Canada vs Iraq: Global number of reported disasters by size

Canada
1 events
in 2025
Iraq
1 events
in 2025
Canada rank
15th
Iraq rank
15th

Global number of reported disasters by size over time

  • Canada
  • Iraq
01234190319642025

How they compare

Canada currently reports 1 events against 1 events in Iraq, a difference of 0 events.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 15th and Iraq ranks 15th 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

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.