Key takeaways
- Data from the Climate Risk Index 2025 outlines the damage caused by various natural disasters from 1993 to 2022
- Storms have caused the most fatalities (264,000 people) as well as the most damage ($2.33 trillion)
From the report
The most affected countries in the long-term index for 1993–2022 can be divided into two groups:
- Countries most affected by highly unusual extreme events (e.g. Dominica, Honduras, Myanmar, Vanuatu)
- Countries affected by recurring extreme events (e.g. China, India, the Philippines).
Climate science clearly shows that climate change increases the risk for both categories and contributes to transforming uncommonly extreme events into continual threats, creating a ‘new normal.’
