In 2024, the global economic loss caused by tropical cyclones amounted to 145 billion U.S. dollars, more than any other type of natural disaster that year. Flooding followed in second, at 84 billion U.S. dollars. That same year, the total economic loss from all natural disasters globally reached 368 billion U.S. dollars.
Economic loss from natural disaster events worldwide in 2024, by peril
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Aon. (January 21, 2025). Economic loss from natural disaster events worldwide in 2024, by peril (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/510922/natural-disasters-globally-and-economic-losses-by-peril/
Aon. "Economic loss from natural disaster events worldwide in 2024, by peril (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 21, 2025. Statista. Accessed March 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/510922/natural-disasters-globally-and-economic-losses-by-peril/
Aon. (2025). Economic loss from natural disaster events worldwide in 2024, by peril (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/510922/natural-disasters-globally-and-economic-losses-by-peril/
Aon. "Economic Loss from Natural Disaster Events Worldwide in 2024, by Peril (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Jan 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/510922/natural-disasters-globally-and-economic-losses-by-peril/
Aon, Economic loss from natural disaster events worldwide in 2024, by peril (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/510922/natural-disasters-globally-and-economic-losses-by-peril/ (last visited March 10, 2025)
Economic loss from natural disaster events worldwide in 2024, by peril (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Aon, January 21, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/510922/natural-disasters-globally-and-economic-losses-by-peril/
