Niger - 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 Niger was 136,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 166,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of 40,000 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/)

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Year Value
2015 47,000
2016 166,000
2017 40,000
2018 52,000
2019 57,000
2020 136,000

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

Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases) in Niger was 276,000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 540,000 in 2012, while its lowest value was 4,300 in 2008.

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 4,300
2009 5,600
2010 205,000
2011 28,000
2012 540,000
2013 201,000
2014 47,000
2015 38,000
2016 46,000
2017 189,000
2018 40,000
2019 121,000
2020 276,000

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 Niger was 257,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 257,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 11,000 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. “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 11,000
2010 11,000
2011 11,000
2012 11,000
2013 11,000
2014 11,000
2015 153,000
2016 136,000
2017 144,000
2018 156,000
2019 195,000
2020 257,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility