Botswana vs Madagascar: Forcibly displaced people

Botswana
868
in 2025
Madagascar
1,366
in 2025
Botswana rank
148th
Madagascar rank
145th

Forcibly displaced people over time

  • Botswana
  • Madagascar
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How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 1,366 against 868 in Botswana, a difference of 498.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.6 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Botswana ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 148th and Madagascar ranks 145th of 180 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Forcibly displaced people
Source
Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
227 places, 3,518 data points, 2010–2025
Last refreshed

Forcibly displaced people are represented by the sum of (1) refugees (and people in a refugee-like situation) under the mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), (2) refugees under the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), (3) asylum-seekers, (4) other people in need of international protection, and (5) internally displaced people (IDPs). Situations in which people are reported in more than one of these categories are accounted for, to the extent possible.