Myanmar vs Philippines: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Myanmar
995,000 number of cases
in 2023
Philippines
2.59 million number of cases
in 2023
Myanmar rank
6th
Philippines rank
3rd

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Myanmar
  • Philippines
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M200820152023

How they compare

Philippines currently reports 2.59 million number of cases against 995,000 number of cases in Myanmar, a difference of 1.60 million number of cases.

That makes Philippines's figure about 2.6 times Myanmar's.

Across all 16 years both countries report, Philippines has been ahead every year.

Myanmar ranks 6th and Philippines ranks 3rd 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.