Climate change-related disasters in Puerto Rico cost a total of 59.8 million U.S. dollars in 2020, mainly due to the tropical storm Isaias that hit the Caribbean island that year. Prior to that, Puerto Rico saw economic expenses from climate change-related disasters climb to 68 billion U.S. dollars in 2017, the highest figure recorded since at least 1990.
Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in Puerto Rico from 1992 to 2020
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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. (February 13, 2024). Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in Puerto Rico from 1992 to 2020 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1411277/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-puerto-rico/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in Puerto Rico from 1992 to 2020 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)." Chart. February 13, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1411277/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-puerto-rico/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2024). Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in Puerto Rico from 1992 to 2020 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1411277/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-puerto-rico/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Economic Cost of Climate Change-related Disasters in Puerto Rico from 1992 to 2020 (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1411277/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-puerto-rico/
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