In 2023, a total of six people across Cuba lost their lives due to climate change-related disasters. This represented a decrease when compared to the previous year, slightly down from nine people. Since 1990, figures reached a record high in 1993, when a total of 51 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 Cuba 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 Cuba from 1990 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409788/number-of-human-deaths-due-to-climate-change-related-disasters-cuba/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of human deaths due to climate change-related disasters in Cuba from 1990 to 2023." Chart. January 2, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409788/number-of-human-deaths-due-to-climate-change-related-disasters-cuba/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2024). Number of human deaths due to climate change-related disasters in Cuba from 1990 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409788/number-of-human-deaths-due-to-climate-change-related-disasters-cuba/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of Human Deaths Due to Climate Change-related Disasters in Cuba from 1990 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409788/number-of-human-deaths-due-to-climate-change-related-disasters-cuba/
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