Costa Rica vs Dominica: People displaced internally by natural disasters
Costa Rica
290 number of cases
in 2023
Dominica
350 number of cases
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
118th
Dominica rank
116th
People displaced internally by natural disasters over time
- Costa Rica
- Dominica
How they compare
Dominica currently reports 350 number of cases against 290 number of cases in Costa Rica, a difference of 60 number of cases.
That makes Dominica's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 118th and Dominica ranks 116th of 146 countries.
Dominica has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher people displaced internally by natural disasters, Costa Rica or Dominica?
- Dominica, at 350 number of cases against 290 number of cases in Costa Rica as of 2018.
- What is the difference in people displaced internally by natural disasters between Costa Rica and Dominica?
- 60 number of cases, with Dominica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Dominica?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2018.
- How do Costa Rica and Dominica rank globally for people displaced internally by natural disasters?
- Costa Rica ranks 118th and Dominica ranks 116th of 146 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as People displaced internally by natural disasters. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.