Number of people displaced by disasters worldwide, by type 2008-2019

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 5, 2022
This statistic shows the number of people displaced worldwide from 2008 to 2019, by disaster type. In 2019, about 23.9 million people worldwide were displaced due to weather-related disaster, and 950,000 people were displaced due to a geophysical disaster.

Number of people displaced worldwide by disasters from 2008 to 2019, by disaster type (in millions)

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Release date

July 2020

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2008 to 2019

Supplementary notes

Geophysical disasters include earthquakes, mass movements, and volcanic activity. Weather disasters include storms, extreme temperatures, floods, landslides, wave action, droughts, and wildfires.
Annual totals calculated by Statista.
Release date is the date accessed.

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