According to the source, a disaster is a calamitous and sudden event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material, economic and environmental loss that exceeds the capacity of the affected community or society to cope with the situation with their own resources.
Climate change-related disasters included are storms, extreme temperatures, floods, wet mass displacement, droughts, and wildfires.
The source did not provide data for the missing years.
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Cost of climate change-related disasters in Jamaica 1991-2017
Over the past three decades, economic costs from climate change-related disasters in Jamaica reached a record high of *** million U.S. dollars in 2004. That year, Jamaica was struck by hurricane Ivan.
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (February 13, 2024). Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in Jamaica from 1991 to 2017 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/1409813/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-jamaica/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in Jamaica from 1991 to 2017 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)." Chart. February 13, 2024. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 28, 2026. /statistics/1409813/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-jamaica/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2024). Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in Jamaica from 1991 to 2017 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 28, 2026. /statistics/1409813/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-jamaica/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Economic Cost of Climate Change-related Disasters in Jamaica from 1991 to 2017 (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 13 Feb 2024, /statistics/1409813/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-jamaica/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in Jamaica from 1991 to 2017 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1409813/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-jamaica/ (last visited July 28, 2026)
Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in Jamaica from 1991 to 2017 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, February 13, 2024. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1409813/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-jamaica/
