EM-DAT: Bulgaria Natural Disaster Impact and Economic Loss Data

Aggregated statistics on natural hazard events in Bulgaria compiled by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). The data tracks disaster frequency, fatalities, and economic impact categorized by year and disaster subtype.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the correlation between disaster subtype and total number of deaths in Bulgaria
• Calculating the long-term economic impact of natural hazards using adjusted economic losses
• Trend analysis of disaster frequency over multiple years

Strengths

• Standardized HXL tags for humanitarian interoperability
• Includes both original and inflation-adjusted economic loss figures
• Granular categorization by disaster subtype per year

Limitations

• Geographic scope is restricted solely to Bulgaria
• Economic loss data may be underreported for smaller-scale events
• Specific event-level details are aggregated into annual totals

Provenance

Source

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from the EM-DAT database

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Bulgaria