Indonesia vs Peru: Global number of reported disasters by size per decade

Indonesia
19 events
in 2020
Peru
16 events
in 2020
Indonesia rank
2nd
Peru rank
4th

Global number of reported disasters by size per decade over time

  • Indonesia
  • Peru
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How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 19 events against 16 events in Peru, a difference of 3 events.

That makes Indonesia's figure about 1.2 times Peru's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1910 it was Peru ahead.

Indonesia ranks 2nd and Peru ranks 4th 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.