Somalia - 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 Somalia was 293,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 578,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 80,000 in 2013.

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 400,000
2010 300,000
2011 100,000
2012 185,000
2013 80,000
2014 89,000
2015 90,000
2016 113,000
2017 388,000
2018 578,000
2019 188,000
2020 293,000

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

Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases) in Somalia was 1,037,000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 1,037,000 in 2020, while its lowest value was 5,200 in 2010.

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 12,000
2010 5,200
2012 28,000
2013 60,000
2014 36,000
2015 59,000
2016 70,000
2017 899,000
2018 547,000
2019 479,000
2020 1,037,000

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 Somalia was 2,968,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,968,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 825,000 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. “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 1,500,000
2010 1,500,000
2011 1,459,000
2012 1,350,000
2013 1,100,000
2014 1,107,000
2015 1,223,000
2016 1,107,000
2017 825,000
2018 2,648,000
2019 2,648,000
2020 2,968,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility