This statistic shows the economic damage caused by forest, brush and wildfires in the period between 1900 and 2016*. The forest fire in the U.S. in October 2003 caused an economic loss of 3.5 billion U.S. dollars.
Economic loss due to major forest and wildfires worldwide from 1900 to 2016*
(in million U.S. dollars)
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Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (November 17, 2016). Economic loss due to major forest and wildfires worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/267823/economic-loss-due-to-forest-and-wildfires/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Economic loss due to major forest and wildfires worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 17, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267823/economic-loss-due-to-forest-and-wildfires/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (2016). Economic loss due to major forest and wildfires worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267823/economic-loss-due-to-forest-and-wildfires/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Economic Loss Due to Major Forest and Wildfires Worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/267823/economic-loss-due-to-forest-and-wildfires/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Economic loss due to major forest and wildfires worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/267823/economic-loss-due-to-forest-and-wildfires/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Economic loss due to major forest and wildfires worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), November 17, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/267823/economic-loss-due-to-forest-and-wildfires/