Number of new disaster displacements in Botswana 2013-2020
In 2020, 780 new disaster-related person displacements were registered in Botswana, decreasing from around 1.6 thousand in 2018. Within the reviewed period, the highest number of displacements due to naturally occurring disasters in the country was reported in 2014, at approximately two thousand. Storms and floods are the main displacement-causing catastrophes in Botswana.