China vs Spain: Global number of reported disasters by size per decade

China
7 events
in 2020
Spain
6 events
in 2020
China rank
15th
Spain rank
18th

Global number of reported disasters by size per decade over time

  • China
  • Spain
02.557.510190019602020

How they compare

China currently reports 7 events against 6 events in Spain, a difference of 1 events.

That makes China's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 10 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Spain ahead.

China ranks 15th and Spain ranks 18th 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.