17 per cent of Bangladesh could be submerged by the rising sea level by 2050.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet quoted a report of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in her address to the 48th session of the Human Rights Council.
As per the WEF report, Bangladesh has the 3rd largest number of more than 4 million people who got displaced from their homes during disasters in 2019.
Other countries that witnessed disaster displacement in 2019 include India, China, Philippines.