Australia vs Belize: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Australia
4,700 number of cases
in 2023
Belize
5,100 number of cases
in 2022
Australia rank
82nd
Belize rank
80th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Australia
  • Belize
020.0k40.0k60.0k200820152023

How they compare

Belize currently reports 5,100 number of cases against 4,700 number of cases in Australia, a difference of 400 number of cases.

That makes Belize's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 82nd and Belize ranks 80th 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.