Natural catastrophe economic losses (year to date)

RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XC7-C757DZQG3A-W6Q654

112 billionUSD
estimate

Global · January–June 2026

Natural catastrophe economic losses (year to date) were 112 billion USD in January–June 2026 (Munich Re).

Original source

Natural catastrophe economic losses (year to date): every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
Munich Re
Authority tier
T3 Research
Locator
H1 2026 natural disasters in figures
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

In the first six months of the year, natural disasters caused worldwide losses estimated at nearly US$ 112bn.

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APA

Munich Re. (2026). Lower losses, growing risks: the natural disaster review for the first half of 2026. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2026/natural-disaster-figures-first-half-2026.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q654

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MLA
Munich Re. "Lower losses, growing risks: the natural disaster review for the first half of 2026." 2026, https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2026/natural-disaster-figures-first-half-2026.html. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q654.
Chicago
Munich Re. "Lower losses, growing risks: the natural disaster review for the first half of 2026." 2026. https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2026/natural-disaster-figures-first-half-2026.html. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q654.
BibTeX
@misc{munichre2026naturalw6q654, author = {{Munich Re}}, title = {Lower losses, growing risks: the natural disaster review for the first half of 2026}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q654}, note = {Original source: https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2026/natural-disaster-figures-first-half-2026.html. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Record: STO-01M2KJ7XC7-C757DZQG3A-W6Q654 T3 Research

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Publisher
Munich Re · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 3 · Research and companies
Report
Lower losses, growing risks: the natural disaster review for the first half of 2026
Type
Press release
Published
—
Locator
H1 2026 natural disasters in figures
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
26 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q654