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
People displaced internally by natural disasters in New Caledonia, 2017–2023
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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More reference data data for New Caledonia
- Summer temperature anomalies -0.3959 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.3994 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.4653 °C (2026)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.02 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.4155 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 106.96 2010 = 100 (2016)
- Annual precipitation 1,856 millimeters (2025)
- Precipitation anomalies 493 millimeters (2025)
- Milk production 344 tonnes (2024)
- Share of men and women expected to survive to the age of 65 90.0% (2024)
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
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.