Ghana vs Uganda: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Ghana
47,000 number of cases
in 2023
Uganda
50,000 number of cases
in 2023
Ghana rank
42nd
Uganda rank
39th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Ghana
  • Uganda
050.0k100.0k150.0k200820152023

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 50,000 number of cases against 47,000 number of cases in Ghana, a difference of 3,000 number of cases.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Uganda ahead.

Ghana ranks 42nd and Uganda ranks 39th 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.