Natural catastrophe economic losses (year to date)

Economic losses from disaster events in 2024 were USD 318 billion, of which 57% were uninsured.

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Swiss Re Institute. (2024). sigma 1/2025: Natural catastrophes: insured losses on trend to USD 145 billion in 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2025-01-natural-catastrophes-trend.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3J

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Swiss Re Institute. "sigma 1/2025: Natural catastrophes: insured losses on trend to USD 145 billion in 2025." 2024, https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2025-01-natural-catastrophes-trend.html. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3J.

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Swiss Re Institute. "sigma 1/2025: Natural catastrophes: insured losses on trend to USD 145 billion in 2025." 2024. https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2025-01-natural-catastrophes-trend.html. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3J.

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@misc{swissre2024naturalv71m3j, author = {{Swiss Re Institute}}, title = {sigma 1/2025: Natural catastrophes: insured losses on trend to USD 145 billion in 2025}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3J}, note = {Original source: https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2025-01-natural-catastrophes-trend.html. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Record last modified 15 September 2026. Value type: actual. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3J.