Colombia vs Ethiopia: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Colombia
351,000 number of cases
in 2023
Ethiopia
618,000 number of cases
in 2023
Colombia rank
16th
Ethiopia rank
13th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Colombia
  • Ethiopia
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How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 618,000 number of cases against 351,000 number of cases in Colombia, a difference of 267,000 number of cases.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.8 times Colombia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Colombia ranks 16th and Ethiopia ranks 13th 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.