Iceland vs Uruguay: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Iceland
4,600 number of cases
in 2023
Uruguay
4,300 number of cases
in 2023
Iceland rank
83rd
Uruguay rank
86th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Iceland
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 4,600 number of cases against 4,300 number of cases in Uruguay, a difference of 300 number of cases.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Uruguay ahead.

Iceland ranks 83rd and Uruguay ranks 86th 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.