Laos vs Mauritania: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Laos
1,100 number of cases
in 2023
Mauritania
1,100 number of cases
in 2023
Laos rank
101st
Mauritania rank
101st

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Laos
  • Mauritania
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k200920162023

How they compare

Laos currently reports 1,100 number of cases against 1,100 number of cases in Mauritania, a difference of 0 number of cases.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Laos ahead.

Laos ranks 101st and Mauritania ranks 101st 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.