Haiti vs Japan: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Haiti
9,800 number of cases
in 2023
Japan
8,600 number of cases
in 2023
Haiti rank
69th
Japan rank
72nd

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Haiti
  • Japan
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How they compare

Haiti currently reports 9,800 number of cases against 8,600 number of cases in Japan, a difference of 1,200 number of cases.

That makes Haiti's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Haiti ahead.

Haiti ranks 69th and Japan ranks 72nd 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.