Afghanistan vs India: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Afghanistan
418,000 number of cases
in 2023
India
528,000 number of cases
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
15th
India rank
14th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Afghanistan
  • India
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How they compare

India currently reports 528,000 number of cases against 418,000 number of cases in Afghanistan, a difference of 110,000 number of cases.

That makes India's figure about 1.3 times Afghanistan's.

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

Afghanistan ranks 15th and India ranks 14th of 146 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People displaced internally by natural disasters
Unit
number of cases
Source
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
146 places, 1,631 data points, 2008–2023
Last refreshed

Internally-displaced persons are defined as people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, as a result of natural or human-made disasters and who have not crossed an international border.