Mexico experienced one natural catastrophe as a result of climate change in 2023. Since 1990, the Latin American country has been hit by more than 190 climate change-related disasters in total. The largest number of such disasters recorded within a single year was in 2011, with a total of 11 events.
Number of climate change-related disasters in Mexico 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 climate change-related disasters in Mexico from 1990 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409882/number-of-climate-change-related-disasters-mexico/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of climate change-related disasters in Mexico from 1990 to 2023." Chart. January 2, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409882/number-of-climate-change-related-disasters-mexico/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2024). Number of climate change-related disasters in Mexico from 1990 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409882/number-of-climate-change-related-disasters-mexico/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of Climate Change-related Disasters in Mexico from 1990 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409882/number-of-climate-change-related-disasters-mexico/
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