Bolivia vs Uruguay: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Bolivia
3,800 number of cases
in 2023
Uruguay
4,300 number of cases
in 2023
Bolivia rank
88th
Uruguay rank
86th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Bolivia
  • Uruguay
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k200920162023

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 4,300 number of cases against 3,800 number of cases in Bolivia, a difference of 500 number of cases.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Bolivia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Bolivia ahead.

Bolivia ranks 88th and Uruguay ranks 86th 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.