Bulgaria vs Chile: Global number of reported disasters by size per decade

Bulgaria

5 events

in 2020

Chile

5 events

in 2020

Bulgaria rank

23rd

Chile rank

23rd

Global number of reported disasters by size per decade over time

Bulgaria
Chile

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 5 events against 5 events in Chile, a difference of 0 events.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Chile ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 23rd and Chile ranks 23rd 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: 07 August 2026

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.