In 2023, the global economic loss caused by earthquakes amounted to 99 billion U.S. dollars, more than any other type of natural disaster that year. Flooding followed in second, at 94 billion U.S. dollars. That same year, the total economic loss from all natural disasters globally reached 380 billion U.S. dollars.
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Aon. (January 22, 2024). Economic loss from natural disaster events worldwide in 2023, by peril (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/510922/natural-disasters-globally-and-economic-losses-by-peril/
Aon. "Economic loss from natural disaster events worldwide in 2023, by peril (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/510922/natural-disasters-globally-and-economic-losses-by-peril/
Aon. (2024). Economic loss from natural disaster events worldwide in 2023, by peril (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/510922/natural-disasters-globally-and-economic-losses-by-peril/
Aon. "Economic Loss from Natural Disaster Events Worldwide in 2023, by Peril (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/510922/natural-disasters-globally-and-economic-losses-by-peril/
Aon, Economic loss from natural disaster events worldwide in 2023, by peril (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/510922/natural-disasters-globally-and-economic-losses-by-peril/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Economic loss from natural disaster events worldwide in 2023, by peril (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Aon, January 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/510922/natural-disasters-globally-and-economic-losses-by-peril/