Brazil from 1990 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409771/number-of-human-deaths-due-to-climate-change-related-disasters-brazil/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of Human Deaths Due to Climate Change-related Disasters in Brazil from 1990 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409771/number-of-human-deaths-due-to-climate-change-related-disasters-brazil/
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Number of human deaths due to climate change-related disasters in Brazil from 1990 to 2023 [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, January 2, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409771/number-of-human-deaths-due-to-climate-change-related-disasters-brazil/
