Natural disasters by decadal size by country
Countries reporting
155
Highest
20
France
Lowest
0
Cook Islands
Median
1
Years covered
121
1900–2020
Data points
1,278
What the numbers show
Natural disasters by decadal size is currently reported for 155 countries. The highest value is 20 in France; the lowest is 0 in Cook Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 2.8.
Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 700.0%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
Natural disasters by decadal size: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 20 | 2020 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 1 | United States | 20 | 2020 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Indonesia | 19 | 2020 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Peru | 16 | 2020 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 15 | 2020 | up 275.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Italy | 13 | 2020 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Vietnam | 12 | 2020 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Japan | 11 | 2020 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Thailand | 10 | 2020 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 9 | South Africa | 10 | 2020 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Australia | 9 | 2020 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Spain | 9 | 2020 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Colombia | 8 | 2020 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Malaysia | 8 | 2020 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Turkey | 8 | 2020 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Taiwan | 8 | 2020 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 17 | China | 7 | 2020 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 7 | 2020 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Mexico | 7 | 2020 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Philippines | 7 | 2020 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Portugal | 7 | 2020 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Ecuador | 6 | 2020 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Greece | 6 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 22 | Iran | 6 | 2020 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 5 | 2020 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Canada | 5 | 2020 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Chile | 5 | 2020 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Hong Kong | 5 | 2020 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Haiti | 5 | 2020 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 25 | New Zealand | 5 | 2020 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Pakistan | 5 | 2020 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Poland | 5 | 2020 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 25 | El Salvador | 5 | 2020 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Argentina | 4 | 2020 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Switzerland | 4 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 34 | Ghana | 4 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 34 | South Korea | 4 | 2020 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Madagascar | 4 | 2020 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Nigeria | 4 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Uruguay | 4 | 2020 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 34 | USSR | 4 | 1990 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Albania | 3 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 42 | Bolivia | 3 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 42 | Algeria | 3 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Honduras | 3 | 2020 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Cambodia | 3 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Nepal | 3 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Panama | 3 | 2020 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Venezuela | 3 | 2020 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Afghanistan | 2 | 2020 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Austria | 2 | 2020 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Belgium | 2 | 2020 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 2 | 2020 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Belize | 2 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2 | 2020 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Cuba | 2 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 52 | Cyprus | 2 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Guatemala | 2 | 2020 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Iraq | 2 | 2020 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Israel | 2 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 52 | Laos | 2 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 52 | Morocco | 2 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Mongolia | 2 | 2020 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Namibia | 2 | 2020 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Netherlands | 2 | 2020 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Romania | 2 | 2020 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Syria | 2 | 2020 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Tunisia | 2 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Uganda | 2 | 2020 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 2020 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 52 | United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Reunion | 2 | 2020 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Burundi | 1 | 2020 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Benin | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Bahamas | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Barbados | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Central African Republic | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Cameroon | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Dominica | 1 | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Denmark | 1 | 2020 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Guam | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Guyana | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 75 | India | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Ireland | 1 | 2020 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Jamaica | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Saint Lucia | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Lesotho | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Maldives | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Myanmar | 1 | 2020 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Mauritius | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Oman | 1 | 2020 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 2020 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Rwanda | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 2020 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Sweden | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Eswatini | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Zambia | 1 | 2020 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Guadeloupe | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Martinique | 1 | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Tokelau | 1 | 2000 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Angola | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Armenia | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Botswana | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Comoros | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Cape Verde | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Djibouti | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Egypt | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Ethiopia | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Fiji | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Micronesia (country) | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Guinea | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Gambia | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Grenada | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Hungary | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Iceland | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Jordan | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Kenya | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Lebanon | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Liberia | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Mali | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Mozambique | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Mauritania | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Malawi | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | New Caledonia | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Niger | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Norway | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | North Korea | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Paraguay | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Sudan | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Senegal | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Somalia | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Chad | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Togo | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Tonga | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Tanzania | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Vanuatu | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Samoa | 0 | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Anguilla | 0 | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |