Angola - Internally displaced persons

Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases)

Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases) in Angola was 15,000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 227,000 in 2011, while its lowest value was 2,500 in 2013.

Definition: Internally displaced persons are defined according to the 1998 Guiding Principles (http://www.internal-displacement.org/publications/1998/ocha-guiding-principles-on-internal-displacement) as people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of armed conflict, or to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters and who have not crossed an international border. "New Displacement" refers to the number of new cases or incidents of displacement recorded over the specified year, rather than the number of people displaced. This is done because people may have been displaced more than once.

Source: The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (http://www.internal-displacement.org/)

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Year Value
2009 86,000
2010 79,000
2011 227,000
2012 6,400
2013 2,500
2015 5,600
2016 19,000
2017 14,000
2018 11,000
2019 6,700
2020 15,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility