Afghanistan vs Indonesia: Internally displaced persons from disasters

Afghanistan
418,000
in 2023
Indonesia
238,000
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
15th
Indonesia rank
18th

Internally displaced persons from disasters over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Indonesia
0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M1.2M200820152023

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 418,000 against 238,000 in Indonesia, a difference of 180,000.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.8 times Indonesia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 16 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Indonesia ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 15th and Indonesia ranks 18th of 146 countries.

Indonesia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Indonesia Difference Ahead
2000s 15,700 537,500 521,800 Indonesia
2010s 78,940 498,940 420,000 Indonesia
2020s 178,000 500,000 322,000 Indonesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher internally displaced persons from disasters, Afghanistan or Indonesia?
Afghanistan, at 418,000 against 238,000 in Indonesia as of 2023.
What is the difference in internally displaced persons from disasters between Afghanistan and Indonesia?
180,000, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Indonesia?
16 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2023.
How do Afghanistan and Indonesia rank globally for internally displaced persons from disasters?
Afghanistan ranks 15th and Indonesia ranks 18th of 146 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Internally displaced persons from disasters. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Afghanistan vs Indonesia: Internally displaced persons from disasters. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 14 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/internally-displaced-persons-from-disasters/afghanistan/indonesia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/internally-displaced-persons-from-disasters/afghanistan/indonesia/">Afghanistan vs Indonesia: Internally displaced persons from disasters</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Internally displaced persons from disasters
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
146 places, 1,631 data points, 2008–2023
Last refreshed