Italy vs South Korea: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Italy
42,000 number of cases
in 2023
South Korea
40,000 number of cases
in 2023
Italy rank
46th
South Korea rank
49th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Italy
  • South Korea
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 42,000 number of cases against 40,000 number of cases in South Korea, a difference of 2,000 number of cases.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2013 it was South Korea ahead.

Italy ranks 46th and South Korea ranks 49th 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.