Mauritius vs Portugal: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Mauritius
2,300 number of cases
in 2023
Portugal
1,700 number of cases
in 2023
Mauritius rank
94th
Portugal rank
95th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Mauritius
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Mauritius currently reports 2,300 number of cases against 1,700 number of cases in Portugal, a difference of 600 number of cases.

That makes Mauritius's figure about 1.4 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Mauritius ahead.

Mauritius ranks 94th and Portugal ranks 95th 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.