Social indicators[1]
Population: 212M
GDP: USD 2,179.4B
Gini Index: 51.6
Population growth: 0.41 %/year
GDP per capita: USD 10,280 USD
Human Development Index: 0.786
Major disasters[2]
2024 - Rio Grande do Sul Flood
181 Deaths
Loss 0.32% GDP
2011 - Rio de Janeiro Flood
916 Deaths
Loss 0.04% GDP
1967 - Rio de Janeiro Flood
785 Deaths
Loss 0.03% GDP
Built environment (exposure)[3]
Replacement cost
Replacement cost (USD billions)
Residential
4,449.4
Commercial
676.8
Industrial
173.3
Total
5,299.5
Residential (84%)
Commercial (12.8%)
Industrial (3.3%)
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Historical loss exceedance curves[4]
General statistics
Catalog period:
1995 - 2024
Total reported losses:
$ 27,389.59M
Average annual losses:
$ 912.98M
Maximum individual loss:
$ 1,126.27M
Distribution by disaster type
Hydrological (91.3%)
Meteorological (5.9%)
Other (2.2%)
Climatological (0.6%)
Geophysical (0%)
Historical catalog
Historical Economic Loss Exceedance Curve
Hazard layers[5]
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References
1. World Development Indicators (2024). Washington DC. The World Bank. Available at: https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators 2. EM-DAT: The International Disaster Database EM-DAT. (2008) Available at: https://www.emdat.be/ 3. Country/Territory Seismic Risk Profiles of the GEM Foundation (2023), Available at: https://github.com/gem/risk-profiles/ 4. DesInventar Version 9.20.04 - 2020. Available at https://db.desinventar.org