Brazil vs Somalia: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Brazil
745,000 number of cases
in 2023
Somalia
2.04 million number of cases
in 2023
Brazil rank
7th
Somalia rank
4th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Brazil
  • Somalia
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How they compare

Somalia currently reports 2.04 million number of cases against 745,000 number of cases in Brazil, a difference of 1.30 million number of cases.

That makes Somalia's figure about 2.7 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 7th and Somalia ranks 4th 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.