Impact of Disasters to GDP

Data source provider

Our World in Data

Use cases

Exposure quantification, Financial stability monitoring, Macro-economic modelling, Scenario analysis, Stress testing

Data group

Macroeconomic Impact

Metric Type

Physical vulnerability

Methodology/ Standard / Classification/ Taxonomy / Reference

Our World in data

Unit (e.g. CO2)

Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to GDP (%)

Dimension (e.g. Sector, Customer)

By Country

Time horizon

Backward-looking

Link

https://ourworldindata.org/natural-disasters

Frequency

Annual

Time series

1960-2020

Accessibility

Public

Observation on data availability/gaps

Total economic damages from disasters as a share of GDP- Disasters include all geophysical, meteorological and climate events including earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, drought, wildfires, storms, and flooding.