People displaced internally by natural disasters in New Caledonia

New Caledonia: People displaced internally by natural disasters was 2 number of cases in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
2 number of cases
Change on year
down 98.8%
World rank
144th
of 146 countries
All-time high
5,500 number of cases
in 2021
All-time low
2 number of cases
in 2023
Years of data
6
2017–2023

People displaced internally by natural disasters in New Caledonia, 2017–2023

02.0k4.0k6.0k2017202020232017: 570 number of cases2018: 48 number of cases2020: 31 number of cases2021: 5.5k number of cases2022: 170 number of cases2023: 2 number of cases

Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in number of cases.

Analysis

New Caledonia recorded 2 number of cases for people displaced internally by natural disasters in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 98.8% on the previous year and down 99.6% over ten years.

That places New Caledonia 144th out of 146 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 309 number of cases 48 number of cases 570 number of cases 2
2020s 1,426 number of cases 2 number of cases 5,500 number of cases 4

Countries ranked near New Caledonia

  1. 141 Samoa 14 number of cases compare
  2. 142 Albania 13 number of cases compare
  3. 143 Egypt 8 number of cases compare
  4. 144 Finland 2 number of cases compare
  5. 146 Montenegro 1 number of cases compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is people displaced internally by natural disasters in New Caledonia?
People displaced internally by natural disasters in New Caledonia was 2 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 New Caledonia?
The highest recorded value was 5,500 number of cases in 2021.
What is the lowest people displaced internally by natural disasters recorded in New Caledonia?
The lowest recorded value was 2 number of cases in 2023.
How does New Caledonia rank for people displaced internally by natural disasters?
New Caledonia ranks 144th out of 146 countries with data for 2023.
Is people displaced internally by natural disasters rising or falling in New Caledonia?
Over the last ten years it is down 99.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this New Caledonia 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

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.