In 2023, climate change-related disasters in the Dominican Republic cost a total of 17.5 million U.S. dollars. Since 1990, the largest costs resulting from climate change-related disasters were recorded in 1998, when figures climbed to nearly two billion U.S. dollars, mainly due to the impact of hurricane Georges.
Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in the Dominican Republic from 1991 to 2023
(in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
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. (February 13, 2024). Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in the Dominican Republic from 1991 to 2023 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1411294/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-dominican-republic/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in the Dominican Republic from 1991 to 2023 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)." Chart. February 13, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1411294/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-dominican-republic/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2024). Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in the Dominican Republic from 1991 to 2023 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1411294/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-dominican-republic/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Economic Cost of Climate Change-related Disasters in The Dominican Republic from 1991 to 2023 (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1411294/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-dominican-republic/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in the Dominican Republic from 1991 to 2023 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1411294/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-dominican-republic/ (last visited January 04, 2025)
Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in the Dominican Republic from 1991 to 2023 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, February 13, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1411294/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-dominican-republic/
