Jamaica vs Panama: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Jamaica
16 number of cases
in 2021
Panama
26 number of cases
in 2023
Jamaica rank
140th
Panama rank
137th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Jamaica
  • Panama
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How they compare

Panama currently reports 26 number of cases against 16 number of cases in Jamaica, a difference of 10 number of cases.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.6 times Jamaica's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Panama ahead.

Jamaica ranks 140th and Panama ranks 137th 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.