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) 29 2.9 $187.2B 9.0% $18.7B 2,870 287
1990s (1990-1999) 53 5.3 $288.6B 13.8% $28.9B 3,045 305
2000s (2000-2009) 63 6.3 $547.0B 26.2% $54.7B 3,091 309
2010s (2010-2019) 123 12.3 $858.4B 41.1% $85.8B 5,224 522
Last 5 Years (2016-2020) 81 16.2 $640.3B 30.7% $128.1B 3,969 794
Last 3 Years (2018-2020) 50 16.7 $246.7B 11.8% $82.2B 553 184
Last Year (2020) 22 22.0 $100.2B 4.8% $100.2B 262 262
All Years (1980-2021) 308 7.3 $2,086.2B 100.0% $49.7B 15,030 358
1980s (1980-1989) 15 1.5 $62.2B 4.1% $6.2B 2,306 231
1990s (1990-1999) 42 4.2 $146.4B 9.6% $14.6B 2,979 298
2000s (2000-2009) 55 5.5 $377.5B 24.7% $37.8B 3,041 304
2010s (2010-2019) 117 11.7 $745.4B 48.7% $74.5B 5,215 522
Last 5 Years (2016-2020) 81 16.2 $583.4B 38.1% $116.7B 3,969 794
Last 3 Years (2018-2020) 50 16.7 $230.9B 15.1% $77.0B 553 184
Last Year (2020) 22 22.0 $95.3B 6.2% $95.3B 262 262
All Years (1980-2021) 269 6.4 $1,529.8B 100.0% $36.4B 14,341 341

Cost statistics not included for Western Wildfires (Summer-Fall 2021), Western Drought and Heatwave (2021), Hurricane Nicholas (September 2021)