North America - 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 North America was 1,740,050 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 2,022,000 in 2008, while its lowest value was 1,300 in 2009.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
2008 2,022,000
2009 1,300
2011 52,000
2012 901,000
2013 308,000
2014 39,800
2015 76,000
2016 1,200,000
2017 1,771,000
2018 1,266,000
2019 957,000
2020 1,740,050

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility