Select Time Period Comparisons of United States Billion-Dollar Disaster Statistics (CPI-AUnadjusted)
Time Period Billion-Dollar
Disasters
Events/Year Cost Percent of
Total Cost
Cost/Year Deaths Deaths/Year
1980s (1980-1989) 15 1.5 $62.2B 4.3% $6.2B 2,306 231
1980s (1980-1989) 29 2.9 $184.4B 9.3% $18.4B 2,870 287
1990s (1990-1999) 42 4.2 $146.4B 10.1% $14.6B 2,979 298
1990s (1990-1999) 53 5.3 $283.7B 14.3% $28.4B 3,045 305
2000s (2000-2009) 55 5.5 $377.5B 25.9% $37.8B 3,041 304
2000s (2000-2009) 63 6.3 $538.7B 27.2% $53.9B 3,091 309
2010s (2010-2019) 117 11.7 $745.4B 51.2% $74.5B 5,215 522
2010s (2010-2019) 123 12.3 $844.7B 42.7% $84.5B 5,224 522
Last 5 Years (2016-2020) 81 16.2 $583.4B 40.1% $116.7B 3,969 794
Last 5 Years (2016-2020) 81 16.2 $630.2B 31.8% $126.0B 3,969 794
Last 3 Years (2018-2020) 50 16.7 $230.9B 15.9% $77.0B 553 184
Last 3 Years (2018-2020) 50 16.7 $243.3B 12.3% $81.1B 553 184
Last Year (2020) 22 22.0 $95.3B 6.5% $95.3B 262 262
Last Year (2020) 22 22.0 $98.9B 5.0% $98.9B 262 262
All Years (1980-2021) 259 6.2 $1,455.6B 100.0% $34.7B 14,134 337
All Years (1980-2021) 298 7.1 $1,979.8B 100.0% $47.1B 14,823 353

Cost statistics not included for Western Drought and Heatwave (June 2021)