Japan vs Zambia: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Japan
8,600 number of cases
in 2023
Zambia
9,300 number of cases
in 2023
Japan rank
72nd
Zambia rank
71st

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Japan
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 9,300 number of cases against 8,600 number of cases in Japan, a difference of 700 number of cases.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Zambia ahead.

Japan ranks 72nd and Zambia ranks 71st 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.