Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL in United States of America
United States of America: Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL was 2 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL in United States of America, 1980–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in United States of America stood at 2. That is the lowest value across all 46 years on record.
That represents a change of down 93.1% on the previous year and down 93.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in United States of America peaked at 43 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2, in 2025.
United States of America ranks 44th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL in United States of America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 7 | — |
| 1981 | 4 | -42.9% |
| 1982 | 13 | +225.0% |
| 1983 | 9 | -30.8% |
| 1984 | 14 | +55.6% |
| 1985 | 15 | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 6 | -60.0% |
| 1987 | 9 | +50.0% |
| 1988 | 22 | +144.4% |
| 1989 | 17 | -22.7% |
| 1990 | 21 | +23.5% |
| 1991 | 35 | +66.7% |
| 1992 | 29 | -17.1% |
| 1993 | 28 | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 14 | -50.0% |
| 1995 | 17 | +21.4% |
| 1996 | 14 | -17.6% |
| 1997 | 33 | +135.7% |
| 1998 | 32 | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 22 | -31.2% |
| 2000 | 30 | +36.4% |
| 2001 | 26 | -13.3% |
| 2002 | 29 | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 22 | -24.1% |
| 2004 | 20 | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 16 | -20.0% |
| 2006 | 29 | +81.2% |
| 2007 | 23 | -20.7% |
| 2008 | 21 | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 17 | -19.0% |
| 2010 | 15 | -11.8% |
| 2011 | 23 | +53.3% |
| 2012 | 25 | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 28 | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 19 | -32.1% |
| 2015 | 29 | +52.6% |
| 2016 | 26 | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 24 | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 19 | -20.8% |
| 2019 | 20 | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 23 | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 43 | +87.0% |
| 2022 | 26 | -39.5% |
| 2023 | 25 | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 29 | +16.0% |
| 2025 | 2 | -93.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11.6 | 4 | 22 | 10 |
| 1990s | 24.5 | 14 | 35 | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.3 | 16 | 30 | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.8 | 15 | 29 | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.67 | 2 | 43 | 6 |
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More climate change data for United States of America
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 4.1% (2100)
- Urban population 80.2% (2025)
- Urban population 274.08 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Population, total 341.79 million (2025)
- Population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Annual Net Emissions/Removals 6,164 (2024)
- Temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology 1.95 (2024)
- Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use 14.2 tonnes per person (2024)
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change 20.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in United States of America?
- Climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in United States of America was 2 in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 43 in 2021.
- What is the lowest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2025.
- How does United States of America rank for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total?
- United States of America ranks 44th out of 183 countries with data for 2025.
- Is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 93.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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