Colombia vs Malaysia: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Colombia
351,000 number of cases
in 2023
Malaysia
206,000 number of cases
in 2023
Colombia rank
16th
Malaysia rank
19th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Colombia
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Colombia currently reports 351,000 number of cases against 206,000 number of cases in Malaysia, a difference of 145,000 number of cases.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.7 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 16th and Malaysia ranks 19th 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.