Malawi vs Syria: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Malawi
660,000 number of cases
in 2023
Syria
702,000 number of cases
in 2023
Malawi rank
10th
Syria rank
9th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Malawi
  • Syria
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How they compare

Syria currently reports 702,000 number of cases against 660,000 number of cases in Malawi, a difference of 42,000 number of cases.

That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Syria ahead.

Malawi ranks 10th and Syria ranks 9th 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.