| 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 |