El Salvador vs Fiji: People displaced internally by natural disasters
El Salvador
5,300 number of cases
in 2023
Fiji
6,700 number of cases
in 2023
El Salvador rank
78th
Fiji rank
75th
People displaced internally by natural disasters over time
- El Salvador
- Fiji
How they compare
Fiji currently reports 6,700 number of cases against 5,300 number of cases in El Salvador, a difference of 1,400 number of cases.
That makes Fiji's figure about 1.3 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2009 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 78th and Fiji ranks 75th of 146 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Fiji in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Fiji | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15,000 number of cases | 13,000 number of cases | 2,000 number of cases | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 3,915 number of cases | 18,462 number of cases | 14,546 number of cases | Fiji |
| 2020s | 6,862 number of cases | 15,625 number of cases | 8,762 number of cases | Fiji |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher people displaced internally by natural disasters, El Salvador or Fiji?
- Fiji, at 6,700 number of cases against 5,300 number of cases in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in people displaced internally by natural disasters between El Salvador and Fiji?
- 1,400 number of cases, with Fiji ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Fiji?
- 11 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Fiji rank globally for people displaced internally by natural disasters?
- El Salvador ranks 78th and Fiji ranks 75th 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.