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.
Economic loss from natural disaster events worldwide in 2023, by peril
(in 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 January 24, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/510922/natural-disasters-globally-and-economic-losses-by-peril/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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