Ethiopia vs Malawi: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Ethiopia
618,000 number of cases
in 2023
Malawi
660,000 number of cases
in 2023
Ethiopia rank
13th
Malawi rank
10th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 660,000 number of cases against 618,000 number of cases in Ethiopia, a difference of 42,000 number of cases.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 13th and Malawi ranks 10th 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.