People displaced internally by natural disasters in Maldives
Maldives: People displaced internally by natural disasters was 54 number of cases in 2023. ◆ Volatile
People displaced internally by natural disasters in Maldives, 2017–2023
Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in number of cases.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 54 number of cases for people displaced internally by natural disasters in 2023.
That represents a change of down 85.4% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.
That places Maldives 131st out of 146 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
People displaced internally by natural disasters in Maldives, year by year
| Year | number of cases | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 76 number of cases | — |
| 2018 | 20 number of cases | -73.7% |
| 2019 | 300 number of cases | +1400.0% |
| 2022 | 370 number of cases | +23.3% |
| 2023 | 54 number of cases | -85.4% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 54 number of cases is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,000 number of cases, 1% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 54 number of cases is below the median for South Asia, which is 110,000 number of cases, 0% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 132 number of cases | 20 number of cases | 300 number of cases | 3 |
| 2020s | 212 number of cases | 54 number of cases | 370 number of cases | 2 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More reference data data for Maldives
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0004 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people displaced internally by natural disasters in Maldives?
- People displaced internally by natural disasters in Maldives was 54 number of cases in 2023, according to Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest people displaced internally by natural disasters recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 370 number of cases in 2022.
- What is the lowest people displaced internally by natural disasters recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 number of cases in 2018.
- How does Maldives rank for people displaced internally by natural disasters?
- Maldives ranks 131st out of 146 countries with data for 2023.
- Is people displaced internally by natural disasters rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of People displaced internally by natural disasters. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.