Bangladesh vs Namibia: Global number of reported disasters by size per decade

Bangladesh
2 events
in 2020
Namibia
2 events
in 2020
Bangladesh rank
51st
Namibia rank
51st

Global number of reported disasters by size per decade over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Namibia
01234190019602020

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 2 events against 2 events in Namibia, a difference of 0 events.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 51st and Namibia ranks 51st of 156 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Global number of reported disasters by size per decade
Unit
events
Source
EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
157 places, 1,277 data points, 1900–2020
Last refreshed

Reported disasters that result in no more than 5 deaths, affect no more than 1,500 people, and cause economic damages not exceeding 13 million current US dollars. The economic threshold for previous years is adjusted for inflation accordingly.