Natural disasters 2023: 76 thousand victims, 209 billion lost. Since 1994, insured damages from natural catastrophes, measured by inflation, have recorded a +5.9% per year while global GDP has recorded +2.7%.
Over the last 30 years, economic losses from natural disasters as a proportion of GDP have doubled. "We are faced with a world where atmospheric phenomena are increasingly intense and we absolutely must adapt," says Jérôme Haegeli, Chief Economist at Swiss Re.