Nepal vs Niger: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Nepal
110,000 number of cases
in 2023
Niger
95,000 number of cases
in 2023
Nepal rank
30th
Niger rank
31st

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Nepal
  • Niger
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How they compare

Nepal currently reports 110,000 number of cases against 95,000 number of cases in Niger, a difference of 15,000 number of cases.

That makes Nepal's figure about 1.2 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Nepal ahead.

Nepal ranks 30th and Niger ranks 31st 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.