El Salvador vs Spain: Global number of reported disasters by size

El Salvador
1 events
in 2024
Spain
1 events
in 2025
El Salvador rank
15th
Spain rank
15th

Global number of reported disasters by size over time

  • El Salvador
  • Spain
0123190719662025

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1 events against 1 events in Spain, a difference of 0 events.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Spain ahead.

El Salvador ranks 15th and Spain ranks 15th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Spain in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Spain Difference Ahead
1980s 0 events 0 events 0 events
1990s 0.1667 events 0.5 events 0.3333 events Spain
2000s 1.14 events 0.4286 events 0.7143 events El Salvador
2010s 0.4286 events 1.14 events 0.7143 events Spain
2020s 1 events 0.8 events 0.2 events El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher global number of reported disasters by size, El Salvador or Spain?
El Salvador, at 1 events against 1 events in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in global number of reported disasters by size between El Salvador and Spain?
0 events, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Spain?
27 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Spain rank globally for global number of reported disasters by size?
El Salvador ranks 15th and Spain ranks 15th of 199 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

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.