Indonesia vs United States: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Indonesia
238,000 number of cases
in 2023
United States
202,000 number of cases
in 2023
Indonesia rank
18th
United States rank
20th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Indonesia
  • United States
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How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 238,000 number of cases against 202,000 number of cases in United States, a difference of 36,000 number of cases.

That makes Indonesia's figure about 1.2 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2008 it was United States ahead.

Indonesia ranks 18th and United States ranks 20th 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.