Brazil vs USSR: Global number of reported disasters by size

Brazil

4 events

in 2025

USSR

1 events

in 1991

Brazil rank

3rd

USSR rank

1st

Global number of reported disasters by size over time

Brazil
USSR

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 4 events against 1 events in USSR, a difference of 3 events.

That makes Brazil's figure about 4.0 times USSR's.

Across all 16 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 3rd and USSR ranks 1st of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Global number of reported disasters by size
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: 200 places, 6,037 data points, 1900–2025
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.