This statistic shows the economic harm as a result of droughts in certain countries in the period from 1900 to 2016*. The drought in China in 1994 caused an economic loss of almost 13.8 billion U.S. dollars.
Economic loss due to major droughts worldwide from 1900 to 2016*
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (November 17, 2016). Economic loss due to major droughts worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/267700/economic-loss-due-to-drought-worldwide/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Economic loss due to major droughts worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 17, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267700/economic-loss-due-to-drought-worldwide/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (2016). Economic loss due to major droughts worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267700/economic-loss-due-to-drought-worldwide/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Economic Loss Due to Major Droughts Worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/267700/economic-loss-due-to-drought-worldwide/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Economic loss due to major droughts worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/267700/economic-loss-due-to-drought-worldwide/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Economic loss due to major droughts worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), November 17, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/267700/economic-loss-due-to-drought-worldwide/
