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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Cover of the WMO report: icebergs, coral reef, bush fire, dried land, looded residential area
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The publication provides a summary on the state of the climate indicators in 202, such as global temperature trends, green house gases, ocean, cryosphere, stratospheric ozone, drivers of climate variability, precipitation distribution, and extreme events.
Cover of the GRFC 2022
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According to the findings of the GRFC 2022, global levels of hunger surpassed all previous records in 2021, with close to 193 million people acutely food insecure and in need of urgent assistance across 53 countries/territories.
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The EU adaptation strategy aims to build resilience and ensure that Europe is well prepared to manage the risks from and adapt to the impacts of climate change, including limiting economic losses and other harm.
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This study aimed to evaluate the global, regional, and national mortality burden associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures. Non-optimal temperatures are associated with a substantial mortality burden, which varies spatiotemporally. The below

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IDMC’s Global Report on Internal Displacement is the official repository of data and analysis on internal displacement.
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This paper summarizes the key findings of the CRED Report on Non-COVID Related Disasters.
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The 2021 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2021) highlights the remarkably high severity and numbers of people in Crisis or worse.
2020: The Non-COVID Year in Disasters
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The year 2020 rivalled 2016 as the world’s hottest recorded year despite the absence of a strong El Niño effect.

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