Bangladesh vs Burundi: Global number of reported disasters by size
Bangladesh
1 events
in 2025
Burundi
1 events
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
17th
Burundi rank
17th
Global number of reported disasters by size over time
- Bangladesh
- Burundi
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 1 events against 1 events in Burundi, a difference of 0 events.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 17th and Burundi ranks 17th of 202 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 2 and Burundi in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Burundi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 events | 0 events | 1 events | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 1 events | 0 events | 1 events | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 0.4444 events | 0.5556 events | 0.1111 events | Burundi |
| 2010s | 0.2857 events | 0.4286 events | 0.1429 events | Burundi |
| 2020s | 0.25 events | 0.25 events | 0 events | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher global number of reported disasters by size, Bangladesh or Burundi?
- Bangladesh, at 1 events against 1 events in Burundi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in global number of reported disasters by size between Bangladesh and Burundi?
- 0 events, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Burundi?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Burundi rank globally for global number of reported disasters by size?
- Bangladesh ranks 17th and Burundi ranks 17th of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Global number of reported disasters by size. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.