Chicago

Average annual GDP

$514.97bn

Total GDP@Risk

$42.35bn 8.22% of Average annual GDP

GDP@Risk: Top 5 threats

  • 1
    Market crash $11.98bn
  • 2
    Oil price shock $7.50bn
  • 3
    Cyber attack $6.71bn
  • 4
    Flood $6.23bn
  • 5
    Human pandemic $3.95bn

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Average annual GDP
The annual economic output of a selected location calculated by averaging GDP projections from 2015 to 2025.
Total GDP@Risk
The expected loss to a selected location’s economic output from all 18 threats. Its calculation combines the likelihood of events occurring during the period 2015 to 2025 with the loss of GDP that would result.
% of Average annual GDP
The expected loss to a selected location’s economic output from all 18 threats as a percentage of its Average annual GDP.
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