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 Uruguay 1991-2019
Over the past three decades, economic costs from climate change-related disasters in Uruguay reached a record high of *** million U.S. dollars in 2018. That year, the Latin American country was hit by a single climate change-related disaster event, in the form of a massive flooding.
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (February 13, 2024). Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in Uruguay from 1991 to 2019 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from /statistics/1411307/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-uruguay/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in Uruguay from 1991 to 2019 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)." Chart. February 13, 2024. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 27, 2026. /statistics/1411307/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-uruguay/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2024). Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in Uruguay from 1991 to 2019 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2026. /statistics/1411307/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-uruguay/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Economic Cost of Climate Change-related Disasters in Uruguay from 1991 to 2019 (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 13 Feb 2024, /statistics/1411307/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-uruguay/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in Uruguay from 1991 to 2019 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1411307/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-uruguay/ (last visited July 27, 2026)
Economic cost of climate change-related disasters in Uruguay from 1991 to 2019 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, February 13, 2024. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1411307/cost-of-climate-change-related-disasters-uruguay/
