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.

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Documents and publications

14 May 2024

Global Report on Internal Displacement (2024)

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.

Documents and publications

8 May 2024

State of the climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023

The report highlights the need for more investment in National Meteorological and Hydrological Services to strengthen forecasts and life-saving early warnings.

Documents and publications

23 April 2024

State of the climate in Asia 2023

This report provides the status of key climate indicators and latest data and information on impacts, risks and policy from United Nations agencies.

Documents and publications

22 April 2024

European state of the climate 2023

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.

Documents and publications

7 April 2024

2023 Disasters in numbers: A significant year of disaster impact

This report presents the disaster impacts of 2023.

Documents and publications

19 March 2024

State of the global climate 2023

The publication provides a summary on the state of the climate indicators in 2023 with sections on key climate indicators, extreme events and impacts.

Documents and publications

1 March 2024

Australia: the state of weather and climate extremes 2023

This report provides a summary of selected significant extreme weather and climate events which occurred across Australia in 2023.

Documents and publications

7 December 2023

The Global Climate 2011-2020: A decade of accelerating climate change

The Decadal State of the Climate 2011-2020 is the result of collaboration between NMHSs in the region, the World Meteorological Organization, national statistics offices and specialized agencies of the United Nations.