Colombia vs Yemen: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Colombia
351,000 number of cases
in 2023
Yemen
240,000 number of cases
in 2023
Colombia rank
16th
Yemen rank
17th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Colombia
  • Yemen
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How they compare

Colombia currently reports 351,000 number of cases against 240,000 number of cases in Yemen, a difference of 111,000 number of cases.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.5 times Yemen's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 16th and Yemen ranks 17th 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.