Disaster statistics reports

While absolute economic losses are concentrated in high-income countries, the human cost of disasters falls overwhelmingly on low and middle-income countries. This is a list of key reports with disaster statistics.

Learn more about the role of disaster losses and statistics in DRR.

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The WMO State of the Climate 2024 Update once again issues a Red Alert at the sheer pace of climate change in a single generation, turbo-charged by ever-increasing greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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The 2024 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) report presents the data and analysis behind the 75.9 million people living in internal displacement as of the end of 2023.

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
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The report highlights the need for more investment in National Meteorological and Hydrological Services to strengthen forecasts and life-saving early warnings.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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This report provides the status of key climate indicators and latest data and information on impacts, risks and policy from United Nations agencies.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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The report provides descriptions and analysis of climate conditions and variations from across the Earth system, key events and their impacts, and a discussion of climate policy and action with a focus on human health.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Copernicus Climate Change Service
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This report presents the disaster impacts of 2023.

Université Catholique de Louvain
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
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The publication provides a summary on the state of the climate indicators in 2023 with sections on key climate indicators, extreme events and impacts.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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This report provides a summary of selected significant extreme weather and climate events which occurred across Australia in 2023.

Australia - government

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