Disaster-related displacement and middle-income countries

In 2014, 19.3 million people were displaced by natural disasters. Ninety-one per cent of this displacement was due to weather-related events. The three countries with the highest numbers of disaster-induced displacement were China, India and the Philippines. They also had the highest levels of cumulative displacement for the 2008-2014 period. All three countries have experienced repeating patterns of displacement, with floods and storms regularly causing the most displacement in these three countries.

Related Subject(s): Economic and Social Development