The statistic shows the economic damage due to the world's major heat waves and cold waves from 1900 to 2016*. The economic loss in China due to the heat wave in January 2008 amounted to approximately 21.1 billion U.S. dollars.
Economic loss caused by major heat waves and cold waves worldwide from 1900 to 2016*
(in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
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Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (November 17, 2016). Economic loss caused by major heat waves and cold waves worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 14, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/267727/economic-loss-caused-by-worldwide-major-heat-waves-and-cold-waves/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Economic loss caused by major heat waves and cold waves worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 17, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267727/economic-loss-caused-by-worldwide-major-heat-waves-and-cold-waves/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (2016). Economic loss caused by major heat waves and cold waves worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267727/economic-loss-caused-by-worldwide-major-heat-waves-and-cold-waves/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Economic Loss Caused by Major Heat Waves and Cold Waves Worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/267727/economic-loss-caused-by-worldwide-major-heat-waves-and-cold-waves/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Economic loss caused by major heat waves and cold waves worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/267727/economic-loss-caused-by-worldwide-major-heat-waves-and-cold-waves/ (last visited November 14, 2024)
Economic loss caused by major heat waves and cold waves worldwide from 1900 to 2016* (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph], Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), November 17, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/267727/economic-loss-caused-by-worldwide-major-heat-waves-and-cold-waves/