TABLE 1: G20 COUNTRIES’ EXPOSURE TO NATURAL DISASTERS
G20 MEMBER
TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS AND MISSING PERSONS ATTRIBUTED TO DISASTERS (RECENT YEARS)
TOTAL NUMBER OF AFFECTED PEOPLE ATTRIBUTED TO DISASTER (RECENT YEARS)
CUMULATIVE ECONOMIC LOSS ATTRIBUTED TO NATURAL DISASTERS ($USD)
NUMBER OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED BY NATURAL DISASTERS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION RECIEPTS IN SUPPORT OF DRR WORK (USD)
SELF-REPORTED SCORE (0 – 1) FOR MULTI-HAZARD EARLY WARNING SYSTEM COVERAGE
ARGENTINA
6,780
1,300,000
$22,900,000,000
5,104
$ 799,000
0.20
AUSTRALIA
168
191,000
$3,700,000,000
8,852
$76,600,000
0.43
BRAZIL
4,211
54,100,000
$65,000,000
2,505
0.29
CANADA
644,000
1.00
CHINA
7,308
52,900,000
FRANCE
14,580
742,000
$56,300,000,000
22
$1,500,000,000
0.78
GERMANY
0.70
INDIA
121,000
734,700,000
$2,900,000,000
0.38
INDONESIA
2,115
61,900,000
$1,007,000,000,000
10,070
$56,600,000,000
0.75
ITALY
1,577
1,308
0.36
JAPAN
25,320
1,400,000
$40,500,000,000
46,688
1.00
KOREA
7,657
674,000
$2,000,000,000
218
0.95
MEXICO
9,834
6,900,000
$ 63,600,000,000
260,000
$95,400,000
0.78
RUSSIA
8,883
1,400,000
$7,700,000,000
0.50
SAUDI ARABIA
0.25
SOUTH AFRICA
1,685
4,100,000
$22,700,000,000
33
0.13
TÜRKIYE
2,537
1,100,000
$ 13,000,000,000
511
UNITED KINGDOM
825
0.49
UNITED STATES
6,555
4,800,000
$290,000,000,000
62,123
0.98
Note: Reported years between 2005 and 2024. Source: Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. sendaimonitor.undrr.org/analytics/.
to developing and expanding multi-hazard early warning systems across all members. Crucially, these systems must be based on public data and made freely available to all people, ensuring that lower-income members and their citizens benefit equally from these life-saving technologies. As climate change continues to
intensify the frequency and severity of disasters, the G20’s focus on disaster risk reduction could not be timelier. The dramatic increase in affected populations over the past decade demonstrates that current approaches are insufficient. South Africa’s leadership in creating the DRR Working Group and securing
consensus on key priorities provides a foundation, but transforming commitments into reality will require sustained political will, substantial finance and genuine cooperation across national boundaries. The lives of millions depend on whether the world’s largest economies can move from recognition to results.
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