Chile vs Dominican Republic: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Chile
44,000 number of cases
in 2023
Dominican Republic
41,000 number of cases
in 2023
Chile rank
45th
Dominican Republic rank
48th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Chile
  • Dominican Republic
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How they compare

Chile currently reports 44,000 number of cases against 41,000 number of cases in Dominican Republic, a difference of 3,000 number of cases.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.1 times Dominican Republic's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 45th and Dominican Republic ranks 48th 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.