IBRD only - 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 IBRD only was 16,575,560 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 29,761,940 in 2008, while its lowest value was 10,671,510 in 2017.

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 29,761,940
2009 14,049,340
2010 27,122,100
2011 12,680,700
2012 19,545,530
2013 17,381,440
2014 15,975,250
2015 11,402,700
2016 18,225,120
2017 10,671,510
2018 11,887,640
2019 15,100,320
2020 16,575,560

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility