Dem. Rep. Congo - Internally displaced persons

Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence (number of cases)

The value for Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence (number of cases) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 2,209,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,209,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 168,000 in 2011.

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 1,000,000
2010 400,000
2011 168,000
2012 1,000,000
2013 1,000,000
2014 1,003,000
2015 621,000
2016 922,000
2017 2,166,000
2018 1,840,000
2019 1,672,000
2020 2,209,000

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

Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 279,000.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 279,000.00 in 2020, while its lowest value was 130.00 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/)

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Year Value
2008 5,100.00
2009 130.00
2010 98,000.00
2011 12,000.00
2012 23,000.00
2013 3,800.00
2014 24,000.00
2015 106,000.00
2016 130,000.00
2017 27,000.00
2018 81,000.00
2019 233,000.00
2020 279,000.00

Internally displaced persons, total displaced by conflict and violence (number of people)

The value for Internally displaced persons, total displaced by conflict and violence (number of people) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 5,268,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,512,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,500,000 in 2015.

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. “People displaced” refers to the number of people living in displacement as of the end of each year, and reflects the stock of people displaced at the end of the previous year, plus inflows of new cases arriving over the year as well as births over the year to those displaced, minus outflows which may include returnees, those who settled elsewhere, those who integrated locally, those who travelled over borders, and deaths.

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

See also:

Year Value
2009 1,900,000
2010 1,700,000
2011 1,710,000
2012 2,700,000
2013 2,964,000
2014 2,757,000
2015 1,500,000
2016 2,230,000
2017 4,480,000
2018 3,081,000
2019 5,512,000
2020 5,268,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility