Canada vs Mexico: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Canada
192,000 number of cases
in 2023
Mexico
196,000 number of cases
in 2023
Canada rank
22nd
Mexico rank
21st

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Canada
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 196,000 number of cases against 192,000 number of cases in Canada, a difference of 4,000 number of cases.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Mexico ahead.

Canada ranks 22nd and Mexico ranks 21st 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.