IDA only - Internally displaced persons

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

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
2017 8,571,322
2018 8,753,050
2019 7,068,990
2020 8,923,769

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

Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases) in IDA only was 9,722,406 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 9,722,406 in 2020, while its lowest value was 1,007,700 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
2008 3,548,235
2009 2,235,930
2010 3,410,250
2011 1,007,700
2012 2,766,120
2013 2,782,504
2014 1,538,476
2015 5,936,995
2016 2,347,202
2017 4,141,693
2018 2,636,193
2019 7,747,149
2020 9,722,406

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 IDA only was 32,669,570 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32,669,570 in 2020 and a minimum value of 9,259,000 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. “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/)

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Year Value
2009 11,816,000
2010 11,555,000
2011 9,259,000
2012 13,452,000
2013 17,272,000
2014 19,824,000
2015 20,867,000
2016 21,076,200
2017 22,873,900
2018 25,363,500
2019 29,554,080
2020 32,669,570

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility